Marrakech talks must focus on global adaptation challenge
Climate talks are not just about carbon cuts, writes Maldives minister Thoriq Ibrahim
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Maldives minister: UN talks must deliver clean power surge
Crashing solar prices are evidence a renewables revolution is upon us and it’s time to deploy it globally, writes Thoriq Ibrahim
Islands need support to face shocking impacts of 1.5C global warming
Last month’s landmark UN science report underlines why vulnerable countries must demand funding to cover their climate-induced losses
Fiji needs help after Cyclone Winston, a portent of climate chaos to come
COMMENT: Maldives foreign minister urges international community to stand with Fiji as it recovers from Cyclone Winston
Fortress Maldives: Protecting islands against climate change comes at a price
COMMENT: UN climate summit in Paris must drive investmnt in mangrove forests, sea walls, coral reefs and fresh water access critical to the future of small island states
Small islands urge progress in Bonn, cite Philippines Typhoon Koppu
NEWS: Alliance of vulnerable states remind weak UN climate deal might be “worse than no deal at all” as session gets off to rocky start
Why climate change is humanity’s defining challenge
COMMENT: Maldives foreign secretary addresses UN security council during special session on development in small island states
Warming above 1.5C will overwhelm islands, says Maldives minister
COMMENT: Proposed UN climate change pact will only be a success if it manages to secure radical carbon cuts ahead of 2020
Tuvalu: Cyclone Pam shows we are still ‘least developed’
NEWS: Pacific island nation is vulnerable to climate disaster and should not lose “least developed country” status, ambassador argues
Seychelles president calls emergency meeting for Vanuatu
NEWS: Small island states show solidarity with Cyclone Pam victims, call for recognition of vulnerability to climate disaster
“This is a matter of our race’s existence and extinction”
COMMENT: A letter from a schoolgirl on the sinking Seychelles to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon
Backtracking from 2C goal abandons island states to the waves
ANALYSIS: Negotiators are already distancing themselves from the 2C goal, but it is too important to throw away
Nauru ambassador: moral voice of island states must be heard
INTERVIEW: Marginalised small island voices key for credible Paris deal, says Ambassador Marlene Moses
Project survival: How Pacific island youth are facing down climate change
COMMENT: As they age, Pacific youth could watch their homelands sink to a watery myth. They’re not going down without a fight
When young people infiltrate the UN climate machine
ANALYSIS: Not all youths protest. Some have become part of official government delegations. What can they achieve?
Small islands must take the helm on ‘loss and damage’
COMMENT: Small island states were excluded from the UN’s ‘loss and damage’ committee; it’s time they are invited to the table
Marshall Islands primed for climate survival fight
INTERVIEW: Foreign minister Tony de Brum tells RTCC he’s determined to stop his islands sinking beneath the waves
Nauru President: ‘Some islands won’t make it’
Baron Waqa speaks of climate risk threatening to undo history of struggle and achievement in Small Island States
Filipino delegate announces hunger strike at UN climate talks opening
Small island states want universal ambition. The Arabs don’t want binding commitments. And Yeb Sano won’t eat until meaningful progress is made
Small island states dismiss doubts over 2015 UN climate deal
Nauru Ambassador Marlene Moses says a global emissions agreement by 2015 is possible and an obligation
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”