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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN)

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Bringing together civil society actors across Pacific island countries to advocate for climate justice.

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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Pacific’s climate future cannot be negotiated without the generations who will inherit it. This week, young people from the Pacific, Australia, Türkiye, Brazil & Ethiopia are in Nadi, building connections and shaping priorities to carry into #PreCOP31, #COP31 & beyond.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At #PreCOP31, join PICAN as we unpack two Pacific-owned approaches putting climate justice into action through finance that reaches communities and knowledge that stays in Pacific hands. 🗓️ 5 Oct | 2pm FJT ⚠️ Registration required 🔗 greenzone-precop31.com/event/weave-...
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
PICAN and SPREP signed an MOU this week, strengthening a relationship built over many years and bringing Pacific civil society and our regional institutions closer together in support of Pacific priorities. A timely partnership as we head into PreCOP and COP31 🌺
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Sick of the world, maybe. Never sick of this Earth. 🪸🐠
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Rising fuel prices aren’t pushing climate down the Pacific agenda. They make the case for climate action even stronger. Fuel shocks expose the cost of our dependence on imported fossil fuels. The answer is not less climate action. It is more. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China and Oil Shocks Push Climate Down Pacific Islands’ Agenda
For years, the Pacific islands managed something remarkable — some of the smallest nations in the world persuaded their larger, more powerful allies that climate change was the region’s defining secur...
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🧵/ What happens when governments face legal and financial consequences for acting in the public interest? Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is a legal mechanism that’s becoming increasingly important in conversations about climate, mining and the energy transition.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🧵/ The world’s ecological budget has already been exhausted for 2026. Today is #EarthOvershootDay—the point when humanity has used more ecological resources than the Earth can regenerate in a year.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Vanuatu 🇻🇺 has a habit of seeing tomorrow before the rest of the world does. From loss and damage to the ICJ Advisory Opinion and the @fossiltreaty, Ni-Vanuatu leadership continues to shape the global climate justice movement. Hapi 46th Indipendens Dei, Vanuatu 🌺
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🧵/ New Zealand is now at risk of missing every major climate target—and it’s New Zealand’s own Climate Change Commission saying so! www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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New Zealand now at risk of missing all its climate targets, Climate Commission warns
New Zealand is at risk of missing all of its climate targets, and time to get back on track is running out, the Climate Change Commission says.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Today, we welcome the newly constituted PICAN Board for 2026–2027 ✊🏽 Congratulations to Board Chair Lavetanalagi Seru, Vice Chair Johnston Riven, Treasurer Pritika Kumari, and our Board Members as they begin this new chapter of leadership.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🪸 Was it really El Niño? A major new study finds human-caused warming has overtaken El Niño as the dominant driver of coral bleaching across the world’s reefs 🧵 🔗 tos.org/oceanography...
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A US company wants to mine the high seas between Kiribati 🇰🇮, the Cook Islands 🇨🇰 and French Polynesia 🇵🇫. The Pacific Ocean 🌊 is connected and so are the decisions that shape its future. Here’s why we should all be concerned. 🧵
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
One year ago today, the International Court of Justice delivered its historic Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. As we mark that milestone, we’re looking back to one of the moments that helped shape the journey. 🧵
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Tuvalu🇹🇻 said the quiet part out loud at the UN🇺🇳 last week. The world already knows what the SDGs require, wealthy nations just have not chosen to deliver. Public grants based climate finance, delivered now, is the test of this decade. islandsbusiness.com/news-break/t...
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Tuvalu says SDG progress needs urgent global action at UN forum
TUVALU used a United Nations sustainability forum to press rich nations for faster climate finance and reforms...
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The defining threat to Pacific peoples comes from a heating ocean, rising seas and intensifying storms. Resources drawn into militarisation are resources withheld from adaptation, resilience and addressing loss and damage. 🧵 pina.com.fj/2026/07/21/p...
Rev James Bhagwan look out to the Fijian traditional canoe the Uto ni Yalo with a military ship in the background in Honiara, Solomon Islands at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in 2025
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
1/ The Ocean of Peace was meant to be a commitment to Pacific peoples. For Pacific CSOs, it has always been about preventing conflict, about dialogue over deterrence, mediation over militarisation, and communities shaping the future of our Blue Pacific. www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
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Has the Pacific's Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?
Analysis: As geopolitical tensions increase in the Pacific region and numerous security alliances are rapidly forged, questions are being raised over whether the Ocean of Peace concept is being hijack...
