Pacific researchers call for collective real and urgent action from world leaders to fight climate change threatening their communities and livelihoods
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Pacific Wayfinder: Merging science with traditional knowledge to combat climate change
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report emphasises that the Pacific needs both modern scientific and traditional knowledge to build resilience to climate change, Ben Bohane writes.
The evidence is ‘painfully clear’: Forum Secretary General Puna
SG Puna warns that climate change challenges are now direr and urgent than ever before for Blue Pacific people after the release of the IPCC Working Group II report
While Australia fights for coal, the Pacific fights for its survival
Australia is fighting harder for coal and gas companies than for their family in the Pacific while the Pacific fights for its survival, writes Former president of Kiribati
“Our ocean is not a nuclear dumpster” – USP students call for a nuclear free Pacific
Pacific students held a rally to call for nuclear disarmament and an end to nuclear waste dumping in the Pacific. “We will never stop fighting”
WWF commends UN Environment Assembly’s watershed decision to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty
WWF urges the world’s governments to seize the most ambitious environmental actions to develop a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution
As extreme weather ravages the Pacific, there is much to do and no time to waste
Climate change is already pushing some human systems and ecosystems beyond their adaptation limits. Pacific Island nations have been spearheading demands for stronger commitments.
Pacific Islanders: Failure to commit to 1.5 degrees at COP27 will imperil the World’s Oceans
Pacific Islanders are deeply concerned about the fate of the oceans if world leaders fail to secure the pledges to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 Degrees Celsius
Pacific Elders call halt to seabed mining
Pacific Elders recommend creating a regional expert body to provide expert advice to Pacific Island countries while calling for a halt in seabed mining
Region needs urgent support against climate change
Pacific Islands region in critical need of resources for climate change mitigation and adaptation