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Pacific Community calls out urgency of climate Loss and Damage finance for frontline island nations
Pacific Community (SPC)
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This feature is a collaboration between IPS News and the Pacific Community. Written by Catherine Wilson Credit: IPS Advancing development of the new Climate Loss and Damage Fund was a key call by Pacific Island nations at the COP29 United Nations...
Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...
Pacific Community Calls Out Urgency of Climate Loss and Damage Finance for Frontline Island Nations
Inter Press Service
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December 10, 2024
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Pacific nations urge ICJ to recognize states’ legal obligations on climate change
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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December 7, 2024
The Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and Solomon Islands presented powerful arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, demanding legal recognition of states’ obligations to combat climate change. Representing some of the...
At ICJ climate change hearing, global giants and oil nations strike evasive note
Scroll.in
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December 10, 2024
Halfway into landmark climate change hearings at the International Court of Justice, the proceedings have turned into what senior attorney Joie Chowdhury described as a David versus Goliath battle. Led by Vanuatu, a group of small island nations...
At ICJ, low-lying atoll nations call for definitive opinion on climate…
Pacific News Service
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Sea-level rise will render their islands uninhabitable this century, low-lying atoll nations told the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as they called for a definitive opinion that lack of action to reduce carbon emissions is a breach of...
Fiji’s bold climate stand
The Fiji Times
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December 11, 2024
Fiji has taken its climate fight to the world stage, appearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to argue for holding major greenhouse gas emitters accountable for the damage caused by climate change. Representing Fiji,...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week
Marianas Variety
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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center in Majuro on Monday. Photo by Giff Johnson MAJURO — The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials...
'David V Goliath' Battle At ICJ Climate Hearings
International Business Times
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December 9, 2024
Halfway through marathon climate change hearings at the world's top court, battle lines are being drawn between developed countries urging judges to stick to current legal obligations and vulnerable nations pleading for more. History is being made...
Climate crisis takes center stage at the Forum Leaders Meeting
The Pacific Island Times
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September 5, 2024
The eventful week of the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) concluded on Friday evening with speeches of thanksgiving, gift-giving fit for royals, and a celebration characteristic of Tonga's warm hospitality throughout the week. It...
As climate change worsens, a new art film examines what—and who—is at stake
Prism
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December 12, 2024
In the film, “What is Owed?” there is an immediate sense that something is not right. A low hum, like the tone of a tornado siren or the buzz of a low-flying airplane, grows loud as images of an island beach shift out of view. Windswept palm trees...
Soccer milestone for RMI
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 19, 2025
KAREN EARNSHAW Five years ago the Marshall Islands Soccer Federation received a huge boost in the form of a small group of British soccer fans and experts who had discovered that the Marshall Islands was “the last nation on Earth without a...
Pacific leaders join forces ahead of landmark climate summit
Pacific News Service
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Pacific leaders Thursday (08 July) met COP26 President Alok Sharma to set out their priorities for the major climate change summit in November. Underscoring what is at stake for the Pacific, leaders and Ministers from 11 countries across the...
Leadership or lip service? Australia's unkept climate promises hurting the Pacific
ColyPoint Observer
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December 6, 2024
The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, established in 2019, aims to "accelerate a transition to renewable energy for everyone, end the expansion of coal, oil and gas, and equitably phase out existing production in keeping with what science...
The slippery challenge of defining climate adaptation
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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November 28, 2024
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The essence of the Paris climate agreement was distilled into a single number. The almost 200 countries that signed the pact in...
How the climate crisis is affecting Pacific islanders' health
The Pacific Island Times
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November 24, 2024
For a country formed by 29 atolls scattered across the Western Pacific, the Marshall Islands is particularly vulnerable to the scourge of climate change—rising sea levels, saltwater contamination and uninhabitable islands. The U.S. Geological...
COP29: Delegates secure $300bn annually to curb climate crisis
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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November 26, 2024
Delegates at COP29 has adopted $300 billion annually for vulnerable countries to curb the impacts of climate crisis. The agreement was meant to provide momentum for international efforts to curb global warming in a year destined to be the hottest...
Fear and speculation mount after another tanker is hit by unexplained blast
Lloyd's List
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INSIDE the flooded engine room of Vilamoura (IMO: 9529293), crew members have documented several shrapnel holes left in the deck after an explosion ripped through the tanker on Friday. The blast left the suezmax, operated by George Economou’s TMS...
Delegates secure $300bn annually to curb climate crisis
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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November 26, 2024
Delegates at COP29 has adopted $300 billion annually for vulnerable countries to curb the impacts of climate crisis. The agreement was meant to provide momentum for international efforts to curb global warming in a year destined to be the hottest...
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COP29: How $300 billion climate funding is an ‘optical illusion’
Firstpost
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December 1, 2024
The curtains fell on COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 24, leaving in its wake a divisive $300 billion annual climate finance pledge. Developed nations hailed it as a historic step, yet for the vulnerable developing nations, it is another...