The Pacific Countries will be benefiting from a 14-million New Zealand dollars climate change funding support from the New Zealand government. The five-year funding assistance will help Pacific countries in addressing the impacts of climate change in the region.
The Pacific Regional Fisheries Ministers are taking steps in addressing regional priorities for coastal fisheries, aquaculture, and marine sectors. This came after last week’s virtual meeting where the Ministers endorsed the Pacific Framework for Action on Scaling-up Community-Based Fisheries…
The USAID Funded SBD $8 million Disaster Risk Reduction project for Malaita and Guadalcanal provinces will be implemented soon. The two years project from September 2020 to September 2022 will be implemented by World Vision Solomon Islands.
The country’s plan to relocate communities threatened by sea level rise may face opposition from the very people who are being affected. People’s attachment to their homeland may see the older generation not likely to relocate despite the threat to their community.
Climate action and oceans realities in the Pacific Islands are the focus of the virtual tour by the United Kingdom’s Minister for Pacific and the Environment, Lord Zak Goldsmith.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 24-million dollars in contingent disaster financing for the second phase of the Pacific Disaster Resilience Program.
Residents of Luaniua and Pelau in the Malaita Outer- Islands could be the country’s first official modern day Climate refugees. The House of Chiefs from both Luaniua and Pelau are now seeking Government assistance to be officially relocated to a bigger island as survival becomes tougher on their…
It is a sad reality that top world leaders like President Donald Trump of the United States has unsigned the recent Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Governor General in-office, Sir Dr.
Chiefs of Luaniua in the Ontong Java Atoll, are calling on the government to consider relocating their people to bigger islands to alleviate the impacts of climate change and rising sea level in their islands.
For many people around the world, the image of the Pacific is a tranquil utopia with white sandy beaches and palm trees, but today climate change is slowly eating up the islands.
A member of Solomon Islands’ delegation to the United Nations climate change conference called out the United States on its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
An agreement signed this week at the United Nations climate change conference is a step towards releasing funding for the Tina River Hydropower Development Project.
Solomon Islands will be pushing for more global cooperation at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP23, in Bonn, Germany. Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Australia Collin Beck is the chief negotiator for Solomon Islands in the global discussions at COP23, and he said the main priority…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has made a call to the United states to reconsider its position on the Paris climate agreement and join the global fight against climate change. The Prime Minister made the statement in his address to the 72nd United Nations General Assembly yesterday.
Australian Ambassador for Environment, Mr Patrick Suckling has called for more Pacific consciousness in the global fight against climate change. In an exclusive interview with SIBC yesterday, Mr Suckling said Pacific issues should be at the forefront of the this year’s COP23 meeting in Fiji.
Malaita province Premier, Mr Peter Ramohia has called on the national government to address climate change effects facing the province. Speaking during the Malaita day celebration in Auki this morning, Hon Ramohia said the province was host to most of the country’s artificial Islands, and outlying…
It is an issue many Solomon Islanders ignore. But just a 90-minute boat ride from the capital, climate change is destroying land and the livelihoods of many islanders. Sea level rises have become a major concern for Russell Islanders, with huge chunks of coastline in the area now washed away.
Ten communities in Malaita province will benefit from the USAID Coastal Community Adaptation Project. The project was officially launched at Lilisiana community near Auki Thursday this week.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Milner Tozaka has called on the world’s major emitters to significantly reduce their emissions and avail dedicated financial and technical support to address the needs of climate change displaced people.
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has called on developed countries to scale up their emission reduction targets. Prime Minister Sogavare made the statement when he took the podium at the 71st United Nations General Assembly to deliver Solomon Islands National Address. Mr.
