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Samoa is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, that is made up to nine volcanic islands - two pf which are Savai'i and Upolu. Upolu is the most populated where the capital city Apia is located and Savai'i is the largest of the nine. Samoa is extremely vulnerable to climate change due to its geographic location, status as a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the Pacific, and the importance of the natural resources to its main economic sectors of fisheries, agriculture and tourism. Samoa is only responsible for an insignificant proportion of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Despite this, Samoa is keen to play its part in global climate change mitigation efforts.

In its first NDC, Solomon Islands has committed to reduce emissions by 12% below 2015 level by 2025 and 30% below 2015 level by 2030 compared to a business-as-usual projection (BaU). However with international assistance Solomon Islands can further reduce its emissions by 27% by 2025; and 45% by 2030. This would make the overall reduction by Solomon Islands more than 50% by 2050.

Temperatures have increased, sea level has risen, cyclones have become less frequent but more intense, and ocean acidification has occurred1,2. This is affecting water resources, health, agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity, infrastructure, tourism and other sectors

This report on the State of the Climate in South-West Pacific 2020 is the first of its kind for this region and a milestone multi-agency effort to deliver informed climate analysis and climate change trends. It includes a comprehensive integrated risk assessment and climate action guidance for building resilience to extreme weather events and climate change thus promoting sustainable development

Debate about what proportion of the Earth to protect often overshadows the question of how nature should be conserved and by whom. We present a systematic review and narrative synthesis of 169 publications investigating how different forms of governance influence conservation outcomes, paying particular attention to the role played by Indigenous peoples and local communities. We find a stark contrast between the outcomes produced by externally controlled conservation, and those produced by locally controlled efforts.

A talanoa session on how effective the role of women, youth and communities are in the implementation of the regional multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) addressing waste.

A monthly e-bulletin of activities and assistance from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme to its member countries.

To the question "Are we building back better?" the answer is not yet. Early findings suggest that global green spending is so far incommensurate with the scale of ongoing environmental crises and that associated economic and social gains are not fully being captured.

Gender plays a key role in the access to and utilisation of water resources and the livelihoods that they support. In many places around the world women and men exhibit distinct differences in their perspectives and priorities concerning environmental quality, natural resource use and access to basic requirements such as water, energy and food.

A special side event bringing you real voices from our Pacific island – calling for 1.5. Held at the Moana Blue Pacific on 4 November from 7.20 – 8.25pm Glasgow time, this event shared Pacific voices through three different lenses – religious, academic and our NGO’s.