KOROR, PALAU – Health Minister Emais Roberts stressed the importance of mobilizing new financial resources for health as part of climate change adaptation. Roberts, in his speech during the First Climate and Health Ministers’ Meeting held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on July 1, had emphasized the impacts of climate change to human health […]
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Climate change brought up in Trump meeting but from another angle
President Tommy Remengesau, Jr clarified that climate mitigation and adaptation were brought up during a meeting with United States President Donald Trump, a vocal climate change skeptic, but from a different angle. Remengesau was responding to the media’s inquiry on Wednesday who pointed out that the joint statement issued by the Freely Associated State leaders […]
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Pacific leaders urge Scott Morrison to act on climate emergency following election win
CANBERRA, 22 MAY 2019 (THE GUARDIAN) — Pacific leaders have congratulated Scott Morrison on his surprise election victory but have urged him to do more to fight the climate crisis, which poses an existential threat to the region. “Australia has been lagging behind,” said Tuilaepa Sailele, the prime minister of Samoa, about Australia’s action on […]
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Avoiding the worst impact
Palau’s avoiding the worst impacts of climate change by preparing itself for the worst. Palau’s Climate Change Policy, adapted in 2015 notes that climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing Palau. “Implementing the policy is challenging because of limited technical and human capacity but even with this challenge, Palau has moved forward in […]
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Remengesau says new climate change report should serve as a wake up call
President Tommy Remengesau Jr. said that the latest global warming report should serve as a wake-up call to developed nations that it could no longer “feign ignorance” to the catastrophic impact of climate change. The new report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released on October 10, describes a dire world as a result of […]
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Palau to co-host climate change forum with Ph, ADB
Palau is set to co-host the 6th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum (APCCAF) with the Philippines and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila on October 17 to 19. Officials from Palau’s Office of Climate Change told the media during the press conference on Wednesday that over 1,000 people have registered for the forum which […]