Two new parametric micro-insurance products to build financial preparedness and disaster risk resilience for Fiji’s most vulnerable communities
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Plastic has made it to the bottom of Fiji’s rivers; our environment is breaking down
Research finds microplastics in freshwater mussels or kai from the depths of Fiji’s five biggest rivers. “Now even river bed mussels are affected by the way we live,” writes marine biologist
Fiji and SPREP commit to integrated approaches to tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and waste management
Fiji to work with SPREP and Fijian communities to address pressing needs in waste management, climate change and marine resource, and ocean conservation in Fiji
Fijian islanders forced from their ancestral lands by climate change want polluters to pay
Serua Island, Fiji’s one of many coastal villages, are forced to make difficult decisions about their future to adapt or move from their ancestral lands due to climate change
Fijian families benefitting from clean energy stoves
Environmental friendly stoves help 800 rural families cut their monthly expenses on gas and kerosene and have access to clean cooking nutrition
Fiji begins selection of Private sector developer for 3000 affordable, Climate-resilient homes
Fiji has commenced the process of engagement with potential developers to provide affordable, climate-resilient homes for 3,000 low and middle-income Fijian families
‘This place will crack’: Centuries-old graves threatened by the sea
All down the 200-kilometre southern coast of Fiji’s Viti Levu island, climate change is not just imperilling the dead, but endangering the living.
Fukushima, Climate change and health in focus during IAEA chief trip to Fiji
IAEA Director General emphasised to Pacific leaders its commitment to transparency and neutrality in monitoring Japan’s plans to discharge treated water into the Pacific Ocean
Announcement at ocean conference echoes collective will of Pacific peoples – Tuisese
Fijian PM’s historic move towards protecting our ocean can increase climate resilience, benefit local livelihoods, safeguard biodiversity and strengthen the economy, says Susana Waqainabete-Tuisese
Fiji supports moratorium on deep sea mining
Fiji joins other states to support a moratorium on deep sea mining, calling on fellow forum island states to support a 10-year moratorium on seabed mining