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Schwarzenegger charms COP15, spreads green message

16/12/2009 11:45
By Cherelle Jackson COPENHAGEN - Famous leaders have graced the halls of the Bella Centre for the COP15 these past few days, but only one has cause hundreds of journalists to go running for tickets to enter his briefing. Arnold Schwarzenegger the Governor of California, but better known in our...

IPCC warns, biodiversity will be hard hit

14/12/2009 08:17
By Cherelle Jackson COPENHAGEN - Biodiversity or the diversity of plant and animal life within the Pacific region will be hard hit if temperatures keep rising in the next thirty years. According to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) biodiversity in vulnerable areas of the world are...

Time to deliver Obama, urge Tuvalu & Greenpeace

14/12/2009 08:16
Makereta Komai, PACNEWS, Climate Pasifika Copenhagen, 12 December - Tuvalu has joined calls by Greenpeace and other international NGO’s for President Barack Obama to deliver a fair and legally binding climate change agreement in Copenhagen. Addressing the COP plenary session on Saturday, Tuvalu’s...

Mitigation options will save Pacific islands from sea level rise: IPCC

14/12/2009 08:14
  By Cherelle Jackson   COPENHAGEN - Pacific island countries such as Kiribati and Tuvalu may just be spared from experiencing further effects of climate change if immediate mitigation efforts are implemented by the international community. This is according ot the International Panel on...

AOSIS persists amid challenges at COP15

10/12/2009 15:26
By Cherelle Jackson COPENHAGEN - For years now members of the Alliance of Small Island States have taken an active role in Climate Change negotiations to no great avail. Their pleas for action have been consistently ignored by developed nations at the Conference of the Parties. This is according to...

Tiny Tuvalu stirs COP15

10/12/2009 08:58
By Makareta Komai COPENHAGEN - In an unprecedented move, Tuvalu called for the suspension of the Conference of the Parties (COP) plenary session in Copenhagen today (Wed 09 Dec). The COP plenary session is the main body that is considering proposals from member countries for amendments to the Kyoto...

Feturi calls on developed countries to act now on climate change

09/12/2009 16:14
By Cherelle Jackson COPENHAGEN - Samoa’s Ambassador to the United Nations Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia called on developed countries, and major polluters in the developing world, to act now in reversing the impacts of climate change. Speaking at a press conference in the UN Climate Change Conference in...

Samoas adaptation measures featured at COP15

09/12/2009 16:12
By Cherelle Jackson COPENHAGEN - Samoas integrated approach to adaptation was featured at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark this week. Anne Rasmussen, Principal Climate Change Officer for the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment presented Samoas case today...

Tsunami link to climate change remains questionable

08/12/2009 14:02
By Cherelle Jackson COPENHAGEN - The recent tsunami which devastated three Pacific island countries, and caused great fear and panic is possibly linked to climate change according to some international scientists, others however others remain skeptical about relating the two. The World...

Samoa highest Pacific island in climate risk index

08/12/2009 11:12
By Cherelle Jackson COPENHAGEN - Samoa is ranked the highest Pacific island country in the 2010 Climate Risk Index by climate and development organization Germanwatch. Launched today in Copenhagen, Denmark at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the report lists more than 170...
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