13 Nations Join Samoa and the Movement to Unite the World Behind the Science

World leaders publicly champion the IPCC 1.5C Special Report, which has been blocked at the last two annual United Nations climate change conferences (COP24 and COP25)

March For Science (MFS), the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), the Island Resilience Partnership, and YOUNGO co-hosted the Island Resilience Forum: SC1.5NCE Not SILENCE — in partnership with Island Innovation, PVBLIC Foundation, and EarthX — on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. The event was designed to build support for the SC1.5NCE Not SILENCE campaign, which is mobilizing world leaders and national governments to publicly champion the IPCC 1.5C Special Report and to elevate their climate goals to reflect the Report.

During the Island Resilience Forum, it was announced that Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Fiji, Nauru, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Maldives, Republic of Marshall Islands, the Seychelles, St. Lucia, Timor Leste, Tonga, and Tuvalu had formally joined the SC1.5NCE Not SILENCE campaign.

Launched by the Independent State of Samoa, March For Science and the Island Resilience Partnership in Madrid at COP25, the SC1.5NCE Not SILENCE campaign was created in response to the IPCC 1.5C Special Report being blocked from being formally welcomed at the United Nations…