Sentences with phrase «small island states»

In some cases the survival of small island states depends on that help.

We held our ground and negotiated fiercely not only for the survival of the people living on small island states, but everyone on planet Earth.

It will be a moment when many small island states and millions of people around the world will be hoping for better news.

First emerging decades ago as a relatively obscure plea by small island states, loss and damage has now gained recognition as the third pillar of international climate policy, after mitigation and adaptation.

Poor countries, including small island states and the least developed countries, were looking for a decision to create an international mechanism to address losses and damages caused by climate change.

Many small island states and African nations that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change such as sea level rise have demanded this target.

First there were there was a round of high fives and thumbs up exchanged among delegates from small island states as the chairman of the conference announced that the money in the long planned adaptation fund would be controlled by the states themselves, rather than doled out via some international organization that could monitor the money, like the older Global Environmental Facility.

«Our concern is urgency» in tackling climate change, said Marlene Moses of Nauru, chair of the Alliance of Small Island States whose members fear they will be swamped by rising sea levels.

The idea was to provide science synthesis for small island state and least developed countries, and to fill the gap that we saw out there where we felt these countries were essentially being outmanoeuvred by larger countries simply because they didn't have access to state - of - the - art science.

If the scientists of the IPCC are right, the inhabitants of large parts of Bangladesh face the loss of their homes and livelihoods, and the inhabitants of small island states face the loss of their countries.

However, Greenland and small island states like the Seychelles and the Maldives that are generally considered vulnerable, also find their way into the top 10 list if it is calculated per capita.

I think for us there is still some difficulty in understanding the land and sea border and certainly any advances in differentiating that land - sea contrast within the model would be an advantage for island states — especially small island states.

Representing small island states, the Maldives chimed in with their support, as did Switzerland on the basis of the «Environmental Integrity Group.»

Even if the 1.5 °C target was reached, which scientists say is highly unlikely, a number of low - lying small island states in the Pacific and Caribbean will disappear off the map.

Even with decisions on loss and damage deferred, COP 23 was a moment when Pacific islands and other small island states put the brutal, front - line impacts of climate change at the centre of the discussion.

He pointed out that in 2013 «a group of small island states threatened by rising sea levels, led by Palau, came close to asking the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion, and the main reason they did not press ahead then was that the scientific case is strengthening by the month».

Industrialized countries should not be surprised this is coming and should be prepared to assist developing countries and small island states adapt, the University of East Anglia's Chueng told IPS in an interview from Norwich, England.

In recent UNFCCC sessions some developing countries that are not small island states, LDCs or African countries have challenged the Bali Action Plan language specifying those three groups of countries as being particularly vulnerable.

If global warming permanently crosses that threshold, it will likely cause small island states to be swallowed by the sea, coral to die and heat waves to become more common and severe.

These early joiners were mostly small island states, which are the most vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change.

Foreword Preface Summary for Policymakers Chapters Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Africa Chapter 3: The Arctic and the Antarctic Chapter 4: Australasia Chapter 5: Europe Chapter 6: Latin America Chapter 7: Middle East and Arid Asia Chapter 8: North America Chapter 9: Small Island States Chapter 10: Temperate Asia Chapter 11: Tropical Asia

The Australian Government's chief adviser on climate change told a conference in London that it might be more efficient to evacuate small island states subject to inundation rather than require industrialised countries like Australia to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.2

For instance, small island states say the focus on a two - degree maximum temperature increase would likely submerge entire countries.

Small Island States don't (yet *) make global headlines, but this NASA picture shows a new Pacific climate record, which has a story for us all.

For example, if parts of small island states become uninhabitable, a payout might provide important financial support for the former residents, but it will not answer more challenging questions about where people should live or how to address their lost livelihoods.

In addition to academia, Mona has worked as a researcher for the case Sarayaku vs. Ecuador in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, a policy analyst for an NGO that lobbied the United Nations on behalf of small island states who face sea level rise, and an assistant contributor to a World Bank Report on Climate change and water distribution.

The text specifies that a framework for adaptation should promote adaptation primarily in the least developed countries (LDCs), developing small island states, and African countries.

«The effects of disasters, some of which have increased in intensity and have been exacerbated by climate change, impede their [small island states] progress towards sustainable development.»

Unfortunately, after our theory became praxis and the US met with AOSIS about Loss and Damage, the result was the U.S. bullying small island states into giving up their demands for Loss and Damage finance, in order for the U.S. to agree with the 1.5 global temperature rise limit to be included in the text.

«The IPCC can help small island states understand, manage and prepare for hurricanes by continuing to stress how the increase in global sea surface temperature will increase the intensity of hurricanes and examine further if there is a correlation of increased temperature with frequency.»

And small island states such as the Marshall Islands, Antigua, and the Maldives will be particularly vulnerable to sea level rise.

As she explained in a recent article for Climate Home, Thomas's research shows small island states are hit increasingly hard by tropical storms but don't have robust data to measure the influence of climate change on specific events.

Aosis The Alliance of Small Island States comprises 42 island and coastal states mostly in the Pacific and Caribbean.

Discussions have begun with the energy division of South Pacific Forum about projects to reduce emissions from small island states.

The region also experienced the highest rates of sea - level rise over the world, indicating large increases in ocean heat content and leading to substantial impacts on small island states in the region.

The report, which is the second installment of a three - part series of scientific updates from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sharply warns that climate change poses the greatest risks to the most vulnerable populations within all nations, and a potentially existential risk to poorer countries already struggling with food insecurity and civil conflict, as well as low - lying small island states.

A more suitable target, some say, would be to aim for zero emissions from shipping as early as 2035, as was demanded by the Marshall Islands and several other small island states.

It condemns many small island states and other developing countries by encouraging a 2 degree celsius world above pre-industrial levels.

Small island states facing a «frightening» rise in sea levels will seek investments in everything from solar energy to fisheries to boost their economies at a U.N. summit next week

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.

«The U.S. has obviously been clear about where it stands with the Paris Agreement, but it is heartening that 19 other countries reaffirmed their commitment to the agreement,» said Thoriq Ibrahim, minister of energy and environment for the Maldives and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, a group of countries vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

Small Steps Diplomats hope there will be some progress on funding to help developing countries most at risk from the effects of global warming, particularly in Africa and small island states.

The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) said: «If Durban puts off a legally binding agreement and closes the door on raising mitigation ambition before 2020 many of our small island states will be literally and figuratively doomed.»