Tuvalu calls for faster climate finance to protect Pacific communities

FIJI, Oct. 8 -- Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has called for faster and more accessible climate and disaster financing for Pacific Island countries, warning that delays in funding can cost lives an... Read More

Minamata survivor calls on countries to act on mercury pollution

FIJI, Oct. 8 -- Seventy years after one of Japan's worst industrial pollution disasters, a survivor is calling on countries yet to join the Minamata Convention on Mercury to do so and help protect peo... Read More

Pacific health voices call for climate finance and action ahead of COP31

FIJI, Oct. 8 -- Pacific health and climate officials are calling for urgent action, stronger climate finance and protection of the 1.5degC target as Pacific countries take their health concerns to the... Read More

'Funds for responding to Loss and Damage is not charity, it's a matter of justice'

FIJI, Oct. 8 -- 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 COP31 in Turkiye ... Read More

Pacific demands climate action as 1.5C limit comes under threat: UN deputy SG

FIJI, Oct. 8 -- United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called on the world to match Pacific leadership on climate change with urgent action on emissions, adaptation and finance, wa... Read More

France urges big emitters to act as Pacific pushes climate agenda ahead of COP31

FIJI, Oct. 8 -- France has called on major emitting countries to accelerate emissions cuts and submit stronger climate plans, warning that a world heading towards 3 degrees Celsius of warming would le... Read More

EU backs Pacific as Commissioner Hoekstra warns climate impacts are already here

Fiji, Oct. 8 -- European Union Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has warned that the loss of land in Tuvalu is a sign of what climate change could bring to other countries, as he pledged continued E... Read More

Empowering Pacific-led research and data, and youth leadership to shape climate decisions

FIJI, Oct. 8 -- Pacific leadership requires meaningful youth influences and the resources, skills and scientific evidence needed to shape regional and international climate decisions. This was the re... Read More

Bulikula confident of winning women's RWLC

FIJI, Oct. 8 -- First timers, the Fiji Bulikula has set their sights on win-ning the Women's Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) after the Fiji National Rugby League (FNRL) announced the 23-mem-ber squad in... Read More

COP31 President pushes for climate finance and action as Pacific warns of existential threat

Fiji, Oct. 8 -- COP31 President Murat Kurum says the climate crisis facing Pacific island countries requires stronger international action, with climate finance, implementation and the survival of vul... Read More

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