IRIS initiative to adapt building codes and standards to the climate reality in small island states. “I assure you that India will fully support this new project”: PM Modi
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Our global canoe is sinking, Pacific Forum chair tells world leaders
Fiji’s PM urged world leaders to meet their 2023 climate finance commitment and ensure emitters pay to adapt to the communities they are devastating
COP26 is the last best chance to help climate-vulnerable countries in Asia and the Pacific
Together, our coalition of the willing can keep 1.5 alive, keep-low-lying island nations above water, keep erratic and severe weather from devastating us all, and keep the trust between nations.
Marshall Islands could vanish beneath the Pacific Ocean within 50 years, delegates warn CO26
Climate envoy urged world leaders to act before the islands of 60,000 population disappear due to the effects of climate change
Marshall Islands: New Climate Study Visualises Confronting Risk of Projected Sea Level Rise
A new World Bank study provides alarming visual projections, together with adaptation options to assist the Marshall Islands in tackling rising sea levels
Disappearing islands force Tuvalu to demand compensation from world polluters
Tuvalu and Antigua and Barbuda signed a pact to hold large nations accountable for climate change damage.
Pacific Ocean Commissioner calls for ocean protection at COP26
Henry Puna at the High-level launch of the ‘Third Because the Ocean Declaration’ said: “We must maintain the health, productivity and resilience of our ocean and its ecosystems”
Keeping the 1.5 degrees’ goal alive: World Leaders Summit at COP26
UN SG told world leaders greater ambition on mitigation and immediate concrete action to reduce global emissions by 45 percent by 2030 is required to keep the goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius alive
Empty promises not enough, Fiji PM tells COP26
“No matter what they call them, carbon emissions are wrecking the climate. There’s nothing clean, natural or ethical about it”: Fijian PM at the COP26 opening
Soil expertise key to farming growth
USP and SPC organised training to improve local understanding of the science behind soil to boost agricultural productivity