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...
Pacific nations find hope despite pushback on loss and damage
Two days into the climate talks and Pacific Island countries have already been strong-armed into taking the short end of stick.
While the inclusion of...
Fiji urges developed countries to deliver funds to fight climate change
The US$100 billion to battle climate change pledged by developed countries should be delivered and made accessible, Fijian envoy to the United Nations urged...
Federated States of Micronesia launches updated Nationally Determined Contribution at COP27
The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has formally announced the submission of its updated Nationally-Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement...
Ten years of loss & damage finance = one year of fossil fuel subsidies
As loss and damage shapes up to be the top issue on the agenda at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, a new report by Greenpeace...
Australian PM blasts opposition leader over demand to ‘rule out’ compensating other countries for climate crisis
-The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has blasted the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, for trying to “score a cheap domestic political point” after the...
WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism now operational to assist developing countries and LDCs
A key commitment from the WTO’s Fisheries Subsidies Agreement has now been made effective.
Specifically, the WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism envisioned in that Agreement is...
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Deep-Sea Mining could begin in Pacific without agreed global rules
Commercial deep-sea mining for critical minerals could begin in the Pacific as early as 2027, despite the absence of an internationally agreed regulatory framework,...
Naoero toughens laws on domestic violence and attacks on police
Naoero has strengthened its laws on domestic violence and offences against police officers, with new measures aimed at protecting victims, preventing intimidation and giving...
Trump administration moves to increase H-1B visa fee to more than $100,000
U.S President Donald Trump's administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more than US$100,000 on new H-1B visas...