A new World Bank study provides alarming visual projections, together with adaptation options to assist the Marshall Islands in tackling rising sea levels
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Disappearing islands force Tuvalu to demand compensation from world polluters
Tuvalu and Antigua and Barbuda signed a pact to hold large nations accountable for climate change damage.
Keeping the 1.5 degrees’ goal alive: World Leaders Summit at COP26
UN SG told world leaders greater ambition on mitigation and immediate concrete action to reduce global emissions by 45 percent by 2030 is required to keep the goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius alive
Empty promises not enough, Fiji PM tells COP26
“No matter what they call them, carbon emissions are wrecking the climate. There’s nothing clean, natural or ethical about it”: Fijian PM at the COP26 opening
The IPCC report and the climate crisis in the Pacific
Changes in the environment are already and will continue to be the single greatest threat to the security and well-being of Pacific people: IPCC Regional Factsheet for Small Islands
Shrinking seaweed: climate change hits kelp farmers in Solomon Islands
Sea level rise and ocean acidification are threatening kelp forests in the Solomon Islands.
Climate Change threatens to worsen Health disparities in Hawaii
Pacific island countries are among the most vulnerable in the world to the health impacts of climate change, says a study
Pacific firm to lead global legal team supporting Vanuatu’s pursuit of advisory opinion on climate change from ICC
Vanuatu will seek an opinion from the World Court to clarify the legal obligations of all countries to prevent and redress the adverse effects of climate change
What’s in a Name? SIDS or BOSS?
The call that began years ago is to change from SIDS to Big Ocean Sovereign State or BOSS. “BOSS is not my term; I am borrowing it for others.”
Pacific Island climate groups demand world leaders halt support for fossil fuel
Pacific Island climate action groups have demanded countries including Australia end support for the fossil fuel industry during the COP26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow.