A research shows we might be ingesting anywhere from dozens to more than 100,000 microplastic particles each day depending on what we consume and the amounts
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Families to benefit under project to build thousands of affordable Green Homes in Papua New Guinea
Thousands of families in PNG to benefit from a new project providing a stock of climate-resilient homes that incorporate green design specifications
Marshall Islands increases climate change resilience by tackling invasive species on Irooj Island
“The island feels alive again.”
Fiji boosts it’s renewable energy goals
Fiji steps closer to its renewable energy goals with USTDA grant for a feasibility study that will support the development of up to 75 solar-powered mini-grids with energy storage providing clean, affordable energy to communities in Fiji
Energy and Transport Ministers to be gender champions
Pacific Energy and Transport Ministers tasked to “serve as champions in promoting gender in the energy sector…”
Ministers urged to be inclusive of civil society
Civil societies have urged ministers to secure the highest ambitions for the Pacific through a deep, rapid and sustained emissions reduction in the energy and transportation sectors
Fiji says brain drain is a challenge to renewable energy projects
Brain drain is a challenge to Fiji and other Pacific Island countries’ ambition to increase renewable energy supply, says Fiji’s Infrastructure and Meteorological Services Minister
Managing Coastal Aquifers Project to support the safeguarding of freshwater resources in the Marshall Islands
Managing Coastal Aquifers Project to better manage the freshwater resources of Marshall Islands in the face of climate change, rising sea levels and storm weather events
Marine sanctuary expansion alarms Pacific governors
Pacific governors “alarmed and concerned” over the prospect of expanding a marine sanctuary within the full U.S EEZ of the Pacific Remote Island Areas
Pacific Energy and Transport Ministers discuss carbon neutral transition for the region
Pacific Regional Transport and Energy Ministers meeting hosted by Vanuatu urged to secure an outcome that will see the energy and transport sectors rapidly decarbonize through a just and equitable transition