AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoClimate Vulnerability: NASA-backed reporting highlights how Tuvalu’s average elevation of about two metres leaves it already seeing rising-ocean and storm impacts, with worsening effects ahead—an alarm bell for Kiribati too. Regional Security & Climate Diplomacy: Pacific leaders are pushing for stronger unity ahead of COP31, but China’s missile test near Tuvalu and Kiribati has exposed fractures at the Pacific Islands Forum, with a joint statement failing to land. Ocean Protection vs Mining: French Polynesia says it will challenge an American seabed-mining proposal near its protected ecosystems, arguing it wasn’t consulted as regulators debate rules for mining the high seas. Maritime Exercise Watch: RIMPAC 2026 SINKEX operations—including helicopter-launched anti-ship strikes that sank decommissioned vessels—show how distributed maritime power is evolving across the Indo-Pacific. Kiribati Forum Focus: New Zealand’s deputy PM heads to a Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ retreat with a key aim of welcoming Kiribati back to the Forum and reinforcing coordinated action on shared climate challenges. Disaster Risk Reduction Training: UNITAR is calling for applications for a women’s leadership programme in disaster risk reduction for World Tsunami Awareness Day 2026, including Kiribati participants.
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