🗣️“We are cautiously optimistic… we have a very strong case to host a Pacific COP,” says PIFS’ Zarak Khan, as leaders back Australia’s bid for a home-ground climate summit that puts frontline realities and the ocean at the heart of negotiations 🔗: https://t.co/XZyS6VHznS

🗣️“The world has entered a new era of uncertainty and risks shaped by the climate emergency and global insecurities." - UNDP’s Marcos Neto, urging countries to align climate finance with peacebuilding to support the world’s most fragile nations @PACNEWS2 https://t.co/6hakFmwDbU

Despite the U.S absence at #COP30, Pacific voices say climate action momentum remains strong 🗣️“Climate change has no borders." - PIF’s Karlos Lee Moresi 🗣️“The fight will continue — with or without the biggest polluters.” 🔗: https://t.co/lVB5tdyzUx

🗣️“Our number one priority has always been 1.5 degrees to stay alive," says Karlos Lee Moresi, Team Leader for Climate Finance and Resilience, @ForumSEC at #COP30, as Pacific nations call for urgent climate action, finance, and ocean protection @PACNEWS2 https://t.co/6JLTPn9pDq

🗣️“The climate crisis is a health crisis,” warns WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific as COP30 begins in Belém, Brazil. He calls for stronger global cooperation to protect billions from mounting climate-triggered health threats. 🔗: https://t.co/84RmxeL1vg

🗣️“The world is almost inevitably set to surpass the 1.5°C warming limit unless countries urgently ramp up emissions cuts and adaptation,” warned IPCC Chair at #COP30 🗣️“We have the know-how, the resources, and the tools to act now.” 🔗: https://t.co/FyAZHZA7rg

🗣️“Climate change-induced sea level rise is the single greatest existential threat to the economy, security & future survivability of Tuvalu." - PM Teo tells world leaders at the 2nd World Summit for Social Development, urging urgent global action 🔗: https://t.co/aNCuyuXjpG

The latest UN update shows hope for the planet: global emissions are projected to fall by 12% by 2035 compared to 2019 levels. 🗣️“Every fraction of a degree matters.” - UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell 🔗: https://t.co/Dr4zqaFy3f

Experts warn Japan’s ongoing Fukushima wastewater discharge poses not just environmental risks but deep threats to Pacific human rights, sovereignty, and justice 🗣️“Japan’s Fukushima discharges reopen historic wounds." - Naima Taafaki-Fifita @pangmedia https://t.co/FHwMyjpj59

Pacific climate justice advocate warns that carbon markets are not solving the #ClimateCrisis, they’re allowing wealthy nations to “buy their way out” of responsibility, while threatening communities and their rights to oceans and land @pangmedia https://t.co/PWsEll0xW2

Pacific civil society warns the WTO’s new fisheries subsidies deal unfairly burdens small-scale fishers while letting industrial fleets off the hook 🗣️“It treats everyone the same, regardless of their responsibility for the problem.” - @pangmedia https://t.co/AMtaWqZcGK

Pacific is shaping the future of ocean governance as the #BBNJ agreement moves from ratification to implementation 🗣️“We are a big collective, and if we work collectively, then we definitely have hope." - Olive Vaai, a Samoan ocean advocate @pangmedia https://t.co/OWQqOJ4t80

Pacific Forum SG Baron Waqa urges the region to move from global ambition to local action to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals 🗣️“We must do this through partnerships that deliver for the Pacific people, ocean and shared future.” 🔗: https://t.co/sfntfPm5Sr

Pacific nations are standing firm behind Australia’s bid to host COP31, calling for a “Pacific COP” 🗣️“Time is running out… we support the bid, we want the bid to be given to Australia in the form of a Pacific COP.” - 🇻🇺Climate Minister @RRegenvanu 🔗: https://t.co/Hl4wcXK4w3

Pacific youth activists will take the ICJ’s landmark climate ruling to COP30, demanding an end to fossil fuels and real climate finance 🗣️“Our message at COP is clear and very simple: end fossil fuels, fund the transition and protect rights." - @pisfcc https://t.co/OY1XxFBqQn

🇫🇯 Former UN Ambassador has rejected U.S President Trump’s claim that climate change is a “con job" “The Blue Pacific will not be ‘conned’ in believing that industrial powers do not have responsibility for GHG emissions & its impacts on our livelihoods." https://t.co/n9BdF9keGg

🗣️"Our country is small, but I dream big… we dream of swimming in clean oceans… we dream of growing up in a home that is safe and strong." – 10-year-old 🇹🇻 Reuben Wasioa urged leaders to save the ocean & tuna for future generations 🔗: https://t.co/VGyNKfbbPc

At #PIF54, Pacific groups warned leaders that expanding carbon markets into marine spaces threatens Indigenous rights and fails to deliver real climate solutions, urged grant-based finance and deep emissions cuts instead @PACNEWS2 @earthjournalism https://t.co/ROxO2Fi5C5

Pacific is close to finalising maritime boundaries🌊, with regional leaders warned that delays carry real risks 🗣️"Boundaries are not abstract legal lines on a map – they are anchors for development, climate resilience, and food security.” - SPC DG 🔗: https://t.co/LfiFhsNgML

🗣️“Finalising boundaries anchors sovereignty. It provides certainty, security, and predictability.” – Dr Filimon Manoni urged Pacific leaders to secure the last 25% of maritime boundaries to protect fisheries, livelihoods & regional security 🔗: https://t.co/eVUC1hhRSV