UK supports Climate Finance for the Pacific
The British High Commission in Suva has announced a package of partnership support that will improve Pacific Island Countries access to and absorption of...
NMHS and NDMO meeting provides next steps for closer collaboration to build resilient Pacific
The need to build new a structured engagement mechanism and pursue new approaches to strengthen collaboration between providers and users of climate information, is...
New global climate chief accused of appearing to forget Pacific islands
Newly-elected climate chief Jim Skea has been accused of downplaying threats to the Pacific Islands in his first media interviews in the job.
The new...
New Report: FSM faces health threats, stronger storms, and challenges for atolls and fisheries...
Stronger typhoons, growing challenges for populations on low-lying atolls, ecosystem declines, and human health issues are among the major risks detailed in a new...
The grim reality of Loss and Damage in Fiji
The negative impacts of climate change-induced Loss and Damage is already a lived reality for many Pacific countries.
In Fiji, the impact is grim.
In Vunidogola...
The Loss and Damage of Niue’s history
Ninety percent of Niue’s artefacts housed in the national museum, along with archives and records, were destroyed during Tropical Cyclone Heta in 2004.
The category...
Pacific nations gather in Samoa for first Loss and Damage dialogue
The reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s most authoritative sources of climate science approved by 195 countries, reaffirms the...
Pacific’s new Ministerial Champion for Loss and Damage articulates vision
The Pacific’s new Ministerial Champion for Loss and Damage (L&D), Ralph Regenvanu, has lamented what he’s described as “woefully insufficient” levels of climate change...
Loss and damage washing our Pacific Islands culture away
Loss and Damage. It’s a term that has no agreed definition under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change yet, but it’s one...
New report calls for reforms to enhance Green Climate Fund’s impact in the Pacific
A comprehensive report released ahead of the Thirty-sixth meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board last week, sheds new light on challenges faced...
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Climate finance, Just Transition top agenda as World faces 1.5 overhoot
Climate finance, adaptation and the transition away from fossil fuels will dominate negotiations at COP31 in Türkiye, as developing countries demand greater access to...
Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion on Monday
Vanuatu Parliament will debate the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat on Monday next week, after Speaker Felix Stephen confirmed that...
Put the ocean at the centre of COP31
By Peter Thomson
For over 30 years, Pacific island countries have issued the same warning at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference: the warming...