Posted inStory / Tonga

Saving Ha’apai

Every little action counts! The sentence remains true to the letter, especially in the campaign to reduce the impact of Climate Change here in Tonga and our neighbouring Pacific Islands. The action may be good or bad. The bottomline is every action we take and decision made impacts us either negatively or positively. Ha’apai Island […]

Posted inStory / Fiji

Miss Pacific Islands named Fiji’s ambassador for climate change

MISS Pacific Islands Anne Christine Dunn has been named Fiji’s ambassador for climate change and environment. She will engage in community projects and programs to highlight the issue on communal, national, regional and global levels. Environment, Local Government, Housing, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Parveen Kumar hosted Miss Dunn to a welcome ceremony in Suva yesterday […]

Posted inStory / Fiji

Fiji PM is COP head

FIJI has become the first Pacific Island nation to preside over the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) in Bonn, Germany next year. The United Nations event is an annual meeting to discuss climate change-related issues around the world. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, accepting the presidency of COP 23, said the […]

Posted inStory / Samoa

Samoa’s PM urges countries to continue momentum of action against climate change

Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has urged the countries taking part in the 22nd Conference of the Parties, to keep moving forward in the fight against climate change. In his address, Tuilaepa emphasized that slowing down now, is not acceptable. “We have gathered in this wonderful city to determine how we can back up […]

Posted inStory / Tonga

Carbon Sink With A Blink!

Climate Change has brought to our islands in the Pacific new challenges. Some of our islands have lost their waterfronts – the beaches have extended far inland, with mangroves and plants that once marked the water-marks now a part of history. Others in our Pacific are experiencing the continuing levels of sea rise – some […]