The ocean plays a vital role in moderating global temperatures and countries should use it as a major tool to fight climate change, writes Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama
Category: Our region
How do we mourn an island? Where do we mark its grave?
Marshall Islands is uniquely at risk for climate change, islets are disappearing, and it is so dire that we’ve been forced as a nation to completely change the way we plan for our future, writes Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner.
No more drinking water, little food: our island is a field of bones
Banaba in the central Pacific is a microcosm of what has happened to this planet. It’s a place that cannot be brought back into balance without focused and collaborative care, writes Katerina Teaiwa
On Guam there is no birdsong, you cannot imagine the trauma of a silent island
Climate change, invasive species and military expansion have formed an unholy trinity that threatens our small but ancient civilization on the island of Guam, writes Julian Aguon
In my house is a Tuvaluan basket, a tiny piece of an island the world cannot fail
I will never throw away this basket from Tuvalu, an island nation that could become completely uninhabitable and disappear under the sea in the terrifyingly near future, writes Kate Lyons
Vanuatu elevates draft resolution to UNGA requesting an advisory opinion from ICJ on climate change
Humanity must “leave no stone unturned in its effort to address the climate crisis,” says Vanuatu’s special climate envoy
PacWastePlus Programme Commence Implementation of activities in the Federated State of Micronesia
PacWastePlus Programme in FSM to divert organic materials away from landfill and repurpose them into materials to boost agricultural activities
Greenpeace urges governments to stop deep sea mining at upcoming negotiations
The Greenpeace Network and New Zealand are calling on governments and ISA to stop Deep Sea Mining, which is an imminent threat to the Pacific islands
Countries step up on global climate justice case ahead of COP27 but Australia conspicuous by its absence
Australia pressured to join the twelve countries advocating the campaign for an ICJ advisory opinion on the human rights impacts of climate change
Funding to dictate drought relief aid in PNG
Due to lack of funding, only serious cases in drought-affected districts of Morobe Province can be assisted, says PNG’s Disaster coordinator