Vanuatu has committed to 100% renewable energy in electricity generation by 2030
Tag: climate change
Vanuatu releases a world leading NDC to the Climate Change Paris Agreement
Vanuatu expects to “further encourage countries to take ambitious climate actions that keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius” after launching revised and enhanced NDC
Pacific must be central to UN biodiversity treaty
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty should heed the concerns of the Pacific, say experts. “We don’t have the capacity and resources to implement the treaty.”
Fijian islanders forced from their ancestral lands by climate change want polluters to pay
Serua Island, Fiji’s one of many coastal villages, are forced to make difficult decisions about their future to adapt or move from their ancestral lands due to climate change
Pacific Elders’ Voice statement in support of Vanuatu-led initiative seeking ICJ Advisory opinion on Climate Change
PEV support Vanuatu’s efforts to bring questions around the legal implications of climate change and call for urgent global actions to reduce GHG emissions
Vanuatu Climate initiative endorsed by OACPS Council of Ministers
OACPS agreed to endorse Vanuatu’s climate campaign to seek an advisory opinion from the ICJ to protect the rights of people against the adverse effects of climate change
Fiji begins selection of Private sector developer for 3000 affordable, Climate-resilient homes
Fiji has commenced the process of engagement with potential developers to provide affordable, climate-resilient homes for 3,000 low and middle-income Fijian families
Pacific Climate Roundtable hears solidarity call from three COP Presidencies
COP 26 President urged Pacific nations to remain solid in their moral position and push for the biggest emitters to address the climate crisis
Pacific forced to deal with consequences of climate change: COP26 President
COP26 president witnessing the impacts of climate change and rising tides in Fiji says he will challenge his counterparts in the developed world on the need to render assistance and bolster climate financing
COP26 president highlights urgency of climate action in the Pacific
COP26 president said they continue to work together with Pacific Island countries to cajole major emitters, to honour their Glasgow promises and turn their climate commitments into action