AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoPacific Climate Push at UNGA: Tuvalu’s PM Feleti Teo told the UN General Assembly sea-level rise is “a present reality,” pointing to reclaimed land on Funafuti and calling for climate finance as grants at the scale needed for unavoidable loss and damage. Sea-Level Statehood Secured: World leaders unanimously backed a UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise, affirming countries should not automatically lose statehood, sovereignty, or UN membership when coastlines become uninhabitable, and that maritime zones should remain stable. Fossil-Fuel Transition Plans: Tuvalu and Ireland set out a 2027 co-hosted conference in the Pacific on a just transition away from fossil fuels, framed as energy security and sovereignty, with a spring pre-event in Ireland. Tuvalu Culture & Storytelling: Commonwealth Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh returned to Tuvalu for workshops after weather postponed the national cultural festival, helping a new generation put their experiences into words. Voyage Delayed by Weather: Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia’s Moananuiākea voyage to Fiji and Tuvalu was postponed again due to cold fronts and gale-force winds, with visits now potentially pushed to May 2027. Regional Science for a Warming Ocean: Australia’s CSIRO will lead a major Pacific Ocean research voyage from Fiji toward Antarctica, with Pacific researchers onboard to track how the ocean is driving and responding to climate change.
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