Sentence examples for The aosis from inspiring English sources

The AOSIS grouping stressed the need for additional COP guidance in expediting the operationalization of the Fund and initiating an effective and prompt replenishment process.

On Monday, the leaders of countries from the Climate Vulnerable Forum CVFF) will join the Aosis group in calling for a more ambitious target.

But on 11 February, Pershing met the EU climate action commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, in Brussels, where she told him, according to a cable, "the Aosis [Alliance of Small Island States] countries 'could be our best allies' given their need for financing".

"We look forward to more detailed information about how the commitments match up against what is needed to ensure a safe global climate," the Aosis ministers said in a statement.

When asked about the AOSIS proposal, he mentioned that the 1.5C agenda was all but a distraction to a world coming together around 2C.

But if Solomon Islands and the rest of the Pacific AOSIS members demand that global average temperature rises are limited to well below 1.5C; and that parties must reduce emissions by 45% below 1990 levels by 2020, and by 95% come 2050; then our future looks brighter.

In the meantime, Aosis should come to its senses and realise that it is damaging the interests of small island states worldwide to have its collective voice represented by a regime that crushes democracy and imprisons opposition leaders.

Negotiating blocks such as the G77, Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), the Africa group, and the Like Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) have called the original text "lopsided" and "imbalanced" and serves the interests of rich countries like the United States.

At a small informal meeting in Brussels last week, just over 30 nations from the coalition took stock of the situation, with members of the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) urging the EU to adopt the 30% target as soon as possible.

The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) said "the draft text prejudices the future of the Kyoto Protocol.

The appeal came from the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS), gathering low-lying islands in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and the Pacific, which is lobbying hard for the UN climate arena not to abandon the 1.5 C target.