By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (Sept. 3, 2026) — “One point five to stay alive is not a slogan, it’s a lifeline,” Marshall Islands Climate Envoy Tina Stege told reporters this week, delivering a sobering assessment of a new UNEP report showing the world is on track to overshoot the 1.5-degree-Celsius warming threshold. Stege, who […]
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Tuvalu, tiny Pacific nation at the forefront of climate crisis, to host world leaders before Cop31 summit
FUNAFUTI/CANBERRA, 16 APRIL 2026 (THE GUARDIAN) —Tuvalu, the Pacific nation at the forefront of the global climate crisis, will host a special meeting of world leaders before this year’s Cop31 summit, as the conference president expresses “complete faith” in Chris Bowen to lead tough negotiations. Turkey’s climate minister, Murat Kurum, is president-designate for the November […]