We did it!
Today we crossed a major hurdle in saving our islands.
After the tireless effort by our team of hardworking and devoted negotiators and supportive partners, we are pleased to say we now have a #LossandDamageFund
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- Tears flowed and a lengthy rousing ovation during final plenary just now for AOSIS Chair #AnneRasmussen, as she delivered an emotional response filled with unsparing observations about the final outcomes from #COP28UAE
- Today #AnneRasmussen was the voice of millions. She shouldered the pain of generations and championed the call for change. She led courageously from the front, piloting us through the turbulence of the past few hours. We are truly proud to have this warrior on our side!
- Some major developed countries & large developing nations just met to discuss Article 6, primarily Markets & the carrying over of Kyoto Protocol Units into the new Paris Agreement mechanism. This is central to environmental integrity! Why were vulnerable nations excluded? #COP25
- AOSIS Chair on UK draft COP text: 'Urging' 'encouraging' and 'inviting' is NOT the decisive language that this moment calls for. We have limited time left @COP26 to get this right and send a clear message to our children, that we hear you and are taking this crisis seriously.
- AOSIS extends our heartfelt congratulations to our colleague, climate champion @adelle_SIDS of the Bahamas ๐ง๐ธ on her appointment as Vice Chair for the @IPCC_CH Working Group 2 ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ This is a major achievement for the #Caribbean and all small island developing states #SIDS! ๐๐ฝ
- Today we salute our negotiators for their years of tireless work and unshakable commitment. ๐ซก๐๐ฝ Finally, we have a landmark clean text agreement that transforms the way the world manages and protects our high seas! #BBNJ #SpecialConsiderationsOfSIDS #IslandsLead
00:00 - #Cop28 teeters on the brink of failure as the legacy which it promised to leave for SIDS is obscured in language that fails to address fossil fuel phaseout in a meaningful way. A tearful Minister, Esa Ainuu, now ponders returning to Niue with a painful message for her people.
00:00 - "We do not want to be here, demanding finance for our loss and damage response. We do not want to be treated as though you are doing us a favor by adding an agenda item or creating a voluntary fund," Ambassador @conrodhunte #COP27 See full statement๐๐พ aosis.org/aosis-deliversโฆ
- Another long night ahead at #COP28UAE. A huge salute to our team for raising the alarm on disturbing GST text. The message seems to have hit home, but we are not out of the woods yet. Our negotiators are unmoved on 1.5 as it hinges on our very survival as SIDS. #TimetoAct
- "It's not enough for us to reference the science and then make agreements that ignore what the science is telling us we need to do. This is not an approach that we should be asked to defend." This was not the closing act but the opening scene of a renewed fight for 1.5.
00:00 - HAPPENING NOW: Ambassador Webson ๐ฆ๐ฌ, @AOSISChair , leading a coalition of over 70 states, in calling for a new legally binding global agreement on #plastic pollution ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ Read full declaration here: plasticdeclaration.aosis.org #SIDSLead #LargeOceanStates #OceanCustodians
- WE ARE STILL HERE. But for talks to be productive, they must be INCLUSIVE. The voices of the most vulnerable cannot be ignored. @AOSISChair and @LDCChairUNFCCC remain committed to securing a #COP29 deal that will not plunge our world into further peril. aosis.org/aosis-statemenโฆ