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
⏳ Don’t miss out! Applications for the Pre-COP31 Australia Pacific Youth Climate Dialogue close this week. 📍 Nadi, Fiji | 1–3 Oct 🌺 Pacific: 26 Jul 🇦🇺🇳🇿 Australia & NZ: 30 Jul Apply here: unicef.link/44tCjqx
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What really happened at SB64? Join us as we unpack the key outcomes from the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, what shaped negotiations, and what it all means for the Pacific on the road to COP31. 🔗 Register at bit.ly/sb64-debrief
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 19/06/2026
📣 The #JuneClimateMeetings ended yesterday, amid growing concerns over the ability of the United Nations climate process to deliver the scale and speed of action required by the climate crisis. Read our closing statement: www.ciel.org/news/june-cl... A 🧵
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#SB64 has been a session marked by delay, division and a dangerous weakening of ambition at a time when climate impacts are accelerating across the Pacific. The burden now falls to COP31 to deliver where SB64 could not. 🔗 Read more: www.pican.org/sb64-outcomes
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SB64 Ends in Delay and Division as Pacific Now Looks to a Crowded Agenda at COP31
PICAN warns SB64 exposed deep divisions, weakened climate ambition and delayed action, leaving COP31 with a heavier agenda and less trust.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“Let me be absolutely clear, anyone that is blocking references to science, they are not our friends” Strong remarks by Dr Sivendra Michael at #SB64 on behalf of Fiji and Pacific Small Island Developing States at the #DefendTheScience press conference yesterday. #PICANatSB64
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When science is sidelined, so too are the people living with the consequences of climate change. At #SB64, we will continue to stand for science, for justice, and for a future where 1.5°C remains a line the world refuses to cross.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Today at #SB64, AOSIS Lead Climate Negotiator Anne Rasmussen raised concerns about attempts to de-link negotiations from the best available science and weaken the 1.5°C limit. The best available science must remain at the heart of these negotiations. #SB64 #PICANatSB64
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
When science is undermined, frontline communities pay the price. A powerful intervention from RMI Climate Envoy Tina Stege at #SB64, reminding us that science and equity are inseparable. What’s at stake in Bonn is whether Parties will heed the science and act with the urgency this moment demands.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🌍 Happening today in Bonn! Join the ICJAO Alliance for a cross-constituency workshop on turning the momentum from the ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change into real implementation. 🤝 📍 WorldCCB Garden 🕟 16:30 CEST 🥨 Snacks provided
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Not in Bonn but want to stay across #SB64? PICAN’s Daily Updates break down the key developments from the climate talks into a short, accessible summary, with a focus on what matters for Pacific peoples. 🔗 www.pican.org/sb64-daily-updates
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Pacific Ocean is carrying the weight of a changing climate, growing militarisation, and new sovereignty pressures. This week in Suva, Pacific peoples are coming together to take stock of where we are, share solutions, & strengthen collective action for the future of our ocean and communities.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The climate decisions that make headlines at COPs don’t appear overnight. They are built through months of negotiations, technical work and political bargaining. Next week, negotiators return to Bonn to begin shaping the direction of climate action in 2026 and beyond.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
At a time when Pacific peoples face escalating pressure on our lands, oceans, and futures, collective regional solidarity becomes a powerful force. PICAN is proud to renew our commitment to the PRNGO Alliance because the challenges facing our region cannot be met in isolation ✊🏽
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
More than 60,000 petitions, letters & comments oppose the Trump administration's push to open Pacific waters to deep-sea mining. The people of Guam 🇬🇺, American Samoa 🇦🇸, & Northern Marianas 🇲🇵 are standing firm - the future of these waters must be guided by them 🌊 ➡️ dialogue.earth/en/ocean/pac...
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Pacific islands resist Trump’s push to mine their ocean
Residents of US territories in the Pacific fear deep-sea mining plans hatched in Washington could damage ecosystems and disrupt traditions
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Marshall Islands 🇲🇭 appointed as co-Chair of COFFIS to end fossil fuel subsidies, even as fuel hits US$8 a gallon and families face an economic emergency in Majuro. Public money must fund people, not fossil fuels 🚫. ➡️ islandsbusiness.com/news-break/m...
