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Small Islands Lead World in Climate Treaty Ratification
April 21, 2016UNITED NATIONS—Leaders from the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a coalition of 44 island and coastal nations that are highly…
Read MorePress release: Maldives Among First to Ratify Paris Climate Agreement
April 4, 20164 April, 2016–Today, the parliament of the Republic of the Maldives, one of the first country’s to raise the alarm on…
Read MoreMeeting tomorrow: New committee ushers in sustainable development progress
February 24, 2016WHAT: Inaugural Meeting of the Steering Committee on Partnership for SIDS meeting. In 2014, the signing of the SAMOA Pathway agreement…
Read MoreFiji Assessing Needs in Wake of Worst-Ever Cyclone
February 24, 2016New York, 1830hrs, 23 February 2016 –The extent of destruction from Tropical Cyclone Winston, the Southern Hemisphere’s strongest tropical storm on…
Read MoreCyclone Winston: Grim reminder of life in a warming world.
February 23, 2016NEW YORK–With widespread power outages and entire islands cut off from the mainland, reports on the impact of Cyclone Winston are…
Read MorePress Release: AOSIS Ministers Lay Out Priorities Ahead of Week Two
December 7, 2015Paris—After meeting ahead of the second week of United Nations climate change negotiations, the Ministers and heads of delegation here representing the…
Read MorePress Conference: TUVALU Perspectives on Climate Talks
December 3, 2015‘TUVALU Perspectives on the Climate Talks in Paris’ Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable islands to the impact of Climate…
Read MoreParis Must Show Global Solidarity to Tackle Climate Change
November 29, 2015Paris—Ahead of the highly-anticipated United Nations climate change conference that begins here this week, perhaps the generation’s last chance to forge…
Read MoreSmall Islands: Co-Chairs’ Text Falls Short in Bonn
October 19, 2015“As the countries most vulnerable to climate change, we are always mindful that a weak deal could be worse than no…
Read MoreSmall Islands Seek Breakthrough in Bonn
August 31, 2015Bonn, Germany—At the opening of the latest round of United Nations climate change talks, Amjad Abdulla, chief negotiator for the Alliance…
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