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Strategic Minerals and the False Promise of Seabed Mining
By Drake Long On April 29, a small seabed mining enterprise known as The Metals Company (TMC) formally submitted an application to NOAA to commence commercial-scale mining in an area of the ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. This followed...
Owner: The Center for International Maritime Security (Non-profit)
Strengthening delivery model for climate (and ocean) information services
The Cook Islands Meteorological Service office facilitated the ‘Ocean Science to Services Consultation’ aimed at strengthening their delivery model for climate (and ocean) information services. MELINA ETCHES/24103102 The importance of effective...
Owner: Liz Woods & John Woods
Pacific Island States have exposed Canada for climate hypocrisy on the international stage
“That’s where they’re moving the graves. The sea rose too high and started washing away the bones of our ancestors.” Joe Moeono-Kolio tells me this with one hand on the wheel as he guides us around the northeast coast of the Samoan island of...
Owner: Linda Solomon Wood
COP29: Pacific expert wants action through largest climate-adaptation study
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Pacific Media Network
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The 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) is underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, the largest climate change conference in the world, and Pacific Island experts are not wasting any time. University of Canterbury (UC) Professor Steven Ratuva is at the COP29,...
Owner: New Zealand Government
Women Leading On Climate Action (Who Are Over 50-Years-Old)
Launch of the #WomenLeadingOnClimate event at COP29Giacomo Gex When I first met Body Shop founder, Anita Roddick, she was definitely over 50-years-old. To my 25-year-old eyes, she was one of the most vibrant, powerful, beautiful and very...
Owner: Jay Penske
NES engages with remote communities on Environment Bill 2024
The National Environment Service team led by director Halatoa Fua were in the Northern Group holding consultations on the Environment Bill 2024 and National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan (NBSAP). 24110501. National Environment Service staff...
Owner: Liz Woods & John Woods
Update on the implementation plan for the Pacific regional framework on climate mobility – Side event at COP29
Venue IOM Pavilion, Blue zone, Baku Stadium Time 11:30-12:30 About At the occasion of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security...
Owner: United Nations (UN)
COP29: What you need to know about the global climate summit
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens next week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The summit takes place between 11 and 22 November, and decisions made there will impact all of us. To date, the international community...
Owner: Kirubi Family
Latest digital tools to track climate hazards rolled out across Tuvalu
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The Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project
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Damlamian noted that the dashboard is part of a larger programme of work, supporting Tuvalu’s increased institutional capacity to make risk-informed decisions. “A key component of the programme aims to strengthen Tuvalu’s technical capacity to...
PCRIC and WTW renews portfolio of climate and disaster risk insurance
The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC), in partnership with WTW, has renewed its portfolio of policies for governments and affiliated entities in Pacific Island countries and territories. These policy designs were developed using...
Owner: Steven Lafferty & Justin Lawson
MEDIA BRIEFING: Major Pacific climate report launched at COP29
Funder: This research was funded by Aotearoa New Zealand’s International Development Cooperation Programme — Ngā Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti. The views expressed in this research and associated publication are those of the authors, and are...
Owner: Australian Science Media Centre Inc & Science Media Centre of New Zealand
NES addresses risks of wildlife endangerment
A Green turtle photographed in the Avavaroa Passage in 2018 by photojournalist Richard Moore. 18100505 The National Environment Service (NES) has addressed the broader implications for local turtle populations and ongoing conservation efforts,...
Owner: Liz Woods & John Woods
International Court Releases Detailed Hearing Schedule For Climate Change Opinion
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Forbes
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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 09: A general view of the hall in a public hearing at the ... [+] International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands on April 09, 2024. T (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu via...
Owner: Integrated Whale Media Investment & other shareholders
The European Union and the Pacific Community boost border security in Marshall Islands with advanced X-Ray technology
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Pacific Community (SPC)
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Photo: European Union Ambassador Barbara Plinkert and Marshall Islands Minister Anthony Muller, key handover of the Airport X-ray machine The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) has received a state-of-the-art X-ray machine to reinforce border...
Owner: Pacific Community
Open call for expressions of interest: Technical assistance to develop climate change adaptation investment plans
The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network has launched an open call for countries to submit expressions of interest (EOIs) in receiving technical assistance to develop climate change adaptation investment plans. With funding from the...
Owner: United Nations (UN)
Largest Pacific climate-adaptation study launched at COP29 | University of Canterbury
Led by Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) and the University of the South Pacific (USP), the three-year study involved over 100 scholars and community experts working across 16 Pacific Island Countries and Territories...
Owner: The National Tribune Australia
Operation Kurukuru combats IUU fishing to secure sustainable fisheries future
Strengthening the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing to promote sustainable fisheries and enhancing maritime security across the Pacific are key outcomes of Operation Kurukuru, which came to a close on Friday....
Owner: Catherine Lamani
PCRIC and WTW renew Pacific climate and disaster risk cover
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Continuity, Insurance & Risk Magazine
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The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company has collaborated with WTW to renew its portfolio of policies for governments and government-affiliated entities in Pacific Island countries and territories, and associated reinsurance placement. PCRIC...
Owner: Mark Evans & John Woods
Operation Kurukuru: Joint Forces Combat IUU Fishing To Secure Sustainable Fisheries Future
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Scoop
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A group photo of members of Operation Kurukuru at the FFA Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre. Photo by FFA Media HONIARA, 01 NOV 2024 – Strengthening the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing to promote sustainable...
Owner: Thompson Family & Jeremy Rose
Letter: Climate change talkfest
So Mr Wayne King and his merry band of climate change warriors will wing their way all the way to Azerbaijan to attend another talkfest on climate change. In the process they will drop tonnes more carbon into the atmosphere from their jet travel....
Owner: Liz Woods & John Woods