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2015-07-30
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  1. “SIDS issues are now legislated in the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, and we must cooperate in order to genuinely address SIDS' resilience and vulnerabilities. The support of partners in financing for adaptation to climate change cannot be the total answer to this universal problem. We need moral reform; we need science and new technology to help keep the average rise in temperatures well below 1.5° Celsius; and we must reach a credible agreement at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Security Council should review its mandate so that it can fully embrace the concept of environmental security. The post-2015 agenda seeks to respect, protect and fulfil all human rights, for all peoples; please, let us cooperate to achieve that with dignity and honour.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  2. “That is how fast our islands could disappear, in the blink of an eye, ifnothing is done to address climate change. Tuvaluans rely on the country's meagre land mass for the basic needs for their survival, food and shelter. If their land begins to disappear, the people of Tuvalu will find themselves restricted in their access to their basic survival needs and their right to live comfortably in their God-given homeland. Unfortunately, although human lives were not lost, other living organisms that made their home on those islets lost their lives. The higher tides and the effects we are seeing do not lie; they tell us that somehow, somewhere, the chain of events that causes sea levels to rise demands our urgent attention and action. We cannot continue along this path.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  3. “The seriousness, reality and urgency of the climate-change problem demands more than our heartfelt conversation; it simply needs us to act now. We need the Security Council to recognize climate change as a global security threat, put the issues of climate change and environmental security on its agenda and take immediate steps to address them. Tuvalu and other atoll-island countries in the Pacific may be the first to feel the brunt of the impacts of climate change, but the whole world is bound to feel them if nothing is done urgently. While we debate and talk, lives are being affected and our coastal areas are disappearing. In fact, four small islets in Tuvalu have disappeared since 2000, two of them as a result of Cyclone Pam in March. They were here one day and gone the next.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  4. “Given Tuvalu's low elevation and small size - 24 square kilometres of land surrounded by a vast ocean - and despite the fact that Tuvalu was hit only by the periphery of Cyclone Pam, the devastation was significant, further confirming our high vulnerability to the increasing occurrences we are seeing of natural disasters, rising sea level and other climate-change-related events. It is estimated that approximately $92 million is needed for recovery efforts and to better protect the people of Tuvalu from future disasters. Yesterday, on Wednesday, 29 July, on its capital island, Funafuti, Tuvalu held its first high-level dialogue on Cyclone Pam with its development partners, aimed at responding actively with the goal not only of recovery but also of strengthening the resilience of the people, communities and islands of our tiny nation.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  5. “We need to focus that same attention and urgency, on the part of all United Nations institutions, including the Council, on the impacts of climate change. Climate change causes sea-level rise, which inundates many island coastlines; it floods plains and deltas in larger, heavily populated countries; it damages food crops and displaces many people. It is a security issue that is urgent and inter-generational. And it is an existential issue for Tuvalu and other Pacific countries. Tropical Cyclone Pam, which hit Vanuatu and other Pacific countries, devastated Tuvalu early in March.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  6. “As we exchange views here on those issues, we are always grateful for recognition of SIDS' special situation and context. Climate change is the greatest challenge facing Tuvalu, threatening as it does the livelihoods, security and well-being of all Tuvaluans. It is a security, development and environmental issue. During the discussions of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, many Security Council members noted that climate change is a cross-cutting issue. It is very much so, and therefore we cannot consider it as something that can be treated as a silo. We recall the urgency with which the Ebola epidemic was considered, and how so many United Nations institutions, including the Security Council, collaborated to address the issue as a security threat.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  7. “It is indeed an honour for Tuvalu to participate in this Security Council open debate on small island developing States (SIDS). I thank our leaders from the Pacific, the Council members and the United Nations membership for their insights and leadership on an issue that is dear to our hearts - climate change and the security of our island nations. At the outset, Tuvalu would like to associate itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Tonga, Chair of the Pacific Small Island Developing States, and the Maldives, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States. Tuvalu is grateful to the Government of New Zealand, as President of the Security Council for the month of July, for its initiative in holding this meeting and instituting a dialogue on issues related to peace and security in the Pacific and SIDS in general.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source