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The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between countries and territories of the Oceania.  Image: Oceania UN Geoscheme Regions.svg. CC BY-SA 3.0 At the 51st Forum held 11-14 July 2022 in Suva, Fiji, "Leaders reconfirmed that climate change remains the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific, underscoring the urgency to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees through rapid, deep and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. In this respect, Leaders declared that the Pacific is facing a Climate Emergency that threatens the livelihoods, security and wellbeing of its people and ecosystems, backed by the latest science and the daily lived realities in Pacific communities."(51st Communique no. 33) They committed to to fully implement the Paris Agreement (51st Communique no. 35), to working together with the COP 27 President Designate leading up to COP 27 to ensure that COP 27 delivers an ambitious outcome (51st Communique no. 36). Further details can be read in the 51st Communique here The 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent was released with the 51st Communique. Read it here Comments are closed.
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