Pacific Islands Workshop calls for a regional strategy to optimise future ocean sensor deployments and support more national ocean stakeholder engagement activities.
Tag: Climate
UNESCO warns Australian Government’s failure on climate means Great Barrier Reef is ‘World Heritage in danger
According to a new report, UNESCO recommends the Great Barrier Reef be listed among World Heritage sites in danger.
Addressing the climate crisis in the Pacific through the Kiwa Initiative
The Kiwa Initiative will provide technical and financial support to strengthen the resilience of Pacific countries and territories’ ecosystems, economies and communities.
Tina Hydro gets the green light
Tina River Hydropower Development Project will help the Solomon Islands transition away from diesel-powered energy and strengthen energy security.
PNG: not such a hungry country says, Professor
Professor in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University says he would never describe PNG as a hungry country.
Pacific islands make lonely case for carbon price on shipping
The Marshall Islands and the Solomon Islands called for a price on shipping pollution at the UN body but got only tepid support from European nations
The mice that roared: how eight tiny countries took on foreign fishing fleets
Eight Pacific countries created a revolutionary system that brings in $500m a year and prevents the overfishing that blights other regions
GEF Council endorses $281 million for urgent environmental action
The GEF work programme to support projects related to biodiversity, climate change, and land degradation
Make informed decisions on deep sea mining: activist
Marshall Island based activist urges small island nations to follow science before making decisions on the impact of deep sea mining
Small-scale fishers from Niue are contributing to the management of Tuna resources
The Niue Ocean Wide (NOW) Project hopes to instill a greater incentive for the fishers to provide the much-needed data