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USD 157 million Green Climate Fund grant aims to support Pacific Island tuna fisheries
SeafoodSource
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Fourteen Pacific Island countries have received a USD 156.8 million (EUR 145.6 million) grant to respond to tuna stock shifts caused by climate change. The funding comes from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which has pledged USD 107 million (EUR...
EPC Addresses Power Outages and Reaffirms Commitment to Reliable Service to the People of Samoa
Samoa Global News
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March 3, 2025
Faatalofa atu Samoa, The Electric Power Corporation (EPC) acknowledges the recent challenges faced by our customers due to frequent power outages and sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience caused. We understand the frustration these...
Samoa: From climate victims to leaders
Pasifika Environews
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August 27, 2024
As Samoa grapples with rising prices, escalating sea levels, and growing geopolitical tensions and inadequate financial support, the Pacific Island nation has emerged as a beacon of resilience and leadership amid climate change. During a recent...
Samoa urged to prioritise climate action and fiscal resilience
Samoa Observer
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Samoa's remarkable economic recovery faces medium-term risks, with climate action and fiscal prudence at the forefront of policy recommendations. The nation has demonstrated impressive resilience, not only recovering from the three-year...
Nauru sells citizenship for climate change efforts
The Manila Times
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February 26, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia — Pacific microstate Nauru is selling citizenship to fund its retreat from rising seas, President David Adeang told AFP, opening a contentious "golden passport" scheme as other climate financing runs dry. The low-lying island...
Pacific Islands focus: diplomatic relations, environmental disasters and concerns about cancer
Croakey Health Media
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March 4, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: As we monitor Tropical Cyclone Alfred – expected to make landfall in south-east Queensland late on Thursday or early Friday – Fiji recovers from storm damage after category two Tropical Cyclone Rae passed the Lao Island...
Nauru to sell golden passports for $105,000 to fund climate relocation effort
Nairametrics
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February 27, 2025
Nauru, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean, moves to sell its golden passports to foreign nationals for $105,000 each as part of a controversial effort to fund its relocation due to rising sea levels caused by climate change. According to...
Will it be enough? Facing climate crisis, Nauru sells citizenship in ‘golden passports’ for survival
Malay Mail
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February 26, 2025
SYDNEY, Feb 26 — Pacific microstate Nauru is selling citizenship to fund its retreat from rising seas, President David Adeang told AFP, opening a contentious “golden passport” scheme as other climate financing runs dry. The low-lying island nation...
Nauru sells citizenship to fund climate change mitigation
The Independent - California
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Pacific microstate Nauru is selling citizenship to fund its retreat from rising seas, President David Adeang told AFP, opening a contentious "golden passport" scheme as other climate financing runs dry. The low-lying island nation of around 13,000...
Pacific islands to push for enhanced resource mobilisation at resumed biodiversity...
Pacific News Service
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Pacific Islands will be sitting at the global negotiations table this week, calling for increased funding and support to conserve and protect our Pacific biodiversity. Following the suspension of the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the...
Pacific islands to push for enhanced resource mobilisation at resumed biodiversity conference
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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February 25, 2025
Pacific Islands will be sitting at the global negotiations table this week, calling for increased funding and support to conserve and protect our Pacific biodiversity. Following the suspension of the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the...
Pacific Tourism Organisation partners with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to Strengthening Environmental Sustainability in Pacific Tourism
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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February 21, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), in collaboration with the Samoa Tourism Authority (STA), hosted a pivotal two-day workshop in Apia, Samoa, from February 11th to...
Landmark funding to protect benefits of tuna against climate change
Television Niue
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February 25, 2025
A significant grant of US$107 million dollars has been awarded to the Conservation International and the Pacific Community to support 14 Pacific countries including Niue. The funding aims to protect the economic and social benefits derived from...
New Body Of Work By Yuki Kihara At Gus Fisher And Gow Langsford Galleries
Scoop
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“After personally witnessing the devastating impacts of cyclones in Sāmoa, I was compelled to create works that not only allude to our resilience living in the Pacific Islands but also inspire conversations about global warming as a clarion call...
Samoa makes stand in World Court
Samoa Observer
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Samoa called for “immediate cessation of wrongdoing” when it appeared before the International Court of Justice hearing last week highlighting growing global consensus on climate accountability. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) or the...
Enhancing Access to Climate Finance in the Pacific: strengthening regional capacity for Green Climate Fund projects
Pacific Community (SPC)
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The Climate Finance Unit at the Pacific Community (SPC) supports Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in accessing and managing climate finance from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Adaptation Fund, and other funding mechanisms. SPC and the...
Engaging NZ Police in Samoa investigation was never discussed says Minister
Talamua
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February 24, 2025
By Lagi Keresoma* Apia, Samoa – 24 February 2025 – The Minister of Police, Faualo Harry Schuster has confirmed that there has never been any discussion to recruit New Zealand police to assist local police in a defamation investigation. This...
Samoa Observer banned from regional airport
Samoa Observer
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Samoa Airport Authority staff stationed at the regional airport told the Samoa Observer photographer the newspaper was prohibited from the $25 million publicly funded facility. Samoa Observer photographer Junior Ami made the trip to the airport on...
NDC’s Samoa Addo Backs OSP’s Handling of Ofori-Atta Case, Criticizes NPP “Hypocrisy”
News Ghana
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February 23, 2025
Legal practitioner and National Democratic Congress (NDC) member Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo has staunchly defended the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) investigative process involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, asserting that the...
Climate Justice: Samoa Addresses ICJ on Legal Obligations of States who Fail to Comply
Samoa Global News
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December 16, 2024
Government Press. On Wednesday, 11th December 2024, the Independent State of Samoa addressed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) during the public oral hearings regarding the advisory opinion on States’ legal obligations with respect to...