Pacific Islanders and environmental groups welcomed the Australian government’s shift in climate policy
Tag: Climate Action
Former Kiribati president slams Australia’s ‘politicisation’ of climate action and power of fossil fuel lobby
Five days before Australian election, the former president of Kiribati urges leaders to understand climate crisis means ‘survival is on the line’ for Pacific islands
‘The Pacific can’t survive if richest corporations and governments continue to put profits over people and planet’
Vanuatu PM warns that the survival of the Pacific is in peril if polluting countries continue to put profit over people and the planet.
Global and Pacific Civil Society comes together to back Vanuatu Government Climate campaign
A global alliance of civil society groups unite to support Vanuatu Government take the human rights impacts of climate change to the International Court of Justice
New Zealand commits to climate financing
NZ increases climate finance to a billion dollars over the next four years to assist Fiji and other Pacific Island countries mitigate the impacts of climate change
Climate change fight – ‘Lack of urgency’ from global leaders concern Fiji President
Fiji is committed to protecting her ocean and maintaining its marine resources, says Fiji President
No climate action without ocean action — Fiji President Katonivere
Fiji calls for “specific yet ambitious actions globally” at the launch of the first-ever Fiji Seascapes Symposium. Fiji’s President says, “there is no climate action without ocean action.”
Earth Hour 2022: a moment of solidarity for people and the planet
WWF-Pacific urge higher ambitions to ensure a safe, resilient, and secure future for the people of the Pacific Islands, humankind and Planet Earth
Women, Girls must be centre of global climate fight – Pacific to CSW66
Pacific calls for more recognition of the critical role of women and girls in climate resilience. “In Pacific communities, women have a history of adapting to climate change impacts.”
Fiji gets to tell its own climate story in new books for children
Publishers hope the new series will inspire the children of the Pacific to protect an ocean deeply connected to their culture. “We want Pacific children not to fear the ocean; rather they must be empowered to become respectful protectors…”