Cook Islands calls for bold efforts to “halt plastic pollution as a significant planetary crisis that impacts our ecosystems, biodiversity, the climate and human health.”
Tag: environment
Tuvalu’s ‘backup plan’ to create a digital twin in the metaverse
Tuvalu says the impacts of climate change have forced it to create a digital copy of itself in the metaverse. But in the real world, not everyone’s convinced.
Ambitious targets needed to eliminate problematic single-use plastic waste
Pacific Island countries are taking ambitious steps to eliminate problematic single-use plastic waste, as without new and effective control measures, plastic production is set to double in 20 years
Pasifika Environews Awards
The Pacific Islands News Association, Internews Earth Journalism Network, Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) are proud to announce the inaugural “Pasifika Environews Awards”. The awards will honor exemplary reporting and photography/videography that sets a standard for environment, ocean, and climate change reporting in the […]
Tree planting on Tagabe riverbanks increasing Vanuatu’s climate change resilience
Tree planting on the Tagabe riverbanks is reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience to climate change in Vanuatu
Pacific Ministers urged to set global example and declare the Pacific free of fossil fuel exploration and extraction
Pacific civil society called on Pacific leaders to include the voices of vulnerable Pacific communities in tackling climate crisis and set a global example and declare the Pacific region free of fossil fuel exploration and extraction
Almost two decades of negotiations lead to High Seas Treaty
After almost two decades, there is now a treaty to protect the high seas which is ‘crucial for addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution’
Why has a Canadian company partnered with the tiny island of Nauru to fast-track deep-sea mining?
A leaked video of ocean pollution during a trial by The Metals Company (TMC) has renewed calls for a ban on deep-sea mining
Why the one Pacific voice matters in global effort to end plastic pollution, as we look towards INC2 in Paris
One Pacific voice is important to address plastic pollution as Pacific Island countries are grossly and disproportionately affected by the impact of this escalating crisis, says Anthony Talouli
A regional commitment to address marine litter in the Pacific
Despite current initiatives and efforts, plastics in the ocean has been estimated to be around 75-199 million tons that can impact Pacific islands due to sensitivity of their coastal environments