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Global-mean sea level is rising and accelerating as a direct consequence of human-induced global warming. This rise int he sea level is driven primarily by two factors: the melting of land ice and the expansion of seawater as it warms.

The Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contributions Hub (NDC Hub) supports 14 Pacific Island Countries to implement and enhance their Nationally Determined Contribution under the COP 21 Paris Agreement.

The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and other disasters, including cyclones, floods, droughts, sea level rise, coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion, coral bleaching, earthquakes, tsunamis etc. (Jentsch et al. 2007; Simpson et al. 2009; Veitayaki et al. 2021)

Global climate funds have faced much criticism for failing to deliver fast and flexibility enough to match the urgency of the climate crisis, especially for the world's most climate vulnerable countries. In the Pacific region, access to climate finance is a clear priority of leaders and the need for easier access and greater quantities of funds flowing to the region has consistently been raised at both regional and international fora.

A statistics report for food security in Samoa.

As this report is published, the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before, it hit, the Asia-Pacific region was progressing too slowly on delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Transformation approaches will be needed for progress, especially on goals facing the most persistent shortcomings. This report shows that some countries have been able to move faster than others and make progress on various aspects of the 2030 Agenda. If focuses on six interlinked transformative entry points that are key to the Global Decade of Action to deliver the SDGs by 2030.

The Pacific ocean's exceptional terrestrial and marine biodiversity offers invaluable services to communities. But for this part of the world is particularly vulnerable to climate change, which has a direct impact on ecosystems and traditional way of life. The KIWA initiative is a multi-donor program that aims to strengthen the climate resilience of ecosystems, communities and economies in the Pacific countries and territories by using Nature-based solutions (NbS) to protect, restore and sustainably manage biodiversity.

Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the existential threat of climate change for small island developing states (SIDS) remains. This has made SIDS step up in climate meetings to promote a green post-COVID-19 recovery agenda to ensure climate action remains at the forefront of international policymaking. Their main idea is to link economic stimulus and recovery with climate action under the Paris Agreement. Some governments across developed and developing countries have independently incorporated climate-friendly activities in their COVID-19 stimulus packages. SIDS have argued that this green recovery approach can strengthen the international community’s collective commitment to Paris targets.

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

Wildlife watching is simply defined as the organized or incidental viewing of animals in their natural environment. In marine realm, wildlife-watching activities can be conducted by boat and usually target large marine animals such as marine mammals (including cetaceansm pinnipeds and sirenians) sharks and rays, marine turtles and/or large aggregation of animals.