Tonga’s PM called for urgent global climate action, emphasising the existential threat climate change poses to the Pacific Islands and urged world leaders to fulfill their emissions reduction and climate finance commitments
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Tonga signs the UN High Seas Treaty
Tonga officially becomes the 85th UN State Party to sign the BBNJ treaty, bolstering global efforts to protect two-thirds of our ocean
Tonga opens renewable grid to deliver clean, affordable energy to Niuatoputapu
Tonga, under the ADB-supported Outer Island Renewable Energy Project, opens renewable grid to deliver clean, reliable, and efficient energy to the people of Niuatoputapu
Building the Kingdom of Tonga’s resilience to adapt to climate change impacts
Tonga to develop climate change and disaster resilience information and knowledge management products to enhance community awareness about the harmful impact of climate change
Tonga joins world leaders in action towards 30×30 and 100 percent sustainably managed oceans
To alleviate factors threatening ocean biodiversity and achieve sustainable benefits, Tonga joins world leaders in action towards 30×30 and 100 percent sustainably managed oceans
Tonga – On the frontline of sea level rise
Early data from the January tsunami indicates that Tonga needs to add another metre to its sea walls to be safe from future tsunamis, writes Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser
‘Is there going to be another tsunami?’: Tonga in limbo a year after volcano eruption
The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caused devastation across the Pacific Island nation that remains ongoing a year later
“Mommy, I’m Cold”
A single mother’s struggle during the 15th of January, Volcanic Eruption, Tonga. “I have never cried this much in all my life.”
Tonga volcano eruption continues to astonish
Magnitude 5.8 seismic waves generated just over 10 minutes into the climactic eruption near Tonga were picked up at more than 400 monitoring stations around the globe, Scientists say
Tonga volcano eruption blasted millions of tonnes of water into space
Tonga volcanic eruption in January sent as much as 4 million metric tonnes of water vapour into space, according to new research