AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoClimate Defences: A new ADB and Green Climate Fund programme aims to mobilise more than US$1 billion across 14 Pacific economies to protect roads, water supplies, power systems and coastal areas. It includes US$250 million in approved grants and could reach 3.7 million people. Climate Finance: Small island states are exploring a charge on remittances to raise up to US$3 billion a year for resilience projects, seeking a more reliable source of funding than aid alone. COP31: Pacific leaders are pressing to make ocean protection a formal climate agenda item, while Samoan youth campaigner Ma’atautigia Okalani Mariner called for a future where island homes are not measured by how long they have left. Samoa at Risk: A super El Niño could intensify the coming cyclone season. Rising seas, flooding and saltwater intrusion already threaten Samoa’s coastal communities and crops. Nature Restoration: Germany is providing €20 million for a seven-year effort to restore native plants and wildlife in Samoa, Palau, Tonga and Wallis and Futuna.
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