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Knowledge Sharing – unveiling remarkable achievements, valuable lessons, and opportunities for the Inform Project
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 14, 2023
The Inform Project Regional Meeting provided a platform to highlight notable achievements and valuable lessons learned throughout its implementation period. Held on 20 – 21 June, in Nadi, Suva, the meeting presented an array of opportunities that...
Building Nauru’s climate resilience
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 11, 2023
Climate finance to build Nauru’s resilience against climate change is making an impact. Nauru’s Department of Climate Change and National Resilience and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme launched a two-day joint...
Curtain falls on the final PACRES Steering Committee and Lessons Learned Meeting
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 9, 2023
4 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji. Following a week of comprehensive and informative sessions and dialogue, partner countries and delivery partners brought the fourth and final Steering Committee meeting and Lessons Learned workshop for the European Union...
PACRES Countries reflect on their challenges and Lessons Learned
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 7, 2023
3 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji. Implementing countries for the European Union Intra-ACP GCCA+ Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES) project have spotlighted their challenges and recommendations for best practice at the...
PACRES scales up adaptation in the Pacific using Ecosystem-based solutions
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 3, 2023
1 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji. We live in a time where the Blue Pacific grapples with ways to respond to the mounting threats created by the changing climate. There is an urgent need for innovative and cost-effective solutions. Our Pacific people have...
Working together to build resilience across our Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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July 31, 2023
The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES) project is scheduled to convene its fourth and final Project Steering Committee Meeting and the Intra-ACP Lessons Learned in Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Workshop...
Reef management takes centre stage in inaugural Pacific Coral Reef Collective
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 14, 2023
10 August 2023, Cairns Australia - Thirty-five coral reef managers from 14 Pacific countries have returned home inspired to continue their work to protect reefs across the region having been in Australia learning from and sharing their knowledge...
The Metals Company Provides Second Quarter 2023 Corporate Update and Commentary on ~$27 Million Capital Raise at $2.00 Per Share with Potential Upsizing to $38 Million
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 14, 2023
NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or “the Company”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today provided a corporate update and financial results...
Republic of the Marshall Islands Signs Pacific Sustainable Tourism Commitment
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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May 25, 2023
The Pacific Tourism Organisation is pleased to confirm the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) as the 18th signatory of the Pacific Leader’s Sustainable Tourism Commitment (SOC). Inspired by the ambitions of the Pacific Sustainable Tourism...
RMI Welcomed as the Latest Signatory of the Pacific Leader’s Sustainable Tourism Commitment
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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May 22, 2023
The Pacific Tourism Organisation is pleased to confirm the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) as the 18th signatory of the Pacific Leader’s Sustainable Tourism Commitment (SOC). Inspired by the ambitions of the Pacific Sustainable Tourism...
The Successful Conclusion of the Inform Project: Paving the Way for Data-Driven Decision Making in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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July 12, 2023
A momentous gathering took place in Fiji this week marking the culmination of the Inform Project—a remarkable initiative that has united fourteen countries in the Pacific. The event was filled with enthusiasm as participants celebrated the...
Congressional Leaders Urge President Biden and the Department of Defense to Consider Polymetallic Nodules for U.S. Critical Mineral Supplies and National Security
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 31, 2023
In a letter to President Biden and the Pentagon, nine members of Congress urged the Administration to “keep all options on the table, including deep-sea opportunities, in assessing polymetallic nodules as a viable resource to secure critical...
President Tsai attends indigenous rights forum
Taiwan President News
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August 1, 2022
TAIWAN, August 1 - President Tsai attends indigenous rights forum On the morning of August 1, President Tsai Ing-wen attended the opening of the 2022 edition of an indigenous rights forum. Speaking at the forum, President Tsai explained the...
The grim reality of Loss and Damage in Fiji
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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July 19, 2023
18 July 2023, Apia Samoa - The negative impacts of climate change-induced Loss and Damage is already a lived reality for many Pacific countries. In Fiji, the impact is grim. In Vunidogola village on the island of Vanua Levu, more than 160...
Tuvalu becomes the 17th signatory of the Pacific Leader’s Sustainable Tourism Commitment
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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May 10, 2023
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) has welcomed Tuvalu as the latest signatory of the Pacific Leader’s Sustainable Tourism Commitment (SOC). The SOC embodies the support of SPTO’s Council of Tourism Ministers in implementing the Pacific...
Sub-regional training kicks off to build Pacific capacity in the use of the Impacts Methodology
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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June 15, 2023
12 June 2023, Apia Samoa. Climate change practitioners from Fiji, Kiribati, and Samoa will benefit from a training organised by the EU funded Global Climate Change Alliance Plus Scaling Up Pacific Adaptation (GCCA+ SUPA) Project in partnership...
TMC Announces Corporate Update on Expected Timeline, Application Costs and Production Capacity Following Part II of the 28th Session of the International Seabed Authority
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 1, 2023
NEW YORK, Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or “the Company”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today provided a corporate update on expected...
It’s not about money, it’s about precious lives, Nauru at plastics treaty negotiations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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June 2, 2023
02 June 2023, Paris France - Nauru might be a small country with a population of around 10,000 people on a single island in the Pacific Ocean but its voice is loud and clear at the second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to...
After procedural delays, Pacific delegates dive into nitty gritty of plastics treaty negotiations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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June 2, 2023
01 June 2023, Paris France - Representatives from 12 Pacific island countries are in France this week with a common goal, to advance the discussions on the formulation of a treaty to end plastic pollution. It is the latest step in a journey dating...
Cook Islands and Federated States of Micronesia join over 50 countries calling for an end to plastic pollution by 2040
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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June 1, 2023
30 May 2023, Paris France – Two Pacific Island countries, the Cook Islands and Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), have joined Ministers from 56 countries to sign a Ministerial Statement calling for an end to global plastic pollution by 2040....