{"id":6152,"date":"2017-03-07T12:32:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T12:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/?p=6152"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:36:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T12:36:05","slug":"jean-hosts-climate-action-meeting-with-chair-of-the-alliance-of-small-island-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/2017\/03\/07\/jean-hosts-climate-action-meeting-with-chair-of-the-alliance-of-small-island-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean hosts climate action meeting with Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia Jean today welcomed H.E. Ahmed Sareer,\u00a0Permanent Representative of Maldives to the United Nations and\u00a0Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), to the European Parliament.<\/p>\n

Together they called on the European Union and other international stakeholders to work together to speed up implementation of the Paris Agreement and give new impetus to global action on climate change.<\/p>\n

The link between the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was also highlighted during the meeting, as\u00a0participants\u00a0emphasised how fighting climate change will also help achieve the seventeen SDGs and vice-versa.The\u00a0importance of Goal fourteen of the SDGs, which is dedicated to the conservation of\u00a0oceans and seas, was given particular consideration due to its specific relevance to\u00a0to small islands developing states.<\/p>\n

Speaking following the meeting Jean said\u00a0\u201cLow lying island states, like the Maldives are particularly vulnerable to the threat of climate change. Now more than ever, the EU needs to lead the charge w<\/em>orking<\/em>\u00a0to achieve the SDGs and fighting to achieve deeper emission cuts to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius in keeping with the Paris Agreement. There is growing concern about commitments from the US and other developed countries in terms of action an climate change and we must all work together to protect the legitimacy and integrity of the Paris Agreement\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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ENDS<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia Jean today welcomed H.E. Ahmed Sareer,\u00a0Permanent Representative of Maldives to the United Nations and\u00a0Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), to the European Parliament. Together they called on the European Union and other international stakeholders to work together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[969,963,51],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n