AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoPacific Climate Summit: California, Fiji, Guam, Hawaiʻi, Kiribati, Vanuatu and Weno wrapped up the inaugural Pacific Climate Summit with a joint commitment to boost climate adaptation and resilience through deeper regional cooperation, including protecting coastlines, watersheds and communities “ridge to reef.” El Niño Prep: SPREP urged Pacific communities to prepare now that an El Niño event is underway, stressing that knowledge and early action can reduce risks across the months ahead. Food Security Shock: El Niño is already hitting parts of the Pacific hard, with Papua New Guinea’s Highlands facing depleted harvests as drought, falling water levels and frost damage crops and livestock, raising hunger and malnutrition concerns. Tuna & Climate Resilience: A Solomon Islands-led seminar in China trained youth and officials from Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tonga and the FSM on climate-resilient agriculture and fisheries, including climate-smart aquaculture and fisheries management. Banaba Extraction Debate: Banaban leaders and Rabi District Council of Social Services members are raising concerns that proposed pinnacle extraction is being pushed as a “quick fix” amid ongoing Banaban Trust Fund governance and accountability disputes.
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