Pacific plea to the world: Act now to reduce global warming
5 November, 2021. The Pacific Islands need an urgent commitment for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, says the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
5 November, 2021. The Pacific Islands need an urgent commitment for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, says the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
16 October 2021. Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has welcomed the latest UN Human Rights Council vote for a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change.
23 September, 2021. The fourth day of the National Climate Change Awareness week starts with the official commencement of ‘planting one million trees by 2023’. This initiative is a target under Tonga’s Second National Determined Contribution (NDC).
20 August, 2021. The Department of Climate Change held the validation workshop for the High-level Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Financing Pathways for Tonga Report, which was developed with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under its Climate Promise initiative.
14 February, 2021. The Department of Climate Change hosted the second National Stakeholder Workshop for the development of Tonga’s Low Emissions Development Strategy 2021 – 2050 (LEDS) at the LDS Nuku’alofa Tonga Stake Centre in Nuku’alofa on 11th and 12th February 2021.
23 January, 2021. The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has welcomed the re-entry of the United States to the Paris climate agreement.
27 October, 2020. There is a call for Australia to mirror New Zealand's Pacific Quota to help Pacific Islanders fleeing the impacts of global warming.
25 September, 2020. As part of the National Climate Change Awareness Week 2020 program, the Vulnerability and Adaptation Division of the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of MEIDECC led a coastal clean-up and coastal tree planting program at Kolovai, ‘Ahau, Kanokupolu and Ha’atafu communities on Wednesday morning, 23rd September 2020.