Governments around the world must introduce carbon taxes, halt plans for new coal plants and accelerate the closure of existing ones if damage to the Pacific from climate change is to be limited, the UN secretary general has told Pacific leaders on his first visit to the region.
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has praised Fiji for, as he described it, "standing up for the planet". Click on the link below to read the full article.
The 2018 UN List provides up-to-date information on marine and terrestrial protected areas globally, and identifies those protected areas that have been the subject of management effectiveness evaluations.
The 2018 edition of the United Nations List of Protected Areas shows that the protected area estate has continued to expand since 2014, both on land and in the marine environment. In fact, the area protected in the marine environment has nearly doubled since 2014.
The Fellowship consists of a four-month training programme at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. It consists of a highly customized programme of activities.