• About us
    • Mission, vision and values
    • The team
    • Advisory board
    • Supporters
    • Anonymous sources policy
  • Contact us
    • Write for us
    • Partner with us
    • Make a complaint
Climate Home Logo Climate Home Logo
  • Home
  • News
  • Comment
  • Sponsored
  • Newsletters
  • Home
  • News
  • Comment
  • Sponsored
  • Newsletters

Small Island States

UN Security Council hears climate fears of small island states

UN Security Council hears climate fears of small island states

NEWS: Unusual debate at UN HQ in New York highlights security concerns of world’s most climate vulnerable countries

Tonga's King talks climate change with Pope Francis

Tonga’s King talks climate change with Pope Francis

NEWS: King of Tonga discusses environment with the Pope, as Vatican gets its first Tongan Cardinal

Mapped: Voices of people most vulnerable to climate change

Mapped: Voices of people most vulnerable to climate change

BLOG: Using photos and stories, people in the Arctic and small island states are documenting the disappearance of their land

Small islands will not accept weak Paris climate deal - official

Small islands will not accept weak Paris climate deal – official

INTERVIEW: Maldives climate ambassador says group wants commitment to 1.5C warming goal, more finance and action on loss and damage mechanism

Concern mounts in Marshall Islands as high tides swamp capital

Concern mounts in Marshall Islands as high tides swamp capital

NEWS: Majuro counts cost of latest flooding as 30 ‘Pacific Warriors’ set off for Australia in canoes to highlight concerns

Backtracking from 2C goal abandons island states to the waves

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

For small islands states, the renewables revolution is already here

For small islands states, the renewables revolution is already here

COMMENT: Island states are may be small, but they’re powerful when it comes to renewables, write three foreign ministers

Kiribati president: My people are the polar bears of the Pacific

Kiribati president: My people are the polar bears of the Pacific

NEWS: President Anote Tong calls for world leaders to pay attention to sinking island at today’s historic climate summit in New York

Civil society must call out India and China on climate summit snub

COMMENT: When a vulnerable island nation calls on would-be superpowers to attend the UN’s climate summit, why are NGOs not offering more solidarity?

Figueres: small island leadership vital for climate fight

Figueres: small island leadership vital for climate fight

SPEECH: UN climate chief tells small island states to set ambitious clean energy goals

Climate change "robbing nations of right to exist" say small island leaders

Climate change “robbing nations of right to exist” say small island leaders

NEWS: Climate change set to dominate discussions during 2014 Small Islands conference

Nauru ambassador: moral voice of island states must be heard

Nauru ambassador: moral voice of island states must be heard

INTERVIEW: Marginalised small island voices key for credible Paris deal, says Ambassador Marlene Moses

Small islands must take the helm on 'loss and damage'

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

Kiribati president: It is “too late” to save my islands

NEWS: President Tong says islands will be “annihilated” regardless of action from US and China

Island states invoke IPCC report at climate negotiations

Island states invoke IPCC report at climate negotiations

NEWS: Low lying island countries at risk from sea level rise are pushing for tougher climate action ahead of Bonn talks

1.5C climate target 'out of range', says IPCC chair

1.5C climate target ‘out of range’, says IPCC chair

NEWS: Efforts to stop warming above 1.5C no longer possible, says Edenhofer, with dire consequences for small island states

UN makes future of small island states a 2014 priority

UN makes future of small island states a 2014 priority

Leaders focus on climate threat to low lying islands, with warnings some could be destroyed “in our lifetime”

Nauru President: 'Some islands won't make it'

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

Seychelles plan to give tourists green education

Seychelles plan to give tourists green education

Islands’ Minister of Environment and Energy says tourists must start to appreciate the consequences of their actions

Ban Ki-moon accuses governments of being wilfully blind to dangers of climate change

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.

  • 1
  • 2
Become a CHN sponsor Signify logo Unilever logo We Mean Business logo CJRF logo Adaption Fund logo Orsted logo Helvetas

The climate crisis - and how we confront it - is THE story of our lifetimes. At Climate Home News, we believe journalism can make a difference. Our mission is to produce original reporting that informs, engages and inspires action. This takes time and expertise. Support our work today with a donation or by subscribing to our daily newsletter for exclusive extra content.

About us     Contact us

© 2023 Climate Home News Ltd. All rights reserved.

Privacy policyclick here

Want our celebrated digest of weekly news straight to your inbox?

Sign up to Climate Weekly, plus you'll get breaking news, investigations and bulletins from key events.

Newsletter Signup

or
Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}