Australia bidding to host UN climate summit
| | SUVA, Fiji, 26 May 2022 (AFP) - Australia will present a more ambitious UN emissions target "very soon" and is bidding to co-host a COP summit with Pacific island neighbours, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Thursday, signalling a ground shift in climate policy. |
Arctic shipping routes are expanding faster than predicted
| | VICTORIA, Canada, 25 May 2022 (Hakai) - As the climate warms and sea ice melts, trans-Arctic shipping routes are becoming easier to navigate, a prospect that is enticing to freight companies. These routes can cut up to 9,000 kilometers off a one-way trip between East Asia and Europe compared with shipping through the Suez or Panama Canals - shortcuts that clip roughly 40 percent off the voyage. |
UN flag potential violations in $3b Indonesian tourism project
| | JAKARTA, Indonesia, 25 May 2022 (Mongabay) - The United Nations has reiterated its concerns over allegations of human rights violations in a mega infrastructure tourism development project on the Indonesian island of Lombok. In light of this, various environmental and human rights organizations have called on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to stop financing the project. |
China is pursuing a Pacific-wide pact with 10 island nations
| | LONDON, UK, 25 May 2022 (Guardian) - China will pursue a Pacific-wide deal with almost a dozen island nations covering policing, security and data communications cooperation when the foreign minister, Wang Yi, hosts a meeting in Fiji next week, documents show. |
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ISISA |
 | | Islands of the World XVII conference 14-18 June, 2021, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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COP 26 |
| | UN Climate Change Conference 1-12 Nov, 2021, Glasgow, UK |
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PALAU |
| | Our Ocean Conference 13-14 April, 2022, Palau |
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ISLAND INNOVATION |
| | Island Finance Forum 25-29 April, 2022 |
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CBD |
| | UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) 25 April-8 May, 2022, Kunming, China |
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EU ISLANDS SECRETARIAT |
| | Clean Energy for EU Islands Forum 17-18 May, 2022, Rhodes, Greece |
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UNEP |
| | Stockholm+50 international environmental meeting 2-3 June, 2022, Stockholm, Sweden |
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XVIII conference 13-17 June, 2022, Zadar, Croatia |
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SICRI |
| | Island Studies International Conference "Creativity, Ingenuity, and Practice" 22-25 June, 2022, Shetland, UK |
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UNITED NATIONS |
| | UN Ocean Conference 27 June-1 July, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal |
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IMPAC |
| | 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress 2-8 Sept, 2022, Vancouver, Canada |
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IGU |
| | Thematic conference on Islands in Relations: Conflicts, Sustainability and Peace 4-6 April, 2023, Osaka, Japan |
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FESTPAC |
| | 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture 6-16 June, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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