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Who restores the peace of our ancestors’ resting place? What is the price of our troubled hearts? A story of Non Economic Loss and Damage 

NADI, 07 OCTOBER 2026 (SPREP)— Ms Nei Tikaeita comes from the bustling village of Rawannawi on the island of Marakei in Kiribati.   For more than sixty years, she has walked the coastlines of Rawannawi. She knows the tides not by scientific instruments but from learning the patterns of coastal rhythms and an intimate knowledge of […]

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Pacific editors pledge stronger reporting on climate loss and damage

By Elilai Rengiil  Savusavu, Fiji – Newsroom leaders and editors from across the Pacific have adopted the Savusavu Loss and Damage Media Forum Declaration, calling for stronger, more accurate reporting on the climate impacts already affecting vulnerable communities across the region. SPREP Pre-summit workshop facilitators Sosikeni Lesa and Jessica Rodham along with the participants of […]

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Pacific Pushes to Turn ICJ Climate Opinion Into Action

By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau (August 31, 2026) – “It is the kind of tool that we need to now push even harder for climate justice,” Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change Director Vishal Prasad said as Pacific leaders and climate advocates discussed how to turn the International Court of Justice’s landmark climate opinion into […]

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Pacific Elders call for climate accountability, stronger regional unity

By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (Aug. 30, 2026)— Pacific leaders should treat climate change not as a plea for assistance but as a matter of rights, accountability and international law, the Pacific Elders’ Voice said in a declaration issued as Pacific leaders gather in Palau. The “Suva + Declaration on Climate Change,” released for the […]

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