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Small island states urge world leaders not to ‘surrender’ 1.5°C climate target

Small island nations warn at UN ‘1.5°C is not an arbitrary goal that would be nice to achieve’

The Independent UK · Sep 23

‘Held hostage’ by fossil fuels: How oil-rich nations influenced the UN climate conference in Bonn

Experts warn that fossil fuel interests and 'attacks on science' have stalled one of the most contentious climate debates once again.

Euronews · Jun 19

Why small climate-vulnerable island states punch well above their weight in UN climate talks

Few diplomatic organisations punch above their weight quite like the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis). With no fixed budget, no permanent secretariat and no formal charter, it has still managed to shape some of the most important climate agreements of the past few decades – including the 1.5°C target…

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2025

‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns

Top climate figures respond to Guardian survey of scientists who expect temperatures to soar, saying leaders must act radically

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024

‘Not conducive to our survival’: Pacific islands on the climate frontline respond to Cop28 deal

The agreement was hailed as a win for climate action, but Pacific campaigners say it fails to grapple with the reality of a warming world

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2023

How COP28 failed the world's small islands

As the gavel came down on the latest round of climate talks in Dubai, there were declarations of “we united, we acted, we delivered” from the COP28 presidency. This was met by a sense of déjà vu among delegates of the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis), an intergovernmental organisation…

The Conversation · Dec 15, 2023

1.5°C: where the target came from – and why we're losing sight of its importance

The US economist William Nordhaus claimed as early as the 1970s, when scientific understanding of climate change was still taking shape, that warming of more than 2°C would “push global conditions past any point that any human civilisation had experienced”. By 1990, scientists had also weighed in: 2°C above the…

The Conversation · Dec 14, 2022

Island nations want China, India to pay for climate damage

Highly polluting emerging economies including China and India should pay into a climate compensation fund to help countries rebuild after climate change-driven disasters, the prime minister of island nation Antigua and Barbuda said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Nov 8, 2022