Climate Finance effectiveness in the Pacific: are we on the right track?
TALANOA EVENT
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UK Government hosted a Talanoa event, titled...
Curtain falls on 30th SPREP Meeting of Officials
The 30th Meeting of Officials of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has officially concluded after three days of deliberations.
The Secretariat’s...
Fiji PM acknowledges biological diversity as a global asset to the present and future...
“The relentless demands we humans have placed on the Earth are driving more than a million species of plants and animals to the brink...
Sefanaia Nawadra appointed new SPREP Director General
Sefanaia Nawadra is the new Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
Announced at the 30th SPREP Meeting of Officials...
SPREP Members endorse key documents on conservation and the state of the Pacific environment
Three key documents were endorsed by SPREP Member countries and territories during the second day of the 30th Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment...
What will the Pacific islands region be prioritising at the COP26 climate talks?
By Dr Ian Fry
As wildfires take lives and ravage property around the Mediterranean and North America and floods destroy lives and property in other...
Tuvalu communities face climate drought disaster
The small Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu, has been experiencing low rainfall conditions, with mounting concerns of extreme water shortages for people across the...
Micronesia Presidents join Pacific Forum SG in call for urgent climate action
It was a rare moment given the upheaval and controversy the Pacific Islands Forum has faced in the last year or so.
Palau President Surangel...
Samoa PM issues climate warning ahead of crunch UN talks
The world must take urgent action on climate change at upcoming UN talks in Glasgow or low-lying Pacific nations will face a “dire” future,...
Securing climate financing to build resilience to climate change in the Pacific region
Emerging opportunities and challenges in accessing climate finance to build resilience to climate change in the Pacific were identified during the second day of...
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Second police officer dies in violent riots as France sends more police to New...
A gendarme was killed on Thursday in France's riot-struck Pacific territory of New Caledonia by an “accidental gunshot”, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told AFP.
“It...
Pacific Conference of Churches statement on the current situation in Kanaky New Caledonia
The Pacific Conference of Churches(PCC) stands in deep solidarity with our sisters and brothers of Kanaky in this time of political crisis that has...
New Zealand and Tuvalu reaffirm close relationship
New Zealand and Tuvalu have reaffirmed their close relationship, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says.
“New Zealand is committed to working with Tuvalu on a...