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Why the One Pacific Voice matters in global effort to end plastic pollution, as we look towards INC2 in Paris
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 10, 2023
Anthony Talouli Director of Waste Management and Pollution Control, SPREP It’s ironic. Although there is a common global understanding about the adverse impact of plastic pollution on human health, the economy, and the environment, it would be...
Pacific countries convene to align National Biodiversity Targets to Global Biodiversity Framework
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 27, 2024
18 March 2024, Nadi, Fiji – A historical agreement which sets out an ambitious agenda towards the vision of living in harmony with nature, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, was adopted during the 15th Conference of the Parties to...
Pacific Nations Champion Stronger Mercury Controls at Minamata Convention's Fifth Assembly
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 14, 2023
02 November 2023, Geneva – As the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-5) to the Minamata Convention continues in Geneva, there is a palpable air of anticipation and commitment from Pacific nations. The gathering is particularly...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2022
Government of Samoa
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October 1, 2022
SAMOA, October 1 - Declaration on U.S.-Pacific Partnership We—the governments of Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon...
Ambassador Walegerea pays courtesy call on PM Sogavare
Solomon Islands Government
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March 23, 2024
Ambassador Walegerea pays courtesy call on PM Sogavare The Solomon Islands Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Excellency, Mr Cornelius Walegerea paid a courtesy call on the Caretaker Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare on Friday...
Tonga Expands Efforts to Safeguard Biodiversity with New Ecological Restoration Site in Eua National Park
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 15, 2024
December 12, 2023: The Government of Tonga, with funding from the Global Environment Facility’s Regional Invasives Project (GEF6 RIP), continues to strengthen its commitment to ecological restoration by announcing the inclusion of part of the Eua...
Why the INC process matters to the Kingdom of Tonga and Solomon Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 14, 2024
14 February 2024, Auckland NZ - To say the impact of plastic pollution on the Kingdom of Tonga is a problem would be stating it quite mildly. Like most Pacific islands who are at the forefront of the impacts of the escalating plastic pollution...
GEF ISLANDS Pacific Project holds Second Steering Committee Meeting in New Zealand
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 16, 2024
16 February 2023, Auckland New Zealand - Pacific delegates gathered in Auckland, New Zealand today for the Global Environment Facility’s Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (ISLANDS) Pacific...
Remarks by the Minister of Finance, Honourable Lautimuia Uelese Vaai at the Opening of the ADB Samoa Pacific Country Office
Government of Samoa
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February 13, 2024
SAMOA, February 13 - CBS Level 5 – Tuesday 13 February 2024, @10am • Reverend Iese Uele • Honorable Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio-Acting Prime Minister • Honorable Ministers of Cabinet • Mr. Scott Morris – Vice President of the Asian Development...
Pacific Leaders support for High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 15, 2024
14 February 2024, Auckland NZ - Given the negative impact of plastic pollution on Pacific communities, Pacific Leaders at the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Meeting in the Cook Islands last year encouraged members to join the High Ambition Coalition...
New Zealand and SPC sign agreement to strengthen animal health in the region
Pacific Community (SPC)
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August 17, 2022
As the Pacific region grapples with the potential spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) and other transboundary animal diseases, the Pacific Community (SPC) has signed a partnership agreement with Biosecurity New Zealand to strengthen animal health...
Plastic treaty should protect environment, health and consider climate crisis impacts
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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January 20, 2023
01 December 2022, Punta del Este - The scope and objective of a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, must be broad enough to protect the environment and health of Pacific communities from the...
SIG and UN Formalised Transformative Country Implementation Plan for Sustainable Development in 2023-2024
Solomon Islands Government
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December 6, 2023
SIG and UN Formalised Transformative Country Implementation Plan for Sustainable Development in 2023-2024 Friday 1st December, 2023 marks a significant milestone in the collaborative efforts between the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) and the...
24 November 2023: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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November 23, 2023
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese at APEC Summit and addresses G20 Virtual Summit, new sanctions to target Hamas members, Wong and Marles 2+2 in Delhi, and more. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese concluded meetings with Asia-Pacific...
PNG flags maritime zones and marine resources protection at plastics treaty talks
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 15, 2023
15 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - The leakage of plastics into the ecosystems, including in the marine environment, is a growing concern for Papua New Guinea (PNG). What’s even more alarming for the biggest Pacific island with an Exclusive...
Towards a Just Transition in Education: A Strategic Guide on Fossil Fuel Divestment for Education Unions
Education International
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December 4, 2023
Every year, despite recording ‘hottest ever’ temperatures, the world consumes more fossil fuels than ever before. Consequently, climate disasters also continue to rise in frequency and intensity. In 2022, for instance, a third of Pakistan’s land...
Pacific countries endorse Guiding Framework for Invasive Species Management
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 1, 2023
29 September 2023, Apia Samoa - Invasive species are a threat to Pacific communities, they are destructive to native biodiversity and the natural environment and have major socio-economic impacts on communities and national development. Considered...
Let’s just get on with it, Fiji urges plastics treaty negotiators in Nairobi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 14, 2023
13 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - As negotiators from all over the world gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution,...
Devastated by three cyclones in one year, Vanuatu laments impact of triple planetary crisis at plastics treaty talks
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 16, 2023
16 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Vanuatu, the first country in the world to ban plastic straws with the introduction of a single-use plastic regulation, has lent its voice to growing and urgent calls for a global treaty to end the scourge of...
SPREP signs memorandum with EIA and CIEL at INC-3
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 20, 2023
19 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the Centre for International Environmental...