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Concern about increase in plastic imports in Samoa
Talanei
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November 13, 2024
The president of the Apia based Samoa Conservation Society James Atherton says Samoa has been trying to phase out single-use plastics since 2018, but there has been a significant increase in plastic imports from 2020 to 2023. They have noticed the...
PCRIC and WTW renews portfolio of climate and disaster risk insurance
Captive Insurance News
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November 6, 2024
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...
Ministers from Global South call for urgent action on nature finance at COP16
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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October 31, 2024
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2024: The Ministerial Alliance for Ambition on Nature Finance (MAANF) yesterday shared a statement signed by 20 Ministers of Environment from the Global South, ‘Seeking Accountability on Ambition for Nature...
CAF and Commonwealth Secretariat to partner on climate action projects
The Gleaner
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November 11, 2024
Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Commonwealth Secretariat signed an agreement to advance sustainable development and climate-resilience initiatives across Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS). This alliance...
Lae factory will deliver clean water to PNG households -Rotomold
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 7, 2025
The man behind one of the South Pacific’s biggest tank manufacturers says a new factory in Lae will help ease long-running water shortages across Papua New Guinea. Prakash Chand, the Managing Director and Chairman of Rotomould Group, officially...
Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations, say researchers
University of Cambridge News
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November 11, 2024
In an article published today in Lancet Planetary Health, a team of researchers – including several from the University of Cambridge – argue that much more needs to be done to mitigate the impacts of climate change on women, girls and...
Junk cars becoming environmental concern in Samoa
Islands Business
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November 24, 2024
Bougainville Police are investigating the brutal killing of a family of six over sorcery allegations. The Post Courier reports that the six included two uncles, two brothers, their sister and a nephew from Pakia village, just outside Arawa and on...
Parody or reality, agriculture in Samoa
Samoa Observer
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Food, glorious food. A song written by Lionel Bart is the opening song from the 1960s West End and Broadway musical and 1968 film Oliver! It is also a daily parody of the lives of Samoans who cannot afford a balanced meal because it is not...
COP29: Pacific expert wants action through largest climate-adaptation study
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,...
Samoa hotel in rush to upgrade ahead of Charles and Camilla stay
The Independent
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July 22, 2024
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Loss and damage: island nations face $75 billion climate change bill...
Pacific News Service
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The world’s most climate vulnerable islands including Jamaica, Fiji and Samoa, face a spiralling bill for economic loss and damage tied to extreme weather events, according to the first ever study into the indirect costs of climate driven loss and...
India Calls Out Developed Countries Over Stalled Progress On Key Climate Issues At COP29
News18
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November 17, 2024
Last Updated:November 17, 2024, 14:59 IST India said ongoing talks have made no progress in matters critical for developing countries, while delivering a statement at the closing plenary of the first week at COP29 on November 16. (Image:...
Trump win, 1.5C warming breach weigh on UN climate ‘finance COP’
Asia Pacific Report
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November 11, 2024
By Sera Sefeti of BenarNews Pacific delegates fear the implications of a Trump presidency and breach of the 1.5 degree Celsius warming target will overshadow negotiations on climate finance at the UN’s annual COP talks that have started in...
Court suppress name of complainant against suspended Manu Samoa Coach
Talamua
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November 11, 2024
Apia, Samoa – 11 October November 2024 – Court has granted the Prosecution application to suppress the name of the complainant against the suspended Manu Samoa Coach, Mase Mahonri Schwalger. Mase appeared in Court today to set a hearing date for...
Samoa hotel set to host King Charles in ‘rush to upgrade’ - live
The Independent
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July 21, 2024
1721563452 Meghan Markle’s former friend claims Prince Harry ‘fit plan’ for UK fame The friend, who said they were “ghosted” by the former Suits star, said the actress focused her sights on the UK because she was not happy about how her career in...
Trump win, 1.5 C warming breach weigh on UN COP climate finance talks
RNZ
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November 11, 2024
By Sera Sefeti, BenarNews COP29 logo is seen in Baku, Azerbaijan on 17 September 2024. Photo: Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via AFP Pacific delegates fear the implications of a Trump presidency and breach of the 1.5 degree Celsius warming target will...
As Australia puts more focus on climate change, New Zealand is accused of pulling back
NBC News
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November 10, 2024
Two major countries’ approach to climate change has turned upside down Down Under. Australia and New Zealand, whose governments both changed hands in their most recent national elections, have undergone a role reversal of sorts when it comes to...
Slow climate action undermining 2030 agenda as Solomon’s seeks three-year delay to LDC graduation
Pacific News Service
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The Solomon Islands has made a call for a three-year extension to its planned graduation as a Least Developing Country, in December 2024. In a statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade at the 5th Conference of Least Developed...
Largest Pacific climate-adaptation study launched at COP29 | University of Canterbury
The National Tribune
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November 8, 2024
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...
New UN climate report highlights climate extremism of Luxon Government – Greenpeace
The Daily Blog
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October 28, 2024
The latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report has warned that if countries do not commit to rapid action to cut rising climate pollution emissions, the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C will be gone within a few years, but...