Vanuatu has committed to 100% renewable energy in electricity generation by 2030
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Vanuatu releases a world leading NDC to the Climate Change Paris Agreement
Vanuatu expects to “further encourage countries to take ambitious climate actions that keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius” after launching revised and enhanced NDC
Pacific must be central to UN biodiversity treaty
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty should heed the concerns of the Pacific, say experts. “We don’t have the capacity and resources to implement the treaty.”
Fijian islanders forced from their ancestral lands by climate change want polluters to pay
Serua Island, Fiji’s one of many coastal villages, are forced to make difficult decisions about their future to adapt or move from their ancestral lands due to climate change
Construction begins at Fukushima plant for water release despite opposition
As Japan begins construction of facilities needed for a planned release of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, experts say it will endanger the lives of people in the Asia-Pacific region
Fijian families benefitting from clean energy stoves
Environmental friendly stoves help 800 rural families cut their monthly expenses on gas and kerosene and have access to clean cooking nutrition
Pacific Elders’ Voice statement in support of Vanuatu-led initiative seeking ICJ Advisory opinion on Climate Change
PEV support Vanuatu’s efforts to bring questions around the legal implications of climate change and call for urgent global actions to reduce GHG emissions
Pacific nations are extraordinarily rich in critical minerals. But mining them may take a terrible toll
The clean energy transition is creating pressure to extract more minerals from the sensitive lands and seabeds across the Pacific, but if we fail to address the social and environmental costs of extraction, the transition will not be fair, write authors
Jellyfish filmed by scuba diver off Papua New Guinea could be rare or new species
Jellyfish filmed in the watery depths off Papua New Guinea has marine biologists excited as it could be a rare or new species
Tonga eruption blasted ‘unprecedented’ amount of water into atmosphere, which could weaken the ozone layer
Tonga eruption hurled an unprecedented amount of water vapor into the atmosphere that could influence atmospheric chemistry and lead to a temporary depletion of the ozone layer, NASA says