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The PICAN team is on the ground at #WD2026 in Narrm (Melbourne) this week 🌺 Our Principal Advisor for Regional and Strategy Affairs, and International Policy Lead are here and ready to connect. At the conference? DM us and we will link you up 🤝🏽
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 13/04/2026
The International Court of Justice has spoken. The UNGA resolution led by Vanuatu turns the ruling into action to uphold intl. law & advance #ClimateJustice. The roadmap exists; political will is missing. It’s high time for all States to #ActOntheClimateRuling: Support & co-sponsor the resolution!
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
PICAN is opening applications for 4 Board seats — and we’d love to see strong Pacific voices step forward. If you care about climate justice and want to make an impact, this is your moment. 🗓 Closes 19 April 🔗 www.pican.org/2026-board
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Our Pacific family is arriving in Port Vila for the PICAN Annual Strategy Meeting 2026. Two days of Talanoa and strategy ahead, culminating in our General Assembly. Ol Welkam! 🇻🇺 #PICANASM2026
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
When climate money meets foreign policy, who really benefits? PICAN is seeking independent researchers to investigate how Pacific climate funding intersects with the geopolitical agendas of external powers. 📍 Pacific Islands or Australia-based 📅 EOIs close 22 March 2026 🔗 www.pican.org/research
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Everyone claims to follow the science. Few seem to have read it.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
PICAN is hiring an Executive Administrator. This role strengthens the systems behind Pacific-led climate justice. Based in Suva and only open to Fiji nationals or those authorised to work in Fiji. Full-time, 3-year contract. To learn more, visit pican.org/vacancies
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Raising the Morning Star in solidarity with West Papua. Climate justice in the Pacific requires decolonisation - liberation, land rights, and self-determination. Our region cannot be free or climate-resilient while colonial violence continues. PC: Dylan Kava | PICAN
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
#COP30 may not have delivered the outcomes our region needed, but it has strengthened our calls for the world to aim higher. The PICAN network will continue to champion pathways that protect our homes, cultures, and futures. www.rnz.co.nz/internationa... #PICANatCOP30
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COP30 ends with 'extremely weak' outcomes, Pacific campaigner says
The outcomes of the United Nations climate conference in Brazil means global temperature rise will not be limited to 1.5C - the threshold climate scientists say is needed to ensure a healthy planet.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
And that’s a wrap from our tiny PICAN #COP30 team in Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷. Grateful to share updates, support Pacific delegations, and connect with amazing Pacific CSOs. Stay tuned for our End Game analysis as we assess outcomes for Pacific Climate Justice. #PICANatCOP30
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
"There is nothing to celebrate. That is the truth. All we have done is to defer action, given room for growth for fossil fuels, redlined justice, and harmed the integrity of science. All we did was to create processes instead of delivering outcomes." www.pican.org/cop30-outcome
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Pacific civil society condemns COP30 outcome as a failure of courage and responsibility
Pacific civil society condemns COP30’s weak outcomes, warning that without finance and a fossil fuel phaseout, 1.5°C and frontline communities remain at grave risk.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Ah yes, the universe reminding us, yet again, that the Pacific feels the impacts first. Even at COP. Even indoors. 🙃 Heavy rain hit #COP30 & the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion flooded, forcing cancellations and a cordoned-off space… while everyone else carried on. #PICANatCOP30
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We are 269 members strong. 269 Pacific voices powering our fight for climate justice. Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific. Become a member: www.pican.org/members
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We are 269 members strong. 269 Pacific voices powering our fight for climate justice. Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific. Become a member: www.pican.org/members
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350.org @350.org · 15/11/2025
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message: “It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.” Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
While #COP30 continues in Belém, PICAN is also in Vanuatu meeting with our Vanuatu node, VCAN, to support their work as they roll out their 2026–2028 Strategy. Our commitment has always been global advocacy AND strengthened regional resilience.
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Day 2 at #COP30 and climate obstruction is on full display. Some countries are challenging science itself, pushing “alternative facts” to weaken ambition. But AOSIS, LDCs and the Pacific held firm: facts are not politics — data is survival. We won’t let delay win. #PICANatCOP30
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Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @pacificislandcan.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Day 1 at #COP30. Ten years since Paris, and once again, it’s the Small Islands leading the charge. As the world tracks toward 2.3–2.5°C, the Pacific and SIDS stand firm: 1.5°C isn’t ambition or target. It’s survival. #PICANatCOP30
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Oxfam in the Pacific @oxfampacific.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Across the Global South, communities are being displaced, ecosystems destroyed, and Indigenous lands exploited — all in the name of a 'green transition.' This is climate colonialism, and it needs to end. Read more about this in our new Oxfam report: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/un...
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