AOSIS
Pacific Island summit ends with call for climate compensation
Pacific Island states agree to redouble efforts to secure agreement for a loss and damage scheme at UN climate talks
Pacific Islands meet in Fiji to discuss 2015 adaptation strategy
Leaders convene in Fiji for four day summit as rising tides and storms start to take toll on world’s most climate vulnerable countries
Pacific Islands gather to discuss growing climate threat
Fourth Pacific Climate Change Roundtable brings together environment ministers, meteorologists and UN officials to discuss rising sea levels
Tides swamp climate vulnerable Marshall Islands
Pacific islands experience record tides as Minister welcomes US response team with the words “welcome to climate change”
Solomon Islands dismiss US voluntary climate targets plan
Ambassador Colin Beck says pace and direction of negotiations are leaving his people with an “uncertain future”
Small Island technical paper wins support at UN climate talks
Proposal from Alliance of Small Island States to focus on practical steps to cut carbon emissions receives generous welcome at UN talks in Bonn
83 developing states call for clear climate finance & emission pledges
Alliance of Small Island States and Least Developed Countries groups ay UN talks in Bonn over the next two weeks must focus on short-term emission reductions
Small island states issue climate compensation warning
Pacific nations say push for damages incurred from climate change will cost more than taking early efforts to cut emissions
Small island states secure climate talks funding
European Union agrees to cover some costs of Alliance of Small Island States at UNFCCC negotiations
EU alliance with small island states vital to success of Doha talks – UK minister
COP18: UK climate minister Greg Barker says he will be working hard to ensure relationship between EU and developing world is restored
Ambition deadlock frustrating climate talks in Doha
COP18: Lack of firm financial and emission pledges in week one of UN climate talks leaving small island states and African countries frustrated
Hardline Nauru stance risks stalling Doha climate talks
COP18: Concerns that AOSIS chair’s demands are playing into hands of countries who have no desire for rules-based climate treaty
AOSIS: Rich countries must up carbon cutting ambition in Doha
Negotiators from the Alliance of Small Island States warn that COP18 will be deemed a failure if countries do not up their ambition levels to 2020.
Seychelles plan to give tourists green education
Islands’ Minister of Environment and Energy says tourists must start to appreciate the consequences of their actions
Vulnerable islands call for urgent action ahead of Doha climate talks
Leaders from the AOSIS group meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly call for greater ambition from second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol
Ban Ki-moon accuses governments of being wilfully blind to dangers of climate change
UN Secretary-General joins Presidents of vulnerable island states in climate rallying call at UN General Assembly.
East Timor could become home to Kiribati’s climate refugees
President Tong of Kiribati says the government are in negotiations with other countries in the event of a sea level rise
World’s most vulnerable countries call for greater ambition in Doha to guarantee integrity of Kyoto Protocol
As the Bangkok talks come to a close, the LDCs and AOSIS come together to call on more developed countries to submit legally binding targets for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ahead of COP18 in Doha.
Vulnerable small island states call for Bangkok climate talks to “close the gaps”
Small Island States issue statement calling in rich nations to raise the their ambition and ensure gaps in funding and emission reductions are slammed shut.
Rio+20: What does the Earth Summit’s outcome mean for climate change?
The Rio+20 document is jam packed with caveats, ifs, buts and maybes. So what concrete action does it contain, and what implications are there for action on climate change?