Minister for Environment and Climate Change Lynda Tabuya says climate diplomacy delivers value, as Australia faces questions over the cost of climate engagement.

Climate change is putting growing pressure on Fiji’s health infrastructure, with damage to facilities, saltwater intrusion, and changing patterns of vector-borne diseases among emerging concerns.

Fiji and Spain are looking to strengthen cooperation on climate action, environmental resilience and sustainable ocean management.

The current climate financing model fails to account for Fiji’s and the Pacific’s geographical and logistical challenges.

Pacific Elders are telling regional leaders that climate demands made a decade ago are now backed by international law.

The Pacific is demanding greater climate action and finance as rising seas, warming oceans and worsening coastal flooding put growing pressure on food security, freshwater supplies and communities across the region.

Fiji is urging global leaders to attend the Pre-COP meeting in October and witness the impacts of climate change in the Pacific first-hand.

The threat of El Niño is prompting the Government to redirect more support towards securing water supplies in remote communities, with solar-powered water pumps being prioritized under a new $2 million grant allocation.

Fiji has policies to support nature-based solutions to support climate resilience, but the processes needed to turn them into funded projects remain a major challenge.

Communities across Vanua Levu are increasingly feeling the impacts of a changing climate, with changes affecting food production, water supplies and the natural resources they depend on.

Pacific governments could face costly legal challenges from foreign investors if they move to restrict or abandon deep-sea mining projects, according to a new report released by the Pacific Network on Globalisation.

The government is implementing a $9.2 million climate adaptation programme aimed at strengthening the resilience of families living in vulnerable informal settlements across the country.