Pacific Islands Forum will provide support to drive fossil fuel free Pacific ambition forward that will ultimately allow Pacific people to live in a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific
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Pacific Ministers urged to set global example and declare the Pacific free of fossil fuel exploration and extraction
Pacific civil society called on Pacific leaders to include the voices of vulnerable Pacific communities in tackling climate crisis and set a global example and declare the Pacific region free of fossil fuel exploration and extraction
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Emerging collective call for fossil fuel free Pacific
Pacific Ministers agreed to declare a fossil fuel free Pacific and push to transition away from oil and gas and explore safe and sustainable renewable energy sources
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Pacific nations explore opportunities to push for fossil fuel phase out in Vanuatu’s ICJ Advisory Opinion decision
A yes vote at the UNGA will be an opportunity for Pacific nations to advocate for fossil fuel phase-out in Vanuatu’s ICJ Advisory Opinion decision
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More Pacific countries likely to join the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
As ministerial dialogue is underway, more Pacific Island nations are likely to join the global campaign to phase out the production and stockpiling of fossil fuels
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Japan offers to meet high level Pacific delegation next month over plans to dump treated radioactive nuclear waste water into the Pacific Ocean
Pacific panel of experts recommend a stop to the release date of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean until Pacific leaders are provided with verifiable scientific evidence to guide their decision
Posted inOur originals / Papua New Guinea
Carteret Island needs K14 million to move 350 families by 2027
The proposed Loss and Damage finance facility agreed to at COP27 is ‘too late’ to compensate for more than 15 years of suffering in the Carteret Islands, says activist Ursula Rakova
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PSIDS political champion tells world leaders to match ambition with commitment in the COP27 negotiations
PSIDS political champion urged world leaders to match their global climate ambitions. “What leaders are promising does not match what their negotiators are saying.”
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Traditional knowledge must be recognised and mainstreamed into national policies, says Minister Regenvanu
For any future responses and management to our environment and climate change, traditional knowledge will continue to play a key role and there is no way we can discount it, says Minister Regenvanu
Posted inOur originals / Vanuatu
Parties predicting a failure of COP27 without a loss and damage finance facility
The creation of Loss and Damage finance facility will determine the success or failure of collective leadership here at COP27, says Vanuatu’s Climate Change and Environment Minister