Winners of

[Pacific Year of Climate Change 2009]Three Pacific Journalists have been commended by SPREP, having won awards in the very first “Vision Pasifika: Climate Change” Media tribute to recognise the role of Pacific reporters in raising awareness in environment issues.

The award is part of the media outreach by the Secretariat of the ...(to be continued)

Climate Change – reflections and future directions.

[Pacific Year of Climate Change 2009]In December 2009 the United Nations Framework for the Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) was held in Copenhagen. After an intense two weeks of negotiations and meetings, the meeting took note of the Copenhagen Accord.

For the Pacific, the strong comm ...(to be continued)

Climate change negotiations, slow steps forward?

[Pacific Year of Climate Change 2009]22 October 2009 - Pacific islands countries are still waiting for “numbers on the table” from the developed countries outlining how much they plan to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.

The Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS) stands by a limit of 1.5 degree Celsius temperature ...(to be continued)

Climate change media training

[Pacific Year of Climate Change 2009]Climate change was the main topic for over a dozen regional journalists to digest during one week of training and development with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).

The training was funded by the Government of Canada for journalists from throughout the Pa ...(to be continued)