WHY SMALL, CLIMATE-VULNERABLE ISLAND STATES PUNCH WELL ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT IN UN CLIMATE TALKS

Few diplomatic organizations punch above their weight quite like the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis). With no fixed budget, no permanent secretariat and no formal charter, it has still managed to shape some of the most important climate agreements of the past few decades—including the 1.5°C target that underpins the Paris agreement.