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Call for solidarity to strengthen Met services at Third Ministerial Meeting on Meteorology

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · August 18, 2023

18 August 2023, Nadi Fiji - Ministers attending the third Ministerial Meeting on Meteorology (PMMM-3) in Nadi, Fiji, have been urged to stand in solidarity to strengthen weather, climate, water, ocean and related development services in the...

The grim reality of Loss and Damage in Fiji

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 19, 2023

18 July 2023, Apia Samoa - The negative impacts of climate change-induced Loss and Damage is already a lived reality for many Pacific countries. In Fiji, the impact is grim. In Vunidogola village on the island of Vanua Levu, more than 160...

Tourism Source Market Predicted to Hit USD 1.1 Trillion by 2032, with a 6.6% CAGR

EIN Presswire · February 7, 2025

By tourist type, the group segment dominated the global market and is likely to remain dominant during the forecast period. WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, February 7, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Tourism Source Market Size was valued at...

Greening the 2023 International Va’a Federation World Distance Championship

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · August 9, 2023

04 August 2023, Apia Samoa - A partnership between the Government of Samoa, the Samoa Outrigger Canoe Association (SOCA) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to make the International Va’a Federation World...

PACRES scales up adaptation in the Pacific using Ecosystem-based solutions

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · August 3, 2023

1 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji. We live in a time where the Blue Pacific grapples with ways to respond to the mounting threats created by the changing climate. There is an urgent need for innovative and cost-effective solutions. Our Pacific people have...

Niue raises special circumstances of SIDS in Nairobi

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · November 17, 2023

17 November 2023, Nairobi, Kenya - The Pacific nation of Niue has taken to the centre stage of the ongoing global plastics treaty negotiations to remind them about the special circumstances of Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) as they discuss...

Curtain falls on the final PACRES Steering Committee and Lessons Learned Meeting

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · August 9, 2023

4 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji. Following a week of comprehensive and informative sessions and dialogue, partner countries and delivery partners brought the fourth and final Steering Committee meeting and Lessons Learned workshop for the European Union...

ADB Appoints Emma Veve as Director General for Pacific

Asian Development Bank · February 3, 2025

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (3 February 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Emma Veve as Director General of its Pacific Department (PARD), where she will be responsible for the department’s vision and strategy in the subregion....

President Lai meets Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute delegation

Taiwan President News · January 9, 2025

TAIWAN, January 9 - Details 2025-01-06 President Lai receives credentials from new Guatemala Ambassador Luis Raúl Estévez López On the morning of January 6, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and...

PACRES Project Convenes Fourth Steering Committee Meeting in Fiji

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 31, 2023

31 July 2023, Nadi, Fiji. The Pacific Adaptation to Climate and Resilience Building (PACRES) project convened its fourth and final Project Steering Committee Meeting and Intra-ACP Lessons Learned in Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Workshop...

Pacific youth capacity strengthened at inaugural Loss and Damage dialogue

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 27, 2023

Youth representatives from across the Pacific have had the opportunity to learn firsthand about the issue of loss and damage from experts and experienced climate change negotiators during the inaugural Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)...

PACRES Countries reflect on their challenges and Lessons Learned

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · August 7, 2023

3 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji. Implementing countries for the European Union Intra-ACP GCCA+ Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES) project have spotlighted their challenges and recommendations for best practice at the...

Working together to build resilience across our Pacific

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 31, 2023

The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES) project is scheduled to convene its fourth and final Project Steering Committee Meeting and the Intra-ACP Lessons Learned in Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Workshop...

AOSIS offers waste management options for plastics treaty

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 11, 2023

04 June 2023, Paris France - The proposed legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, discussed at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) working to develop it, must...

Australia champions Pacific’s case, spotlights Indigenous people at plastics treaty negotiations

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · November 19, 2023

18 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Australia continues to champion the One Pacific Voice calling for an urgent and ambitious Global Plastic Treaty that addresses the full life cycle of plastics, as the third session of the Intergovernmental...

Pacific Nations Champion Stronger Mercury Controls at Minamata Convention's Fifth Assembly

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · November 14, 2023

02 November 2023, Geneva – As the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-5) to the Minamata Convention continues in Geneva, there is a palpable air of anticipation and commitment from Pacific nations. The gathering is particularly...

Celebrating 30 years of SPREP in the Cook Islands

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · May 31, 2023

Reflecting upon our past to help build our future was a key message amplified at a special event commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in the Cook Islands. The celebration...

‘Is that the world we want to bequeath our grandchildren?’ UN Ocean Envoy laments plastic crisis impact on Ocean

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 2, 2023

01 June 2023, Paris France - As the negotiations pick up speed at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee charged with producing an international legally binding instrument to control plastic pollution, including in the...

Leaders from the Pacific Region make a clear statement that the conservation of our oceans is not optional

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · January 25, 2023

17 December 2022, Montreal, Canada - Much of the talk these past two weeks at the CBD COP15 has centred around developing states concerned that there will be an unfair burden placed upon them to maintain their biodiversity. But the Pacific side...

New Zealand advocates ‘design of plastic waste out of system’ at treaty negotiations

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 2, 2023

02 June 2023, Paris France - An ambitious, robust and legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution including that within our marine environment must target the top of the waste hierarchy, reduce plastic waste, or avoid generating it in the...