COP29: Small island states and least developed countries abandon meeting

“We feel that we have not been heard”, declared the representative of Samoa, Cedric Schuster, on behalf of the group of island states (Aosis)

Representatives of small island states and least developed countries abandoned a consultation meeting with the Azerbaijani presidency of the UN climate summit in Baku this Saturday.

The initiative aims to protest against the draft financial agreement being prepared.

“We abandoned the meeting (…). We feel that we were not heard”, declared the representative of Samoa, Cedric Schuster, on behalf of the group of island states (Aosis), cited by the French agency AFP.

The protest comes at a time when COP29, which should have ended on Friday, is being extended with no commitment in sight.