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by Charley Piringi Global climate cooperation “is alive and kicking,” UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell declared at the close of COP30, a statement closely followed across the Pacific, where communities face some of the world’s most urgent climate threats. On Saturday, a compromise climate deal was brokered by…
by Charley Piringi Pacific Island nations will see their priorities elevated at the next United Nations climate talks as Australia takes the lead in COP31 negotiations, while the conference itself will be hosted in Turkiye. The arrangement ensures that issues critical to the Pacific climate finance, resilience, and adaptation…
by Charley Piringi Solomon Islands has issued a powerful call for urgent global climate action at the High-Level Segment of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, warning that failure to limit warming to 1.5°C would be catastrophic for vulnerable island nations. Delivering the national statement at the COP30 last night, Minister for…
by Charley Piringi WWF-Pacific is calling for urgent reforms to global climate finance systems to ensure funding reaches Pacific Island countries and frontline communities facing intensifying climate and biodiversity threats. Speaking to Pacific journalists during a virtual briefing at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, WWF-Pacific Senior Policy and Government Affairs Manager…
by Charley Piringi COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellow Solomon Islands has renewed its call for global partners to fully support and capitalize the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF), a landmark Pacific-led, owned, and managed funding mechanism to strengthen regional resilience to climate change and disasters. Delivering remarks in Belem, Brazil this morning,…
by Charley Piringi COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellow As the COP30 Climate Summit opens this week in Belém, Brazil, the Pacific Islands have once again seized the global stage, not as bystanders, but as moral leaders demanding that the world act urgently on climate change. For the nations scattered across the…
