Small islands slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime court hearing
Small island states have asked the world’s maritime tribunal to clarify state obligations on climate change, which could be influential for other courts.
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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
UN court: Countries must go beyond Paris Agreement to protect oceans
Small island states score “historic” victory as UN maritime tribunal says countries must take necessary measures to address emissions
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
NEWS: Climate change set to dominate discussions during 2014 Small Islands conference
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’
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
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
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
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’
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
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
UN Secretary-General joins Presidents of vulnerable island states in climate rallying call at UN General Assembly.
Good news: We have four environmental winners from Rio+20
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