Samoa and the Alliance of Small Islands States show climate security is also about loss and damage

Photo: United Nations Excerpt from lowyinstitute.org

Samoa assumed a leadership role in January this year as chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), the negotiating bloc for small island developing states.

Samoa is well placed to elevate the experience of Pacific Islands to influence global support on climate change security, with action on “loss and damage” talks as a special focus. AOSIS has long been instrumental across the United Nations system on the climate change and development agenda, notably in a recent Security Council climate debate.­ Read the full article

Coastal resilience and the harnessing of blue carbon hold great potential in achieving high-level climate goals. Recently, USAID Climate Finance for Development Accelerator (CFDA) released a Request for Proposals to hire an organisation to lead the Coastal Resilience, Carbon, and Conservation Finance Facility (C3F) and coordinate an associated community of practice. The purpose of C3F is to pilot an efficient, replicable mechanism to provide USAID Missions with the expertise to help local stakeholders develop and connect bankable biodiversity conservation, coastal resilience, and blue carbon projects with international and domestic sources of capital. Proposals are due next week, Thursday, August 17, 2023.

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