On the United Nations Basic Meeting, the Prime Minister of Samoa and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), Honourable Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, and COP28 President-Designate, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, co-hosted the 39-country Alliance to debate precedence outcomes for small island growing international locations (SIDS) at COP28 later this yr in Dubai.
“Our islands are being pushed to the brink by the local weather disaster and we’d like a powerful plan of motion for survival, proper now,” stated Prime Minister Mataʻafa. “AOSIS wants all international locations to return to COP28 able to embark on a brand new course of local weather motion. We want a lot larger mitigation in addition to adaptation ambition from the worldwide neighborhood, and we will need to have the Loss and Harm fund operationalised – one that’s match for function for our wants as communities most susceptible to local weather change. The help of the COP28 Presidency is invaluable for these outcomes.”
Ministers from AOSIS and the COP28 management, together with Excessive-Stage Champion Razan Al Mubarak, mapped out the method to drive progress throughout a various set of points, together with slashing greenhouse gasoline emissions 43% by 2030 and worldwide finance for SIDS’ capability to deal with already extreme local weather impacts.
“AOSIS has pioneered lots of the bedrocks of the COP28 agenda, from retaining 1.5 inside attain to doubling of adaptation finance earlier than 2025 and operationalisation of the loss and injury funding preparations,” stated Dr. Al Jaber. “We’re dedicated to a COP that delivers for SIDS, particularly on this yr of the World Stocktake, which requires the worldwide neighborhood to fill gaps within the implementation of the Paris Settlement. SIDS symbolize lower than 1% of world greenhouse gasoline emissions and face existential threats from local weather change, but persistently present the political and coverage options for motion.”
AOSIS ministers and the UAE Presidency additionally coordinated on the COP28 Motion Agenda, which can place enhanced concentrate on local weather levers together with nature and biodiversity, meals techniques, human well being, and disaster reduction and restoration. In addition they mentioned the important significance of local weather management and funding for girls, indigenous peoples, youth, frontline communities, and different stakeholders.
The COP28 Presidency group was joined by the UAE’s Mariam Almheiri, Minister of Local weather Change and Surroundings and COP28 Meals Champion, and Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for Worldwide Cooperation.