Samoa is taking steps to strengthen its capacity on environmental law, critical to address pressing environmental issues for Pacific resilience.
The Pacific islands are faced with exponential threats and impacts imposed by the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. As a result, Pacific countries are fighting on all fronts to address the impacts with little resources and administrative capacities. The implementation of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) is now ever more crucial to address the triple planetary crisis.
Samoa is building its national capacity on international environmental law through a workshop for environment and legal practitioners, on 19 – 21 March 2025. Co-hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Enhancing National Legal and Policy Capacity for the Implementation of Environmental Law workshop seeks to promote environmental governance, implementation and compliance and support the development of policies and legislative reforms to address national environmental issues.
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