Over decades, we’ve watched with alarm as the intensity of storms increases, writes Oxfam’s Ilisapeci Masivesi. We need countries to step up at COP26.
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Former PMs apologise to Pacific leaders for Australia’s apathy on climate crisis
Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull lash out at Morrison government’s ‘cynical indifference’ and assure Pacific leaders ‘a majority’ of Australians ‘are in your corner’
Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses, to UN summit
Pacific Island leaders call out the climate policy failures of far bigger nations for immediate and transformative action by the time leaders come to Glasgow
Pacific Islands Climate Action Network launches Pacific Climate demands
PICAN with civil society has developed a set of critical demands to ensure that the COP26 delivers sustainable, just, and inclusive outcomes for the Blue Pacific
“We’re suffering”: Why climate finance is so important for Pacific countries
Pacific Island leaders urged the developed world to deliver on US$100 billion as promised in climate finance
NZ climate grants $1.3bn welcomed by Cook Islands Prime Minister
Cook Islands PM calls for innovative financing modalities that allow SIDS, many of whom are already debt distressed, to access financing at zero percent interest and with 100 years of amortization
Fish and Power shifts: How the Marshall Islands became a fishery superpower
In “Our Ocean’s Promise: From Aspirations to Inspirations,” author Giff Johnson chronicles the history of fishing in the Marshall Islands, and forecasts an even more prosperous future.
Pacific Forum welcomes NZ climate aid boost, urges collective action
Pacific Forum urges collective climate action after the NZ government climate aid
COP26: Amplifying Pacific voices at Glasgow conference
General Secretary of the PCC says it’s important that many Pacific delegations attend COP26 so that Pacific voices could be heard
Rising sea levels threaten Marshall Islands’ status as a nation, World Bank report warns
Large parts of Pacific country’s capital would be permanently flooded and islands would disappear, according to new projections