Sentences with phrase «by small island nations»

Welcome to the 23rd Convention of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)-- led for the first time by a small Island nation, Fiji, but held in Germany.

Not exact matches

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's booming tourism industry is emerging as a cornerstone of an economy hit by declining dairy exports, but the hordes descending on silver screen locations such as Hobbiton are stretching the small island nation's resources.

Plant and animal species will be pushed to extinction, drought and famine will increase, and some small island nations could be literally drowned by rising sea levels.

It's the smallest island in the world shared by two nations.

Abercrombie & Kent has brought together unparalleled expertise in small ship cruising and experiential travel to create the most immersive way to experience this island nation, Cuba by Land & Sea: A People - to - People Cruise.

As the smallest island in the world to be shared by two sovereign nations, Saint Martin provides a unique opportunity to experience two different cultures in just one trip.

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I live in a small island nation that is quite strongly affected by el ninos and la ninas with drought etc..

In my briefings to the Association of Small Island States in Bali, the 41 Island Nations of the Caribbean, Pacific, and Indian Ocean (and later circulated to all member states), I pointed out that IPCC had seriously and systematically UNDERESTIMATED the extent of climate change, showing that the sensitivity of temperature and sea level to CO2 clearly shown by the past climate record in coral reefs, ice cores, and deep sea sediments is orders of magnitude higher than IPCC's models.

President Mohammed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives, whose small island nation is existentially threatened by rising sea levles caused by climate change, has called on the world to set a target of returning the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere to 350

The only nation that appears to take climate change truly to heart is the small Pacific island nation of the Maldives, which has pledged to be carbon neutral — eliminating or off - setting all emissions — by 2020.

Indeed, analysis by my colleague has shown that such commitments only get us 65 percent of the reductions we need to meet the 2 degrees C goal, to say nothing of the 1.5 degrees C goal that Tuvalu and other small island nation states have pushed for.

Second, to help the most vulnerable countries including small island nations adapt to climate change by building barriers against rising seas or developing drought - resilient crops.

It was a remarkable triumph for a long campaign by the small island states, proving that even tiny nations, armed with a powerful moral case, can change the world.

«We must attack this problem with a sense of urgency and ambition and quite frankly we are not seeing the level of urgency and ambition from the U.S.,» said Selwin Hart, a delegate from Barbados who was speaking for the Alliance of Small Island States, who face their entire nations sinking beneath rising seas caused by global warming.

«Only by doing that do I strongly believe that sustainable management of coastal ecosystems and small island nations can be fully protected,» he said.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

«Naturally some smart politicians and speculators in the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and in the small island nations, understand that they can profit from the Paris Treaty by gaming the rules on things like carbon credits, or milking the green fund for «climate compensation» or «green energy technology».

He does not speak alone: this fall, some 50 countries, including a number of small island nations along with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the European Union, are planning to put a resolution before the U.N. General Assembly requesting that the U.N. Security Council address «the threat posed by climate change to international peace and security.»

The president of Palau says his small island nation and others threatened by rising seas and climate change h are seeking to take the issue before the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Tuvalu's position is backed by the small island states (AOSIS) and some African nations and up to this point, all members of the Group of 77, the now 130 - country block of developing nations.

The earliest reports from Barbuda indicate that 90 percent of the houses on the small island were destroyed by the storm, an unsustainable level of damage, according to Carl - Friedrich Schleussner, a researcher with Climate Analytics who helps island nations prepare for climate change impacts.

This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to suggest a common understanding of the blue economy; to highlight the importance of such an approach, particularly for small island developing states and coastal least developed countries; to identify some of the key challenges its adoption poses; and to suggest some broad next steps that are called for in order to ensure its implementation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Next week, Barbados — a small island, developing state threatened by climate - induced sea level rise — will host a critical board meeting of the United Nations Green Climate Fund.

The court described Tsilhqot» in Nation as «semi-nomadic» and allowed proof of occupation based on regular and exclusive use of sites or territory, instead of a narrower approach that would result in «small islands of title surrounded by larger territories where the group possesses only Aboriginal rights....»

Though it is one of the smallest states by area, Rhode Island is the second most densely populated state in the nation.