Today we showed great unity and determination with a global coalition of ambitious nations. The Netherlands 🇳🇱 is a proud member of the High Ambition Coalition and works hard to make the #ParisAgreement a reality.

Great to see more Pacific members of the High Ambition Coalition

Had a great discussion with women leaders in Majuro, in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. We shared experiences and lessons to improve gender equality in both our countries and reflected on what we can do to further empower #womeninleadership #genderequality

#Cop25 #fightingnotdrowning #TimeForAction @MinisterDPaul

The #HighAmbitionCoalition has taken stock. We need a text that goes beyond business as usual. We need a text that is ambitious and says very clearly that we will enhance NDCs next year. We are now working to make that happen. #COP25Madrid

“I need to go home and look my kids in the eye and tell them we came out with an outcome that will ensure their future. The text must address need for new and more ambitious NDCs and long-term goals. We can't leave with anything else.” 🇲🇭 #COP25Madrid bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Exactly. And we owe it to those of us on the frontline and all the youth around the world demanding action. #COP25Madrid uk.reuters.com/article/climat…

#COP25Madrid is not over yet. That does not mean it is an opportunity to gut the text in order to simply get to an outcome. What the Presidency presented overnight on ambition was good. No country can credibly stand in its way. And the Presidency should feel a strengthened hand.

We came to #COP25Madrid to make the planet safer. Unfortunately, the new text we adopted this morning does not reflect anything near what we would have wanted. Nevertheless, it does make clear what we all agreed in Paris, which is that next year is a year of delivery.

TUAK bwe ELIMAJNONO!" We will continue to brave the waves and rough seas, and face the challenge head on. " For my country, my daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren, victory MUST be ours. If we manage to save our country, we will be able to save the world." tdb

I take heart from climate champions in our midst. "But we must not give up, and I will not give up."

If it was not for the Marshall Islands and our #HighAmbitionCoalition, there would have been an even weaker outcome at #COP25Madrid. While we should be disappointed with the behaviour of some big emitters, we should be proud we helped protect against an even weaker outcome.

Congratulations Roxanne Cabral, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service confirmed by the Senate 12/19/2019 to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 🇺🇸🇲🇭

President Panuelo of the Federated States of Micronesia has become the 19th world leader to sign the ‘Uniting Behind the Science to Step Up Ambition by 2020’ statement, committing to deliver an enhanced Paris target by March and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. 🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia Public Information

I needed a minute after #COP25 to breathe and process. Thanks Jamie Tahana for the interview and for highlighting Pacific voices. @President_Heine @MinisterSilk @MinisterDPaul

New U.S. law requires probe of Marshall Islands nuclear dump threatened by rising seas latimes.com/world-nation/s…

⚡️ Congress is demanding the Department of Energy investigate an aging, cracking U.S. nuclear waste dump in the Marshall Islands, the focus our investigation this year. x.com/i/moments/1211…

US atomic waste dump in Marshall Islands to be investigated bbc.in/36aFHHd

It has been the pleasure of my life to serve as the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Our government helped make the world safer, delivered real benefits for the Marshallese people and set our country up for the future. Best wishes to President-elect David Kabua.

Congratulations to President Tsai 蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen on your re-election and to the people of Taiwan on the conduct of the elections. The Marshall Islands and Taiwan are the greatest of friends. 🇲🇭🇹🇼