A webinar exploring 6PAC, a grouping of Pacific delegations working within the International Maritime Organisation pushing for a GHG Levy and a Global Fuel Standard for an equitable transition away from fossil fuels in international shipping. The webinar is organised in collaboration with the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport.

This video is an introduction to climate finance and its issues in the Pacific. Delivered by Exsley Taloiburi of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, this webinar is part of a series of sessions of PICAN's COP26 Webinar series.

No journey is truly complete without reflection. Yesterday, PICAN hosted a COP27 Pacific CSO debrief taking stock of the wins and the losses as we now look to the road to COP28 in Dubai. We heard from some key people that were on the ground in Sharm el-Sheikh who provided insight into key items on the COP27 agenda. It was also important to reflect on the political and social context in which COP took place including the restricted civil society space in Egypt. As the dust settles and as people have the energy to reflect, a clear win for the Pacific was the willingness and scale at which collaboration took place which manifested in a synergy between Pacific negotiators and Pacific civil society representatives. This allowed for the building of momentum inside the negotiating rooms, and pressure from outside the negotiating rooms both pushing for greater ambition and genuine climate action. A big thank you to Dr Siobhan McDonnell, Sivendra Michael and Lavetanalagi Seru for leading some of the reflections. An enormous amount of gratitude also goes to the hardworking CSOs, NGOs, community organisations and activists in helping secure the outcomes of this year’s climate negotiations. And as we celebrate our victories and strategise around overcoming our losses, it is important that we also remember to rest—because rest is a form of resistance. So let us rest, digest, reflect and return energised for the road ahead.

This webinar session is an introductory session to issues in Loss and Damage in the Pacific. Presented by Dr. Christopher Barlett of PICAN, this webinar is a series of sessions of PICAN's COP26 webinar.

Climate change is a cross-cutting issue that affects every facet of society. However, when it comes to decision-making, the attendance in these fora often lack the voices of the most vulnerable and marginalized. Here is a message from Noelene Nabulivou, Founder of DIVA for Equality, a collective in Fiji that focuses on gender issues and rights among many things.

In September 2021, the Government of Vanuatu announced its intentions to take climate change to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking an Advisory Opinion. Such an advisory opinion would be a powerful tool in bolstering state action on climate change, complement and strengthen the Paris Agreement, integrate human rights and climate change law, and provide necessary baselines for state action on adaptation, mitigation, and finance. The road to the ICJ requires the UN General Assembly to pass a resolution requesting the ICJ to provide its opinion on the matter. This September, this resolution will be tabled before UN member states and a simple majority of ninety-seven (97) votes will be needed in order to refer the matter to the ICJ. A strong diplomatic and political push is therefore currently underway from governments, and civil society in a bid to secure the necessary support at the General Assembly for such a resolution. Civil Society Organisations in the Pacific and globally have indicated their support and willingness to engage and advance this campaign both in the region and beyond and have formed an initial coalition that would grow to include other national, regional, and global CSOs, and non-state actors interested in the campaign to join in. The ICJ AO CSO Alliance made up of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network, Vanuatu Climate Action Network, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Global Strategic Communications Network and Climate Action Network will collaborate with the Center for International Environmental Law and the Human Rights and Climate Change Working Group to organize two global workshops (Eastern & Western time zones). This workshop aims to socialise the ICJAO campaign and its key themes, and share campaign tools, key messaging, strategies, and tactics as a way to encourage global civil society support for the campaign.