This week we are sending off our 2022 cohort of AOSIS fellows! It's time for farewells!

What a great gathering! Congrats to the Italy-AOSIS Fellowship 2022 Fellows from 🇦🇬🇩🇲🇫🇯🇫🇲🇬🇩🇸🇷 & thank you Amb. Webson for your chairmanship. Italy proud to be longtime supporter of #AOSIS & to joining #SIDS Coalition for Nature as Friend of the Coalition🍃. #ClimateAction #SIDSMatter

Humbled to announce that I will be participating in this years @obamafoundation Leaders Asia-Pacific Pacific Program! #ObamaLeaders #Pacifc #Fiji #Veiqaravi #Veiliutaki

I’m so excited to share that I have been selected to participate in this year’s Leaders Asia-Pacific program with the The Obama Foundation! ✨and ✨I get to share this experience with fellow Italy-AOSIS Fellowship alum Filimone Tuivanualevu 🇫🇯 #kokonutz and OPOC Advisor, #TekauFrere 🇵🇫!

Two cyclones and a 6.5 mag earthquake have hit #Vanuatu in the space of 72 hours. If anyone was in any doubt about the multiple vulnerabilities of #Pacific small island developing states & the need for special, concessional treatment, look no further. #SIDS

At the #WBGYouthSummit last week looking at the nexus between climate and fragility, conflict and violence... Failure to operationalize an effective #LossAndDamage fund will threaten socio-economic stability for #SIDS and the global community Italy-AOSIS Fellowship Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change

We are so proud of, and congratulate, former AOSIS fellow, Tiffany van Ravenswaay of 🇸🇷 for taking up the leadership of #adaptation coordinator of G77 and China!

2 former fellows of Italy-AOSIS Fellowship were selected! Congratulations to Renae 🇬🇩 from Grenada and Zoe from Vanuatu!

Lets go, Grenada 🇬🇩Congratulations Renae 🇬🇩 on your selection in the COP28 UAE 100 Youth Delegates Program! #aosisfellowship alum out here doing amazing things! #sids #capacitybuilding #womeninclimate #cop28

Earlier today, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) officially approved the establishment of the Blue Green Bank, which will be headquartered in Barbados. This will be a game changer, giving us the ability to better finance climate resilience and action.

Honoured to address the General Assembly for the first time as it’s President. My Presidency will reflect the values of tolerance, inclusion, cooperation and unwavering respect for human dignity that Trinidad and Tobago has profoundly upheld and defended over 61 years of

Just last week, over 75,000 people marched in the streets of New York to demand climate action. Those streets are now flooded. Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency as over 8.5 million people were placed under flash flood warnings.   It costs more to do nothing.

Today, the #UNGA endorsed the Political Declaration, which was adopted by the 2023 #SDGSummit in the presence of Heads of States and Governments. 👏 This heralds the start of a new phase of accelerated progress to achieve the SDGs by 2030.  I thank 🇶🇦🇮🇪 for their leadership,

The new global stocktake synthesis report puts all the cards on the table, using Parties’ own words. Except this is not a game. This is our blueprint to course-correct at #COP28. It is only together that we can tackle the climate crisis and reach our 1.5 degree goal.

"The Caribbean Community #CARICOM abhors the attacks in #Israel and the counterattacks in the Palestinian territory of #Gaza." Read CARICOM Statement on the Developments in Israel: bit.ly/3RPxJha

I have come back to #COP28, because we are on the brink of climate disaster & this conference must mark a turning point. I am here to renew my urgent appeal to leaders: Recommit to the 1.5°C warming limit. End the fossil fuel age. Deliver climate justice. Make #COP28 count.

From my homeland of Carriacou hammered by #BerylHurricane to heatwaves & floods across the globe: the climate crisis is pushing disasters to record-breaking new levels. Nations & peoples are paying a huge price. The solutions are clear: We need much bolder climate actions. Now.

Amid increasing climate challenges, we just got good news: IRENA confirmed 2024 was a record year for renewable energy additions to global power capacity representing 92% of all new electricity generation capacity installed. Renewables become a smarter investment every day.

2026 Fellowship applications now open! Apply by Dec 5. More info and app: AOSIS.org/fellowship. Thanks Ministero Ambiente e Sicurezza Energetica Italy UN New York AOSIS