Green News: Climate change-induced sea-level rise direct threat Pacific nations

Speakers warned the international community that tensions are deepening as coastlines vanish, territories are lost, resources become scarce, and masses are displaced, as the Security Council held its first ever open debate on 15 of February on the impact…

UN Security Council Ministerial High Level Open Debate, Threats to International Peace and Security: Sea-Level Rise – Implications for International Peace & Security, Brief by Coral Pasisi, SPC's Director of Climate Change & President of Tofia Niue

United Nations Security Council Ministerial High level Open Debate Threats to International Peace and Security: Sea-Level Rise – Implications for International Peace and Security

Ocean Science Fact: Sea level rise will increase two to seven times this century

Global mean sea level (GMSL) is rising and the phenomenon is accelerating. Indeed, last century (1901-2000) GMSL rose by 15cm, whereas predictions for the 2011-2100 period are an additional 30 cm to 110 cm, depending on the area and the carbon emission…

Stat of the week: The maximum height above sea level in Tokelau is only 5 metres

Did you know the maximum height above sea level in Tokelau is only 5 metres?

Green News: Pacific Islands are more vulnerable to impacts of climate change

Island nations in the Pacific are more vulnerable to the multiple impacts of climate change than any other region in the world. Reducing global greenhouse gas emissions is needed now to limit the exposure of Pacific islanders to sea level rise, coastal…

New Tide Calendar Launched in Tuvalu

The Honourable Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Enele Sopoaga, launched the new 2019 Vaitupu Annual Tide Predictions Calendar yesterday at the National Climate Outlook Forum in Tuvalu. “These are very useful for planning and for Tuvaluans that go out fishing or…

New Sea Level Monitoring Station boosts Tonga’s Resilience

Today on Vuna Wharf in the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa, the Honourable Prime Minister of Tonga Samiuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva officially commissioned a new Pacific Sea Level and Geodetic Monitoring station, which will provide high quality sea level, climate,…
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