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Farming seaweed, then sinking the mature plants to the bottom of the ocean, could be an effective way to fight warming. So why don’t we do it?...That’s because these forests are underwater.

Emissions of mercury have declined, but levels in fish could still increase thanks to overfishing and a changing climate...Released by coal-burning power plants and other industries, mercury—a toxic metal—circulates in the atmosphere, enters the ocean, worms up the food web and, via the seafood w

As climate change mounts and communities come under increasing pressure from fires, floods, heat and sea level rise, people in some areas may find it better to flee to safer ground rather than build ever-more-expensive defences against these onslaughts. 

This job exists to lead on Output 1 of the project to: Develop the methodology for tracking impacts of adaptation projects in the Pacific; Establish the Impacts Database for adaptation projects in the region, build capacity on its usage and incorporate it within the structure of the Pacific Clima

At the conclusion of the 50th Pacific Islands Forum, Pacific leaders issued a Forum Communiqué and the ‘Kainaki II Declaration for Urgent Climate Change Action Now’ – the strongest collective statement the Forum has issued on climate change. Link to the full article below.

Minister for Asia and the Pacific Heather Wheeler spoke at the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Partners' Dialogue on the UK's work to address global climate change. Link to full article below. 

Pacific Islands leaders know all about compromise, and were not expecting miracles, but they will still come away from the Pacific Forum summit with a bitter taste in their mouths.

As Australia’s Prime Minister arrives in Tuvalu for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting on Tuesday, I want to remind him that he is setting foot in a country that could soon be under water.

Labor has lashed the prime minister for ignoring the climate change concerns of Pacific Island nations, saying a push to crack down on ocean plastics still leaves a “giant hole” in the Coalition’s environment policy. Link to full article below. 

It is an undisputable fact that Pacific islanders face an existential threat from climate change.To a far more immediate degree than people living in most other parts of the world, inhabitants of low-lying atolls and archipelagos in the Pacific have to worry about losing their security and liveli