Tonga urged world leaders to do everything in their power with a renewed sense of urgency to ensure the survival of the planet and avoid a repeat of the events like the Tonga earthquake and tsunami
Tag: climate change
Building Pacific resilience in the virtual space
SPREP’s e-Learning platform, which hosts virtual training such as the Pacific Climate Change Centre Training Courses and the Inform Project e-Learning Series, highlighted at COP27 side event
Meaningful action to address climate crisis begins now, Kiribati to COP27
Kiribati reminded world leaders that climate change is real and it continues to suffer the consequences of decisions made at the annual conference but are not followed up, financed and implemented
COP27: Pacific leaders want climate change payments
Pacific island leaders urge rich and developed countries to pay ‘loss and damage finances’ to help cope with the existential threat of climate-related issues to Blue Pacific people, islands, and ocean
Pacific Islands students fighting climate change amplify their voices at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh
Pacific Islands students urge world leaders to “come up with robust actions towards climate change and make the Paris Agreement come to life” at COP27
Financing loss and damage a moral imperative, global leaders at COP27 told
UN Secretary-General told world leaders that the Loss and Damage Finance Facility should be regarded as a “moral imperative”
COP27 opens with call for world leaders not to backslide on emission reduction commitments
COP27 urged world leaders not to backslide on commitments to cut emissions and to deliver on pledges to help smaller countries deal with the impact of the climate crisis
If we protect it, the ocean can help solve the climate crisis
The ocean plays a vital role in moderating global temperatures and countries should use it as a major tool to fight climate change, writes Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama
How do we mourn an island? Where do we mark its grave?
Marshall Islands is uniquely at risk for climate change, islets are disappearing, and it is so dire that we’ve been forced as a nation to completely change the way we plan for our future, writes Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner.
No more drinking water, little food: our island is a field of bones
Banaba in the central Pacific is a microcosm of what has happened to this planet. It’s a place that cannot be brought back into balance without focused and collaborative care, writes Katerina Teaiwa