Global NGOs frustrated at the pushback and stalling tactics on key Pacific negotiating priorities
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Mid-week through the negotiations and global civil society organisations are frustrated at the stalling tactics and...
Fiji raises 1.5-degree ambition and decisions in the Glasgow Climate Pact
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Fiji joins other Pacific Island nations in strongly advocating for the 1.5-degree threshold, that it says,...
Pacific youth lead campaign to support Vanuatu’s bid to get ICJ clarification
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Pacific youth movements led by the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change have thrown their support...
Vanuatu’s golden yam, a successful climate resilient foot crop developed over 15 years
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Vanuatu’s locally developed and trialed root crop, the Golden Yam has been described the most successful...
Support for gender and climate change gaining traction at COP27
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Pacific negotiators and political champions have rallied support and used every opportunity at side events and...
Oceans yet to make it to formal climate talks agenda here at COP27
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Fiji and other Pacific Small Island Developing Countries (PSIDS) continued their push to include oceans on...
Vanuatu to announce at COP27 its draft proposed UNGA Resolution on rights of people against the adverse impacts of climate change
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Vanuatu’s much awaited UN General Assembly Resolution that is seeking an advisory opinion from the International...
Canada renews CAD10 million funding for climate early warning systems, benefiting Pacific Met Services
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
The Canadian Government has renewed its CAD10 million climate risk early warning system (CREWS) that will...
Early gains for gender and climate change text, as negotiations heads into final week
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
After a week of technical negotiations on the draft climate and gender text, the Pacific co-lead...
Tuvalu’s innovative contingency plan to address scientific predictions of being uninhabitable by 2050
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
In another first for the world, the island nation of Tuvalu has embarked on a national...
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