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by Georgina Maka’a Prime Minister Matthew Wale will travel this weekend to join fellow Pacific leaders in Fiji and Tuvalu for major pre-summit climate meetings ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 31) next month. Speaking to journalists in Honiara today, Wale confirmed his attendance and highlighted the regional…
by Charley Piringi Ahead of next month’s major UN climate summit (COP31) in Turkiye, the Pacific region is sending a resolute message to global leaders: “Retreating is not an option.” Speaking during a pre-COP31 virtual meeting today, Tagaloa Cooper, Director for Climate Change Resilience at the Secretariat of the Pacific…
Prime Minister Matthew Wale says climate commitments must move beyond promises and translate into tangible support for climate-vulnerable countries. Wale made the call for grant-based, predictable and accessible finance at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit on ‘Just Transition’ at the Trusteeship Council in New York. Solomon Islands contributes less…
Prime Minister Hon. Matthew Wale has met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the UN Secretariat in New York, using the meeting to press the case for Solomon Islands and the wider Pacific on climate and development financing. The Prime Minister stressed the urgent need for greater climate finance,…
Prime Minister Matthew Wale today opened the Fifth Pacific Climate Change Conference in Honiara, calling on Pacific nations to turn climate knowledge and evidence into practical action. The Pacific-owned and Pacific-led conference is being hosted in Solomon Islands for the first time under the theme, “Amplifying One Pacific Voice for…
by Georgina Maka’a Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders said climate change remains the biggest threat to the safety and lives of Pacific people. They stressed that the world must act quickly, using the best scientific information available to address the problem. The statement came during the PIF Leaders Summit in…
By Ben McKay of AAP in Koror, Palau Of all the testimonies about the impact of global warming heard at the Pacific Islands Forum summit, Maina Talia’s may be the most heart-wrenching. The Tuvalu climate change minister has been a relentless ambassador for lifting climate ambition, given the imminent threat…
Solomon Islands is developing its first dedicated national policy to address the growing economic and social costs of climate change that the country can no longer avoid. The country is estimated to lose US$79 million (SBD$635,838,057) a year to climate-related impacts, equivalent to 8.69 percent of its gross domestic product…
The Australia-supported Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program is working with government and industry to strengthen the safety and resilience of infrastructure across Solomon Islands. Through targeted workshops with local construction contractors and government agencies, participants engaged in practical demonstrations of national social and environmental safeguard requirements, alongside best practice approaches to…
Solomon Islands has formally endorsed the Global Principles for Addressing Climate Mobility, reaffirming its commitment to protecting communities displaced by climate change. Speaking at the 2nd Climate Mobility Forum in Berlin, Germany, Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Wayne Ghemu said climate change is no longer a…
