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The "Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) Partners Dialogue on Long Term Sustainability Plan for Building a Climate Resilient Pacific" was successfully held on March 12-13 2025 at the PCCC in Vailima, Samoa. The Dialogue brought together government officials, representatives from donor partners, private sector, civil society organisations, youth representatives, regional organisation, international financial institutions, academic institutions ad other stakeholders to not only embrace the journey of the PCCC since 2019 but also discuss the PCCC's long-term sustainability and predictable financial support. This event marked the first Partners Dialogue as a biennial coordination mechanism to support the PCCC's mission and vision fostering long term resilience sustainability.

This report presents a summary of an Ecosystem and Socio-economic Resilience Analysis and Mapping (ESRAM) project in three communities in South Malaita, Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands; Tapa'atewa, Eliote and Ori Pre.

The purpose of the gathering to listen, learn and share, underscoring the importance of taking key insights back to Pacific nations to continue the role as custodians of the environment and oceans in light of the Pacific's vulnerability.

We are in the fight of our lives. and we are losing. Greenhouse gas emission keep growing. Global temperatures keep rising, And our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator.

La mise en oeuvre des technologies de gestion des déchets dans les petites nations insulaires se heurte à plusieurs obstacles logistiques et financiers

Since the launch of the 50 reefs portfolio in 2018, the worlds coral reefs have experienced continued climate change impacts that have led to mass coral bleaching and mortality.

There are several logistical and financial barriers in implementing waste management technologies on small island nations.

PNG reported total net Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in 2015 of 15,193 Gg CO2 eq compared to -14,179 Gg CO2 eq in 2000, a net increase of close to 30,000 Gg CO2 eq1. These increases were driven by a combination of increases in emissions from the energy sector linked to a growing economy and development of PNG’s natural gas reserves as well as increases in emissions and a reduction in accounted for removals2 from the LULUCF sector.

Climate change poses a major threat to the Pacific way of life despite the region’s countries contributing negligibly towards the climate warming greenhouse gas emissions. It poses a major risk to the economic, social and environmental progress of the region and exacerbates risks of realising the fundamental human rights. With the increasing frequency and intensity of climate-induced events such as cyclones and droughts, Pacific economies run the risk of losing decades of development gains in a matter of hours to the perils of a rapidly changing climate.

Island biodiversity continues to be extremely vulnerable, and 47% of the known threatened Pacific species are declining towards extinction. Pacific island species have high levels of endemism combined with small land areas and therefore limited habitat. Habitat change, naiveté to predation by introduced animals, vulnerability to invasive species-driven changes, pollution, and climate change combine to influence the abundance and population structure of Pacific biodiversity.