Tag: climate change
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Coral diversity in Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands declines sharply as warming seas disrupt restoration efforts
Coral diversity across Fiji’s Mamanuca Group of Islands has fallen sharply in recent years, with managers on Castaway Island warning the reef systems are under severe… Read more
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Tuvalu seeks compensation from major emitters as ICJ and UN backing push for a future binding climate liability treaty
Those moves, he said in an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun, strengthen Pacific calls for accountability and compensation. Read more
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IPCC Chair Warns 1.5°C Warming Is Almost Inevitable as Seventh Assessment Cycle Advances With Focus on Adaptation and Resilience
Speaking at the 18th Meeting of the Research Dialogue during the UN’s SBSTA64 session in Bonn, Skea said the Seventh Assessment is “well advanced”: the scientific… Read more
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Fiji and Tuvalu begin talks in Suva on climate-driven mobility and immigration support
The courtesy meeting between Fiji’s Immigration Minister Viliame Naupoto and Tuvalu’s Foreign Affairs, Labour and Trade Minister Paulson Panapa focused on the growing regional challenge of… Read more
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Fiji conducts Suva consultations to finalize the Seventh National Biodiversity Report for the CBD and shape the NBSAP 2026–2030
The Central Division consultations marked the latest step in a nationwide process to assess progress on biodiversity targets and to gather input for Fiji’s National Biodiversity… Read more
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Pacific Ocean as Grandmother: Navigator Larry Raigetal Urges Indigenous Knowledge and Reciprocal Governance
“I do not remember whether I swam before I walked, but I was always taught to hold a healthy respect, almost a fear of the ocean,… Read more
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Climate-driven shift of Pacific skipjack tuna into high seas prompts new Advanced Warning System for adaptation and funding
Pacific Island countries welcomed early outputs of a new Advanced Warning System (AWS) designed to give governments earlier, more robust evidence of how climate-driven tuna redistribution… Read more
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UN climate chief urges Bonn talks to accelerate adaptation, finance and the just transition ahead of COP31
Stiell framed the two-week Bonn session as a critical technical and political stepping stone ahead of the COP31 climate summit due to be held in Antalya,… Read more
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Tuvalu calls for transformational change at GEF 8 to scale up nature and climate action ahead of GEF 9
Speaking on behalf of the government and people of Tuvalu, Maina Vakafua Talia framed the meeting as a decisive moment as the GEF 8 cycle closes… Read more
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Pacific Islands Split Over Deep-Sea Mining, Testing the Blue Pacific Continent Framework
But the unity underpinning that vision is under strain as governments weigh competing priorities: climate resilience, economic opportunity and the environmental risks of seabed extraction. Read more