Created as part of the Islands Speak series of gifted Pacific poets joined by indigenous artists to create a visual, moving, digitally enhanced offering in this curated series of ten video poems. Islands Speak is part of the wider project Mana Moana – Pacific Voices, a collection of emotive and artistic video works that have […]
Category: Our region
Negotiations to resolve outstanding issues at COP26 must cement a climate legacy outcome we can be proud of: Forum Chair
Forum chair urged every world leader to take immediate action that limits global warming to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree Celsius threshold and turn the climate crisis around
Forum Leaders Declaration on Preservation of Maritime Zones launched
Bainimarama called for the integration of ocean into the UNFCCC, urging to reduce and prevent the irreversible impacts of climate change on Ocean
Pacific calls for ocean to be included in UNFCCC
The Climate-Ocean nexus and the health of the ocean is critical to life on this Blue Planet says Puna. He calls on Pacific leaders not to give up global leadership in ocean governance.
Pacific islanders struggle at COP26 climate summit as pandemic keeps leaders away
Pacific islanders at risk of rising sea levels are struggling to be heard at the climate summit in Glasgow as the COVID-19 pandemic chokes off travel from the other side of the Earth.
COP26 told warming Ocean will devastate Pacific Tuna Industry
The tuna catches in the combined waters of 10 Pacific islands is expected to decline by an average of 20% by 2050 if the current rate of ocean warming continues
Pacific plea to the world: Act now to reduce global warming
SPREP partnered with New Zealand who have invested in two large campaigns – Mana Moana and Flex For 1.5 to amplify Pacific voices at COP26
Resilient food systems and sustainable land use needed to support livelihoods in Commonwealth countries
The margins of COP26 discussed the actions around resilient food systems and sustainable land-use practices to slow climate change and biodiversity loss
Scotland’s £1 million pledge for Loss and Damage
Tuvalu’s PM told world leaders that Loss and Damage is not an adaptation and they should be treated separately
FSM paving the way for the Pacific by depositing its maritime boundaries with the UN
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is the first country in the region to deposit its maritime boundaries baselines with the United Nations.