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COP27 opens with call for world leaders not to backslide on emission...
The 27th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP) has opened in the Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, with a plea from the new COP Presidency...
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Palau takes effort to save prized jelly fish to world leaders at COP27
The extreme heat from the climate crisis has killed more than 30 million of Palau’s beautiful, non-stinging jellyfish in its world-renowned Jellyfish Lake, robbing the Pacific country of one of their...
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As world gathers for COP27, Tuvalu declares state of emergency for extreme...
The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu is not just on the brink of sinking due to climate change-induced sea level rise. The island with a population of just over 11,000 people are grabbling with an...
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Vanuatu implores world leaders to vote for International Court of Justice...
The President of Vanuatu, Nikenike Vurobaravu, has issued an impassioned appeal on world leaders, to vote in favour of an International Court of Justice (ICJ) Climate Resolution at the United Nations...
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COP27 outcome must reflect renewed focus on loss and damage, Tuvalu says
The Pacific Island championing the region’s push for a Loss and Damage financing facility, Tuvalu, has applauded the renewed focus on the issue, calling on world leaders to reflect this commitment in...
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Just hear us, work with us, Pacific Political Champion for Gender says at COP27
Niue’s Minister for Natural Resources, Mona Ainu’u, is passionate about the Pacific region’s fight for a 1.5 to stay Alive outcome at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention...
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Our Pacific Islands lost and damaged reality
Loss and Damage may not be the term that Pacific Island people use to describe their climate change experiences yet within the corridors at COP27, it’s the term that describes the suffering felt by...
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Pacific nations share carbon market experiences at COP27
At COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Pacific Government leaders and officials along with representatives of the private sector, shared their experiences on carbon markets and how they can be used to...
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Nauru laments failure and lack of care from “those with real power”
Nauru, one of the Pacific countries at the forefront of the climate crisis, has lamented the failure of what they describe as “people with real power” to avert the climate crisis. Speaking during the...
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At COP27, SPREP and CSIRO sign partnership to benefit Pacific communities
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have signed a...
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From Safune Savai’i to IPCC report contributing Author, how Dr Luteru is...
As a young boy growing up in Safune on the central north coast of the island of Savai’i in Samoa, Afaese Dr Luteru Tauvale, used to envy the kids from the more fancied island of Upolu, where the...
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Impact of plastic pollution on Pacific highlighted as France draws global...
The plight of Pacific countries, where entire communities are at risk from the scourge of the plastic crisis despite contributing less than 1.3 per cent to global plastic statistics, has been...
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For the sake of our future generations, Niue issues challenge at Global...
“We are challenging the global forum on behalf of our future generations. The impacts are being felt today but it will be worse in the future if we don’t do anything now.” The challenge comes from...
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Pacific SIDS state their case for a robust and ambitious treaty to address...
The Pacific region is world-renowned for its pristine beaches, turquoise waters, vibrant forests and colourful reefs. While this postcard image remains, its environment has been contaminated by...
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‘They told us plastics would make life easy, now studies have found plastics...
When Pawa Limu grew up in Papua New Guinea (PNG), life in his village was simple. He was raised in a close-knit community where people co-existed peacefully and in harmony with nature. Survival in...
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Paris delivers mandate for zero draft as momentum builds towards plastic treaty
The global community is one step closer towards a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, with the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating...
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Pacific nations gather in Samoa for first Loss and Damage dialogue
The reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s most authoritative sources of climate science approved by 195 countries, reaffirms the reality that Pacific countries...
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Pacific’s new Ministerial Champion for Loss and Damage articulates vision
The Pacific’s new Ministerial Champion for Loss and Damage (L&D), Ralph Regenvanu, has lamented what he’s described as “woefully insufficient” levels of climate change adaptation in Pacific...
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The grim reality of Loss and Damage in Fiji
The negative impacts of climate change-induced Loss and Damage is already a lived reality for many Pacific countries. In Fiji, the impact is grim. In Vunidogola village on the island of Vanua Levu,...
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Satitoa village in Samoa welcomes pioneering exchange on traditional...
The blue lagoon of Satitoa village on the south coast of Upolu Samoa provided the scenic backdrop for a significant milestone in the collective effort to draw on Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)...
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