SPREP Director General, Kosi Latu : speech for the Placencia Ambition Forum

Description:

While we face the pandemic of COVID-19 resultig in cancellation of regional meetings and travel restrictions but manage to hold small workshops through tele-conferencing. As we face this pandemic it is important to keep track of climate change actions and our ambition. Since the sea provides a significant role to our daily livelihoods (nourishments and economic) we need to address the climate change issues as they are a threat to our biodiversities. Working on a Flagship Regional Project that will bring in millions of medication and adaptations programmes in the region. Seeking solutions that are appropriate to our communities and would bring transformational and serious change. This programme is hoping to achieve a free fossil fuel pacific a resilient ecosystem with a significant shift to a 100% renewable energy. Implentations of effective adaptations efforts. These efforts will be build on exsisting inteventions and projects in the region that will help build our resilience and protect our livelihoods. Climate change actions should remain urgent and critical for the pacific, because it threatens every aspects of our island.

Display date:

2020

Collections:

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Publisher:

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Content partner:

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Availability:

Not specified