Mining deep areas of the ocean to gather rare metals for electric car batteries and other green technologies is attracting cash-strapped Pacific island governments.
Tag: climate change
How Kiribati is shoring up food security and community resilience
Kiribati is taking adaptive action, contributing to greater self-reliance, resilience, and nutrition for communities on the outermost islands as Kiribati is left extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change
Pasifika Environews Awards
The Pacific Islands News Association, Internews Earth Journalism Network, Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) are proud to announce the inaugural “Pasifika Environews Awards”. The awards will honor exemplary reporting and photography/videography that sets a standard for environment, ocean, and climate change reporting in the […]
Tree planting on Tagabe riverbanks increasing Vanuatu’s climate change resilience
Tree planting on the Tagabe riverbanks is reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience to climate change in Vanuatu
Navigating climate change: Kiribati’s efforts to address sea-level rise
Kiribati’s national coordinator for hydrography and charting emphasises the climate change challenges faced by Pacific Island nations and the importance of addressing root causes
Vanuatu commended for spearheading UN resolution on climate justice
PIF commended Vanuatu, Pacific youth and civil society representatives for their efforts that have resulted in the success of the UNGA vote
Global Victory for Climate Action: Pacific civil society celebrates historic UNGA resolution on climate
Pacific civil society says the success of the UNGA vote provides an opportunity for the ICJ to weigh in on the climate crisis and bring to bear global human rights and environmental frameworks
UN approves resolution on climate justice – ‘The work has only just begun’
Pacific youth groups “are just ecstatic” to be heard by the world as the UN approves the resolution to seek an advisory opinion of ICJ on the obligations of states regarding climate change and human rights
Threats of sea-level rise and erosion of statehood very real: Tuvalu Foreign Minister Kofe
“Our purpose here is not to dwell on the problem. Rather, our aim is to identify and implement effective solutions,” says Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister while stressing threats of sea-level rise and the erosion of our statehood
Disaster-hit Vanuatu hopes for ‘historic’ UN climate change resolution
Vanuatu hopes for a ‘historic’ UN climate change resolution that would help establish important legal context “for many of us, who are facing the devastation caused by climate change”