Climate envoy urged world leaders to act before the islands of 60,000 population disappear due to the effects of climate change
Tag: Climate
Marshall Islands: New Climate Study Visualises Confronting Risk of Projected Sea Level Rise
A new World Bank study provides alarming visual projections, together with adaptation options to assist the Marshall Islands in tackling rising sea levels
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
Pacific region scale back attendance at COP26 due to COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic hurdles are preventing leaders of some Pacific Island nations from attending COP26 talks
Forum SG welcomes Australia’s net zero emission target by 2050
Henry Puna urged world leaders to pledge carbon emission cuts of 50 percent or more by 2030 during COP26
“World must act now to keep 1.5 degrees alive” says Forum SG
FICs call for more ambitious targets from major polluting nations to ensure that carbon emission cuts keep temperature rise at no more than 1.5 degrees
Pacific nations can’t be left behind at COP26
Four ANU experts warn that Pacific nations are at risk of being left behind in global climate negotiations if they aren’t a focus of the upcoming COP26 summit in Glasgow.
Fearful of losing their homelands, islands are taking Australia to court over climate
Torres Strait communities have filed a class action, arguing Australia must cut emissions by 74% by 2030 to save the islands from sea level incursion and inhabitability
COVID-19 challenges ‘disadvantage’ smaller nations in COP26 climate talks
Pacific Island countries will be least well-represented at the COP26 climate summit due to COVID-19 travel curbs and costs.
U.S rep Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers
The Marshallese government is increasingly pressing U.S officials to take ownership for cleaning radioactive waste that they produced during Cold War at Runit Dome