FSM officially announces the updated submission of NDC which outlines an ambitious plan to achieve 100 percent access to energy for its citizens by 2030
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Island nations hope to turn the tide at COP27
Island nations united at COP27 to protect their fisheries from climate change that causes rising sea levels, ocean heat and acidity which threaten their most valuable resource
Traditional knowledge must be recognised and mainstreamed into national policies, says Minister Regenvanu
For any future responses and management to our environment and climate change, traditional knowledge will continue to play a key role and there is no way we can discount it, says Minister Regenvanu
Parties predicting a failure of COP27 without a loss and damage finance facility
The creation of Loss and Damage finance facility will determine the success or failure of collective leadership here at COP27, says Vanuatu’s Climate Change and Environment Minister
Vanuatu’s director of women relishes her role as a technical co-ordinator for negotiators on gender and climate change for PSIDS
Negotiators on gender and climate change are glad PSIDS through G77 and AOSIS support the call for a simplified climate financing mechanism available for women, local and indigenous communities
Global inaction pushes Tuvalu to take innovative steps to prepare to become a digital nation
Tuvalu takes precautionary steps to protect and preserve its statehood and sovereignty despite the extreme impact of climate change and sea level rise
Marshall Islands ask for a place their future generations can call home
Marshall Islands asks world leaders to stand in solidarity and take difficult and bold decisions to fight against climate crisis. “We cannot afford further delay…”
Global NGOs frustrated at the pushback and stalling tactics on key Pacific negotiating priorities
Global civil society organisations are frustrated at the pushback on fossil fuel and stalling tactics of the loss and damage finance facility at COP27. “This is absolutely unacceptable.”
Fiji raises 1.5-degree ambition and decisions in the Glasgow Climate Pact
Fiji joins other Pacific Island nations to advocate for a 1.5-degree threshold. “We cannot let the tides of apathy, ignorance, and injustice drag us back from where we stood only a year ago.”
Pacific youth lead campaign to support Vanuatu’s bid to get ICJ clarification
Pacific youth lead campaign is calling on “young people across the Pacific and around the world to lobby their governments to support Vanuatu and Vote Yes at the UN General Assembly.”