25 articles tagged "cop26"
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says Fiji’s failure to achieve anything tangible from its agenda at COP26 proves that the donor-funded trip was a junket. Professor Prasad says political ac
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has thanked Pacific negotiation teams for helping to achieve a pathway from coal and fossil fuel subsidies in the outcome of COP26 saying, the 1.5-degree target leaves Glasgow battered,
Attorney-General and Minister responsible for Climate Change, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says accessing climate finance has remained one of the key agenda items for this year's Conference of the Parties. He highlighted t
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they are deeply disappointed by the hypocrisy of language on coal going from “phase out†to “phase down†literally minutes before the close of COP26. Sayed-Khaiyum
The travel, accommodation and allowances of the 30-plus Fijian Government delegation attending the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Glasgow, Scotland are fully funded by various donors. Attorney Gener
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Pacific Island negotiators are outnumbered by representatives for fossil fuel by more than 12 to 1 at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow. He says they are Team David who
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says there is a need for countries to urgently stop funding climate-destroying activities and the most important way to mobilise finance for adaptation is to stop funding source
Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry says the Government needs to table a detailed report on its COP26 expedition to Scotland including the costs involved and the funding sources at the next sitting of Parliament
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has told a panel at COP26 that included former US President Barrack Obama about his concerns with the USA being short of paying its fair share of climate finance. Bainimarama says
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says we are at the end of 2021 yet the US$100 billion finance facility which was expected by 2020 has not been delivered. Bainimarama says this is unacceptable and developed count
The organiser of the youth climate march along Nasese that was stopped by Police says they applied and got permits from the Fiji Roads Authority and Suva City Council but did not apply for a Police permit. 21-year-
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Prince Charles has told him that he is keen to make the trip back to Fiji. Prince Charles was supposed to visit Fiji for our 50th Anniversary of Independence. Bainimara
Greta Thunberg has told a mass rally in Glasgow that the COP26 climate summit has been a "failure". The Swedish activist joined thousands of young people for a march through the city. She addressed the crowd w
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says our food systems are buckling under the strain of storms, floods, droughts, erratic weather and the rising seas. While speaking during the Commonwealth Call for Action on Livi
Fiji has been selected as one of five pioneer countries that will trial the new approach to access to climate finance based on the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance Principles and Recommendations. The United K
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has shared a personal story about his relationship with Fiji’s reefs at the Coral Reef Rescue initiative event at COP26 in Glasgow. Bainimarama says it’s not an easy story for
"Our canoe is sinking, pick up your buckets and start bailing now before it is too late." This was the desperate plea made by Prime Minister and Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum Voreqe Bainimarama on behalf of t
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says he is asking his friend, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the eve of Diwali, to gift the world a more ambitious 2030 and net zero commitment. Bainimarama has tweeted
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Pacific nations have not travelled to the other end of the world to watch our future sacrificed at the altar of appeasement of the world’s worst emitters. While speaking dur
Queen Elizabeth II has delivered an emotionally charged and highly political call to world leaders on climate change, invoking her own mortality to send a warning about the need to protect future generations. In a
