On Monday 4th December at the AOSIS Pavilion, the Chairs of the Alliance of Small Island States and Least Developed Countries gave a press conference on the priorities of AOSIS and the LDC group at COP28, with updates on negotiations. 

Speakers included:

 – The Honourable Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, Minister of Natural Resources, Environment, and Lands from Samoa, and the Chair of AOSIS 

– Madeleine Diouf Sarr, Chair of the Least Developed Countries 

– Tina Stege, Climate Envoy for the Marshall Islands 

– Michai Robertson, Senior Advisor, AOSIS 

– Rueanna Haynes, Senior Advisor, AOSIS 

Topics covered fossil fuel phaseout, the Global Stocktake, and Loss and Damage.—