A new project to safeguard the unique ecosystems in the Cook Islands that are imperiled by human activities and the impacts of climate change
Tag: environment
Pacific Marine Biosecurity Toolkit and Battler Guide launched
Pacific Marine Biosecurity Toolkit and Battler Guide to support marine biosecurity and control the movement of invasive marine species in the Pacific region
SPREP applauds endorsement of resolution to end Plastic Pollution
SPREP call on the international community to help the Pacific from further pollution impacts by taking urgent and immediate action to agree on endorsement to end Plastic Pollution
WWF commends UN Environment Assembly’s watershed decision to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty
WWF urges the world’s governments to seize the most ambitious environmental actions to develop a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution
As extreme weather ravages the Pacific, there is much to do and no time to waste
Climate change is already pushing some human systems and ecosystems beyond their adaptation limits. Pacific Island nations have been spearheading demands for stronger commitments.
Pacific Islanders: Failure to commit to 1.5 degrees at COP27 will imperil the World’s Oceans
Pacific Islanders are deeply concerned about the fate of the oceans if world leaders fail to secure the pledges to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 Degrees Celsius
Pacific Elders call halt to seabed mining
Pacific Elders recommend creating a regional expert body to provide expert advice to Pacific Island countries while calling for a halt in seabed mining
Mapping a way forward for recycling of bulky waste in the Pacific
A study is underway to evaluate options for dismantling and processing end-of-life vehicles and white goods in the Pacific region and exporting them to recycling markets
Dislocation and disruption: climate change in the Indo-Pacific in 2035
Robert Glasser describes an extrapolation scenario from current climate science and observations of recent extreme climate-related hazards and their societal impacts in the Indo-Pacific.
PNG Government claims on reducing export logging operations don’t stack up
ACT NOW says while it fully supports the government’s policy to stop all unprocessed log exports, PNG Forest Authority is misleading and failing the PM to implement the government’s policy