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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.

The Fijian Government is committed to the full, effective and transparent implementation of the Paris Agreement in accordance with its provisions and the relevant Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA).

Climate change constitutes a major threat to the Pacific way of life despite the region’s countries contributing negligibly towards climate warming greenhouse gas emissions. It poses a substantial risk to the economic, social and environmental progress of the region and exacerbates threats to the realisation of 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. Slow onset events like sea level rise increase the risk of inundation and coastal flooding, exacerbate erosion and saltwater intrusion into rivers and underground aquifers, and cause infrastructural damage. The problem is acute in the region’s atoll states.

Sea level in August was higher than normal for most of countries in the region with positive anomalies situated around western Palau, North western FSM and Solomon Islands. Coral bleaching is on Alert level 1 in northern PNG and parts of FSM.