Climate change has pushed Samoa to construct seawall alongside the road on the south coast of Upolu to stop the sea from encroaching any further and causing more damage to the area
Tag: Climate
Pacific Youth Group advocates for climate justice and human rights
The ICJAO campaign was born out of urgency as the future of the Pacific Islands has been in peril by the lack of global action, a PISFCC campaigner says
Solomon Islands Government sets a path forward for its climate finance priorities
Solomon Islands roadmap to help the country improve access to climate finance and effectively utilise this financing
Climate change single greatest threat to Pacific security
Climate change remains the single greatest threat to Pacific security, says Samoan PM. “The window to secure a liveable future for us is closing faster than for everyone else.”
Pacific Blue Line maintains call for a global ban on deep sea mining
Pacific Blue Line maintain their strong position for a global ban on deep sea mining. “The move to ban Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific is a decision not only to be considered by the Pacific Islands States but globally.”
Football hope for climate vulnerable Tuvalu
Tuvalu is still hopeful it can join the world football body, FIFA despite its vulnerability to climate change
Op-Ed: In a sea of climate disappointment, the ocean must take centre stage in all future climate discussions
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
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”
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