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Pacific Political Climate Champions amplify call for urgent action
Pacific News Service
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The Pacific’s collective voice, calling on world leaders to urgently implement the Paris Agreement, will have new-found mana at the UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, with the announcement of five Political Climate Change Champions. The champions, who will...
Taiwan helps climate, UN bid
Marshall Islands Journal
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August 29, 2024
Taiwan Ambassador Steve C.C. Hsia donated $200,000 from the “Taiwan-RMI Adaptation and Contingency Fund for Climate Change” to the Marshall Islands government. The donation was formally received by Minister-in-Assistance to the President and...
Welcoming Remarks by the Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Lands Hon. Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose Salesa Schuster at the PACIFIC PREPARATORY MEETING OF THE 16TH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (CBD…
Government of Samoa
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September 9, 2024
9 – 14 September 2024, at 9am, Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) at SPREP Director General of SPREP, Permanent Secretary, Directors and CEOs, Senior Government Officials, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Talofa lava and warm...
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...
‘We don’t want all the fluffy stuff’: Pacific islands push Australia to take strong action on climate
The Guardian
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August 31, 2024
Anthony Albanese had just finished briefing Pacific island leaders on Australia’s bid to host a UN climate summit when one of his counterparts made a pointed intervention. The president of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, began her speech...
A 'river of experience': How many ways of knowing inform a course on the climate crisis and actions
Phys.org
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September 4, 2024
by Natalya Gomez, Diane Dechief, Jennifer Sunday and Julia Freeman, The Conversation How can we educate about the climate crisis in a way that gives students the tools they need to move towards hopeful visions for the future? A new kind of climate...
A ‘river of experience’: How many ways of knowing feed a course on the climate crisis and actions
The Conversation
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September 3, 2024
How can we educate about the climate crisis in a way that gives students the tools they need to move towards hopeful visions for the future? A new kind of climate course has emerged from our collaboration at McGill University across the fields of...
Pacific Ministers prioritise addressing Covid-19 and climate change impacts on Pacific tuna fisheries
Pacific News Service
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Pacific Ministers have identified dealing with the immediate impacts of Covid-19 and the longer term threats of climate change on offshore fisheries as key areas to address, at the 18th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial (FFCMin18) meeting,...
Threat Multiplier: Sherri Goodman on Climate and Global Security
The Diplomat
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August 26, 2024
In 2007, Sherri Goodman, who served as the first deputy undersecretary of defense for environmental security from 1993 to 2001, coined the term “threat multiplier” to describe how climate change impacted every aspect of national security. As the...
Pacific Climate Warriors demand urgent action amid rising sea levels
Te Ao Maori News
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Mary Gafaomalietoa Sapati Moeono-Kolio is one of the Pacific Climate Warriors, part of 350 Pacific, who are fighting for the survival of their islands. As the 53rd Pacific Islands Leaders Forum took place in Tonga last week Moeono-Kolio worked at...
Forum Leaders wrap up in Tonga with bold commitments on Climate,…
Pacific News Service
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Pacific Island leaders wrapped up the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga, reinforcing their commitment to regional cooperation, climate resilience, and sustainable development. The week-long Forum brought together leaders from 18 member countries...
United States: SEC reconsiders foreign private issuer framework
Lexology
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In brief The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") recently published a concept release soliciting public comment on a new definition of foreign private issuer ("FPI"). The release reviews the background and regulatory purposes...
High prices of Tongatapu agricultural crops, an impact of climate change
Matangi Tonga Online
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August 24, 2024
Tongatapu Royal Agriculture, Fisheries, Tourism, and Trade Show 2024. Manamo'ui Showground, Tonga, 24 August 2024. Photo: Matangi Tonga. President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands H.E. Hilda Heine, Princess Latufuipeka Tuku'aho with her...
Pacific Islands Forum: Winston Peters accepts human-induced climate change after Opposition decries ‘embarrassing’ comments
The New Zealand Herald
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August 28, 2024
Labour leader Chris Hipkins had been very critical of Peters’ comments, which he believed amounted to questioning humanity’s role in climate change. “Winston Peters has embarrassed New Zealand and I think Christopher Luxon will get a lot of...
UN secretary-general calls on major polluters to show leadership to prevent Pacific climate catastrophe
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 26, 2024
United Nations secretary-general António Guterres has implored major polluters and developed nations such as Australia to rapidly cut emissions and phase out coal and gas after meeting Pacific leaders in Tonga, warning the region is on the brink...
Pacific nations aren’t asking for favours. They just want Australia to meet the moment on climate justice
The Crimson Quarry - Indiana
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August 24, 2024
My first visit to the Pacific Islands was in 1981 and, for two decades, I spent several months each year carrying out biodiversity surveys and conservation work there. Even in the 1980s, Pacific communities were acutely aware of climate change,...
Pacific Small Island Developing States call for stronger partnerships to sustainably manage oceans
Pacific News Service
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By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) are demanding greater action from countries responsible for increased pressure on marine ecosystems at the UN Oceans Conference in Lisbon. They also emphasised...
Helen Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’
The Daily Blog
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June 29, 2025
David Robie also blogs at Café Pacific From: Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of its independent foreign policy in the face...
Oil tanker explosion off Libya: Russian port stops raise strategic concerns
Tunisie Numerique
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June 30, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp An oil tanker carrying nearly one million barrels of crude oil was rocked by an explosion on Friday, June 27, 2025, about 80 nautical miles off the coast of Libya, according to maritime security firm Vanguard....
UN Chief Issues Climate ‘SOS’ For Pacific Islands Worst Hit By Ocean Warming, Sea Level Rise
Earth.Org
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August 27, 2024
Speaking on the first day of the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga, António Guterres urged G20 nations to “step up and lead” the transition away from fossil fuels. “If we save the Pacific, we save the world,” he said. — Pacific islands should be...