Pacific’s Leaders Preparing for a Post 1.5 Celsius World
By Dr Satyendra Prasad
Tonga – the 6th most climate vulnerable nation in the World hosts Pacific leaders this week. Tonga grabbed international attention last...
Tuvalu PM Feleti Teo urges global action as rising seas threaten nation’s survival
Tuvalu's Prime Minister Feleti Teo spoke on Tuesday about the dire impact of climate change on his country on the sidelines of the Pacific...
GCF Approves US$22.6 Million for Tonga Coastal Resilience Project
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved a US$22.66 million grant for Tonga’s Coastal Resilience Project, supplemented by US$1.2 million in co-financing from...
Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii
Hawaii officials have announced a “groundbreaking” legal settlement with a group of young climate activists, which they said will force the state’s department of...
Pacific Small Islands Developing States call for accelerated global efforts to address climate change
As a regional group, the voice of our Pacific Small Islands Developing States resonated across the Fourth International Conference on Small Islands Developing States...
Cook Islands calls for countries on the frontlines of climate change to have national...
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has called for countries on the frontlines of climate change to have their national debt forgiven.
Stressed during a...
Weather Ready Pacific, a Pacific-led solution for Pacific Islands resilience designed by us, for...
The Weather Ready Pacific Programme of Investment, a landmark Pacific Island solution for Pacific Islands challenges to resiliency was magnified at the Fourth International...
More climate funding needed to ‘transition from rhetoric to decisive action’
Climate action taken so far to help fund efforts in cash-strapped small island developing States (SIDS) “does not measure up to what has been...
Climate groups say Australia must advocate for loss and damage finance for Pacific at...
Civil society groups from across Australia and the Pacific are calling on the Australian Government to champion loss and damage finance for Pacific Island...
Crucial conversations on Climate, Health and Education on the margins of SIDS4
Health is a powerful and compelling argument for climate action. We need to build coherence and foster collaboration across partners and donors alike to...
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Rabuka ready to dismiss SODELPA
Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has told FBC News he is ready to break the coalition agreement and remove the Social Democratic Liberal Party...
ADB to start work on Fiji and Tonga’s request to raise bonds in their...
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Milan, Italy
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will now kick-start the process of due diligence to facilitate Fiji and...
ADB steps us presence in the Pacific – opening new office in Solomon Islands
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Milan, Italy
The Asia Development Bank (ADB) is stepping up its presence in the Pacific to be closer its...