AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPacific climate finance push: Pacific Islands Forum leaders are seeking backing for a new regional fund, the Pacific Resilience Facility, ahead of COP31—aimed at speeding investment into renewable energy, community resilience and ocean protection. Tuvalu history meets climate reality: A film revisiting Nukulaelae blackbirding has moved audiences in tears, with Tuvalu leaders saying reparation or compensation may be considered and linking past displacement to today’s sea-level rise and climate-driven risk. People-centred climate mobility: A New Zealand-backed Pacific Climate Mobility Partnerships Programme (NZ$17.9m) was launched to keep Pacific people at the centre of decisions on relocation, displacement and migration. Ocean at the centre of COP31: Fiji and Tuvalu are jointly hosting Pacific pre-COP talks, urging COP31 to move from promises to implementation and treat the ocean as central to climate action. Tuvalu PROPER safeguards: Tuvalu Fisheries Authority released key World Bank-backed documents—Labour Management Procedure, Environmental and Social Management Plan, and Environmental and Social Commitment Plan—for the Tuvalu PROPER oceanscape project. Wildlife recovery on Tuvalu islets: After years of invasive rat pressure, Tuvalu removed rats from six islets, with residents now seeing birds and coconut crabs returning. Renewables vs diesel costs: A new UNSW report says fossil fuel imports drain Pacific economies (10–25% of GDP) and that switching to renewables could save about US$700m a year.
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