Sep 11, 2023 PoliticsSmall 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.
Jul 31, 2015 PoliticsUN 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
May 21, 2024 JusticeUN 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
Feb 17, 2015 NewsTonga’s King talks climate change with Pope Francis NEWS: King of Tonga discusses environment with the Pope, as Vatican gets its first Tongan Cardinal
Feb 16, 2015 EnergyMapped: 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
Feb 12, 2015 PoliticsSmall 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
Oct 15, 2014 NatureConcern 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
Oct 3, 2014 CommentBacktracking 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
Sep 24, 2014 CommentFor 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
Sep 23, 2014 PoliticsKiribati 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
Sep 6, 2014 CommentCivil 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?
Sep 3, 2014 CommentFigueres: small island leadership vital for climate fight SPEECH: UN climate chief tells small island states to set ambitious clean energy goals
Sep 1, 2014 PoliticsClimate change “robbing nations of right to exist” say small island leaders NEWS: Climate change set to dominate discussions during 2014 Small Islands conference
Aug 26, 2014 PoliticsNauru ambassador: moral voice of island states must be heard INTERVIEW: Marginalised small island voices key for credible Paris deal, says Ambassador Marlene Moses
Jun 18, 2014 CommentSmall 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
Jun 10, 2014 NewsKiribati president: It is “too late” to save my islands NEWS: President Tong says islands will be “annihilated” regardless of action from US and China
May 30, 2014 PoliticsIsland 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
Apr 17, 2014 Politics1.5C 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
Feb 25, 2014 NewsUN 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”
Feb 24, 2014 CommentNauru 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
Nov 2, 2012 NewsSeychelles plan to give tourists green education Islands’ Minister of Environment and Energy says tourists must start to appreciate the consequences of their actions
Sep 26, 2012 PoliticsBan 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.
Jun 28, 2012 NatureGood news: We have four environmental winners from Rio+20 What environmental frontiers emerged as the winners from the Rio+20 outcome document?