By Elilai Rengiil ANTALYA, Türkiye – Pacific small island developing states (SIDS) called for climate partnerships that put local needs first at a COP31 side event, looking at examples in the region such as Tuvalu’s housing and infrastructure plans and Palau’s solar energy cooperation with Japan. The November 10 discussion at the Moana Blue Pacific […]
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Warming beyond 1.5 threatens Palau’s coastal communities, future generations
By Elilai Rengiil MELEKEOK, Palau (Nov. 4, 2026) – Palau must put safeguards in place for future generations as global warming threatens to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, National Climate Change Coordinator Xavier Erbai Matsutaro said ahead of COP31. The old posts in the foreground are the remains of a structure swept away by Typhoon Bopha […]
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‘The world is not ready’: Climate adaptation cash falls far short as warming heads past 1.5°C
NAIROBI/NEW YORK, 05 NOVEMBER 2026 (UN NEWS CENTRE) —Although global warming is set to exceed 1.5°C, financing to help communities adapt to climate change falls far short of needs, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report published on Wednesday. The 2026 Adaptation Gap Report finds that developing countries will require roughly US$305 billion […]
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The Island That Disappeared From the Map — and the One That Never Appeared
By: Jack Huang On October 6, fourteen heads of government flew to Funafuti to look at the ocean. Not to negotiate with it, not to issue a joint statement about it. Just to look. Tuvalu’s runway sits two meters above sea level. At high tide, the Pacific doesn’t knock on the door. It simply arrives. […]
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1.5°C Not Just a Number, It’s Survival for the Pacific
NEW YORK, 28 SEPTEMBER 2026 (SPREP)—For many countries, climate targets are policy goals. For Pacific Island nations, they are a matter of survival. That message echoed throughout the ‘Defending 1.5°C in an Age of Instability: Science, Strategy and Global Solutions,’ event hosted by Climate Analytics during New York Climate Week. Scientists, policymakers and climate advocates […]
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Palauan youth and climate advocate joins COP31 engagements across Türkiye
ISTANBUL, Türkiye — Palauan youth and climate advocate Antoni “Toni” Soalablai is wrapping up a visit across Türkiye as part of a series of engagements between young people from the Pacific, Australia and Türkiye ahead of COP31. The visit took Soalablai through Ankara, Konya, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa and Istanbul alongside COP31 Presidency Youth Climate Champion Sally […]