AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoClimate Finance: Tuvalu has been allocated $11.94 million from an Asian Development Bank emergency package to help meet rising fuel costs and protect energy supplies. At COP31 preparations, Tuvalu’s climate minister said fossil-fuel phase-out must be part of the talks and defended the Pacific-hosted Pre-COP gathering as a chance to put island communities’ realities before world leaders. Statehood at Risk: Prime Minister Feleti Teo urged Pacific law officers meeting in Funafuti to strengthen legal protections for statehood, sovereignty and maritime boundaries as seas rise. Pacific nations also warned that a new UN sea-level declaration lacks the firm protections and climate action they need. Regional Policing: Tuvalu Police Commissioner Matatia Makaili has been elected deputy chair of the newly established Pacific Community of Policing, which brings regional policing bodies under one structure. USP Milestone: Tuvalu Governor-General Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma was installed as the University of the South Pacific’s 34th chancellor at a Tonga campus graduation ceremony.
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