Pacific demands a dedicated special fund for Loss and Damage at COP27. “We need to fight hard for a financial facility for Loss and Damage.”
Tag: Climate
King of Tonga spotlights climate change crisis and the compounding impacts caused by the 2022 earthquake and tsunami
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
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
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
On Guam there is no birdsong, you cannot imagine the trauma of a silent island
Climate change, invasive species and military expansion have formed an unholy trinity that threatens our small but ancient civilization on the island of Guam, writes Julian Aguon
Vanuatu elevates draft resolution to UNGA requesting an advisory opinion from ICJ on climate change
Humanity must “leave no stone unturned in its effort to address the climate crisis,” says Vanuatu’s special climate envoy
Tonga’s first large-scale battery systems take country closer to achieving NDC climate targets
Tonga is getting closer to achieving NDC climate targets as it opens its first utility-scale battery energy storage system project