PSIDS political champion urged world leaders to match their global climate ambitions. “What leaders are promising does not match what their negotiators are saying.”
Tag: Climate
Traditional knowledge must be recognised and mainstreamed into national policies, says Minister Regenvanu
For any future responses and management to our environment and climate change, traditional knowledge will continue to play a key role and there is no way we can discount it, says Minister Regenvanu
Parties predicting a failure of COP27 without a loss and damage finance facility
The creation of Loss and Damage finance facility will determine the success or failure of collective leadership here at COP27, says Vanuatu’s Climate Change and Environment Minister
Vanuatu’s director of women relishes her role as a technical co-ordinator for negotiators on gender and climate change for PSIDS
Negotiators on gender and climate change are glad PSIDS through G77 and AOSIS support the call for a simplified climate financing mechanism available for women, local and indigenous communities
Marshall Islands ask for a place their future generations can call home
Marshall Islands asks world leaders to stand in solidarity and take difficult and bold decisions to fight against climate crisis. “We cannot afford further delay…”
Global NGOs frustrated at the pushback and stalling tactics on key Pacific negotiating priorities
Global civil society organisations are frustrated at the pushback on fossil fuel and stalling tactics of the loss and damage finance facility at COP27. “This is absolutely unacceptable.”
Fiji raises 1.5-degree ambition and decisions in the Glasgow Climate Pact
Fiji joins other Pacific Island nations to advocate for a 1.5-degree threshold. “We cannot let the tides of apathy, ignorance, and injustice drag us back from where we stood only a year ago.”
Pacific youth lead campaign to support Vanuatu’s bid to get ICJ clarification
Pacific youth lead campaign is calling on “young people across the Pacific and around the world to lobby their governments to support Vanuatu and Vote Yes at the UN General Assembly.”
Vanuatu’s golden yam, a successful climate resilient foot crop developed over 15 years
Vanuatu’s climate-resilient Golden Yam can be used as a source of food security and livelihood for people in Vanuatu, says director of the country’s department of agriculture
Support for gender and climate change gaining traction at COP27
Niue’s Minister urged Pacific negotiators to ensure a simplified financial mechanism is made available to “our women, local and indigenous communities” as an outcome of COP27