The Secretary General for the Pacific Island Development Forum Mr. François Martel presented at a one day training session for participants in the UN based Pacific Small Island Developing States Fellowship on the Ocean and Seas (PSIDS-FOS) hosted by the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner and facilitated by Islands First. The training session was […]
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Paris, France – Today marks a historic day for the world, as 196 nations came together today to adopt the new Paris Climate Change Agreement. Following two weeks of intensive talks to arrive at an agreement, island nations helped champion the language of the Paris Agreement. The Marshal Islands efforts to increase the mitigation ambition
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Paris, France – The Pacific Island Development Forum (PIDF) welcomes the latest draft Paris text and the ‘High Level Ambition’ group lead by Marshal Islands government to boost ambition during COP21. The concern remains over the issue of loss and damage where the language is being watered down by some developed countries. “We are ready
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Paris, France – The Pacific Island Development Forum (PIDF) welcomes the latest draft Paris text and the ‘High Level Ambition’ group lead by Marshal Islands government to boost ambition during COP21. The concern remains over the issue of loss and damage where the language is being watered down by some developed countries. “We are ready
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Paris, France – The Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) are seriously concerned about the issue of Loss and Damage as they await the new draft Paris Climate Agreement text to be tabled at COP21. The Pacific region faces the challenge of losing 3 entire nations due to climate change – including the low-laying atoll
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The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum Mr François Martel has joined other leaders from the Pacific in a high level meeting hosted by French President François Hollande in Paris on Thursday 26 November 2015. Meeting on Thursday morning ahead of the Climate Change conference next week the French President, François Hollande, says
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Paris, France – More than 10 countries pledged a replenishment of $248 million dollars to the LCD Fund for climate adaptation of the most vulnerable countries, and a part of this funding will be allocated to Pacific Island countries. This was announced at the GEF Side-event on the Least Developed Countries Fund and Climate project
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On Friday afternoon 20 November 2015 the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum Mr François Martel received Dr. Ma Peihua, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, Vice President of China Oceania Friendship Association, at the PIDF Secretariat. Dr. Ma Peihua is on a short visit to Fiji and
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On Friday morning 20th November 2015 the new Secretary General of the Pacific Island Development Forum Mr. Francois Martel participated in his first Senior Officials Committee meeting that was held at the ICT Center in USP, Suva. Mr Martel took up his post on Monday 26/10/15 as the first permanent Secretary General of the Pacific
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The Pacific Island Development Forum (PIDF) Secretary General Mr. Francois Martel on Wednesday hosted the Indonesian government delegation to a meeting at the PIDF Secretariat in Suva to further strengthen bilateral cooperation. The delegation was led by Ambassador Salman Al Farsi the Acting Director General of Policy Analysis & Development Agency with the Indonesian Ministry
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