As we move forward under the 2050 Strategy, we must continue to push for a greater oceans focus in the UNFCCC process and create a unified regional ocean-climate action agenda to address climate change in the Pacific, writes SG Puna
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Pacific leaders celebrate COP27 victory on loss and damage fund after decades of advocacy
As Pacific leaders and activists celebrate the announcement of the fund to assist poor nations hit by climate disasters for three decades, they say “more needed to be done”
Samoa and the Pacific Community launch the Framework for Energy Security and Resilience in the Pacific (FESRIP)
FESRIP to support Pacific Island countries and territories in transforming their energy sector from fossil fuel-based to clean, renewable resources
No phase out of fossil fuels threatens gains on Loss and Damage
The failure of the text to include critical language to phase out fossil fuels at COP27 will further fuel climate change and lead to increased losses and damages, says 350.org
Carteret Island needs K14 million to move 350 families by 2027
The proposed Loss and Damage finance facility agreed to at COP27 is ‘too late’ to compensate for more than 15 years of suffering in the Carteret Islands, says activist Ursula Rakova
Pacific climate champion lauds Loss and Damage outcome from COP27 -but net zero, fossil fuel fight continues says Paeniu
Praising the decision made at COP27 on loss and damage, Pacific climate champion lamented the failure to achieve emissions targets and the phasing out of fossil fuels
Climate change a ‘fundamental’ threat to livelihood of Pacific people – report
Tuvalu immigrant, Kelesoma Saloa, shares the devastating story of why he had to leave his home country because of climate change for the sake of his children and their future
Frontline nations overcome odds to ensure climate justice isn’t lost or damaged at COP27
Pacific civil society groups urged world leaders to phase out all fossil fuels and throw every effort behind to preserve a 1.5-degree lifeline following commitment to a loss and damage finance facility at COP27
COP27 closes with deal on loss and damage: ‘A step towards justice’, says UN chief
COP27 closes with the establishment of a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters
COP27: Keep 1.5 alive and phase out all fossil fuels
Pacific civil society organisations stood firm to keep 1.5 alive and phase out all fossil fuels at COP27