India offers Pacific climate expertise, calls for equity at COP31
India has offered to share its expertise in ocean science, coastal monitoring, early warning systems and climate risk assessment with Pacific island countries as...
UAE calls for climate finance to move from promises to implementation
The United Arab Emirates has called for climate negotiations to move beyond declarations and deliver financing and projects that improve the lives of communities...
Climate action must move from ambition to implementation: Indonesia
Indonesia has called for a stronger global response to climate change, saying the focus of international negotiations must now shift from setting ambitions to...
Climate Finance must reach the Pacific faster: Green Climate Fund chief
Green Climate Fund Executive Director Mafalda Duarte has warned that climate finance must be delivered faster and at greater scale, saying Pacific communities cannot...
Caribbean backs Pacific stand on 1.5C, sovereignty and climate finance
Antigua and Barbuda has backed the Pacific’s call to keep the 1.5C target within reach, protect the sovereignty of climate-vulnerable states and deliver climate...
Pacific climate fund still US$320m short of target ahead of COP31
The Pacific's newly operational regional climate fund is still US$320 million short of the minimum capitalisation it needs, with Pacific leaders urging international partners...
Tuvalu calls for faster climate finance to protect Pacific communities
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has called for faster and more accessible climate and disaster financing for Pacific Island countries, warning that delays in...
Minamata survivor calls on countries to act on mercury pollution
By PACNEWS Editor Makereta Komai in Minamata, Japan
Seventy years after one of Japan’s worst industrial pollution disasters, a survivor is calling on countries yet...
Pacific health voices call for climate finance and action ahead of COP31
Pacific health and climate officials are calling for urgent action, stronger climate finance and protection of the 1.5°C target as Pacific countries take their...
‘Funds for responding to Loss and Damage is not charity, it’s a matter of justice’
Pacific Political Champion for climate-induced Loss and Damage, Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, has a clear message to world leaders gathering in Fiji to prepare for...
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A Blue Pacific on fire on the road to COP31
By Dr Satyendra Prasad
I join so many others in extending my warmest congratulations to the Fiji and Tuvalu Governments for their Herculian effort...
New Zealand scores poorly on health protection in climate plans, Timor-Leste among top performers
New Zealand has scored among the lowest countries globally for integrating public health into its climate plan, while Timor-Leste ranks among the top five...
SPC climate programme records US$129.9 million in new funding approvals
The Pacific Community (SPC) secured US$129.9 million in new climate finance approvals in 2025, as its Climate Change Flagship expanded support for Pacific Island...