Our stories – Climate-forced Displacement and Relocation – Climate Tok Report
The disconnect between how the development sector addresses climate change-related issues like climate-forced displacement and relocation in island communities requires urgent attention.
A convening of...
Flying Fijians plan to finish on a high note in the final ANS test match
Flying Fijians Head Coach Vern Cotter has managed to line up a formidable side despite the team facing player suspension and injuries.
Cotter has made...
Vanuatu’s director of women relishes her role as a technical co-ordinator for negotiators on gender and climate change for PSIDS
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Shiek
Apart from the tough negotiations going into its final stages, one of the Pacific negotiators is...
Global inaction pushes Tuvalu to take innovative steps to prepare to become a digital nation
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Tuvalu like the rest of the Pacific is not standing idly by, waiting for the world...
Marshall Islands ask for a place their future generations can call home
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm el Sheikh
With a history of being fought over bitterly in the last century, the Marshall Islands continues...
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...
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Forum SG Waqa urges Pacific climate champions to turn Pre-COP momentum into COP31 outcomes
Pacific political climate champions must turn the region’s priorities into concrete outcomes at COP31, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa says.
Speaking at the...
COP30 President backs climate finance push and implementation drive ahead of COP31
COP30 President Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago says stronger cooperation between governments, finance ministers and development banks will be critical to turning global climate...
Bowen defends Australia’s climate role amid coal export concerns
Australian Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says Australia’s shift towards renewable energy is central to its efforts to work with Pacific countries...