Pacific countries reaffirmed the importance of strengthened international partnership and financing to support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in addressing intensifying climate and environmental challenges at the opening of a regional gathering hosted by the Government of Fiji in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Opening the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Viliame Gavoka underscored the urgency of coordinated global and regional action to safeguard the Pacific’s people, ecosystems, and economies in the face of growing climate and environmental pressures.
