Green Climate Fund approves project preparation support for “Fiji Climate-Smart Agriculture Guarantee”
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved Project Preparation Facility (PPF) support for the Fiji Development Bank (FDB) to develop the Fiji Climate-Smart Agriculture...
UNODC urges Pacific to build anti-corruption safeguards into disaster planning
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific governments need to build transparency, accountability and anti-corruption safeguards into disaster preparedness before emergencies strike, the United Nations...
Fiji calls for climate finance to match Pacific needs
Fiji has called for climate finance to move from commitments to implementation, warning that Pacific island countries need funding at the scale, speed and...
Corruption in Tonga has shifted into Civil Service: PINA President Moala
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Veteran Tongan journalist and Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) President Kalafi Moala says corruption in the Pacific is no...
UNODC warns climate funds face corruption risks as Pacific climate finance grows
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
The growing flow of climate and disaster finance into the Pacific must be matched by stronger accountability as complex...
GCF says Pacific Climate finance must deliver
By Pita Ligaiula
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has warned that climate finance will mean little for the Pacific unless projects are delivered, citing...
SIDS push for more Climate finance for nature-based solutions
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are calling for simpler access to climate and biodiversity finance, more grant and concessional funding and greater investment in...
“We are doing more than most” — GCF on adaptation finance
By Pita Ligaiula
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) says half of its climate finance is directed to adaptation, but Executive Director Mafalda Duarte acknowledges the...
GCF promises faster climate finance, more direct Pacific access
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Pacific countries should expect faster Green Climate Fund approvals, more national and regional institutions accessing funding directly and a...
Transparency International calls for accountability in Pacific climate finance
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Pacific communities will not fully benefit from growing climate finance unless governments, development agencies and project leaders are...
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