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PICAN responds to the Pacific Islands Forum announcement that Fiji will host the COP31 Pre COP, with a Leaders component in Tuvalu. While welcoming the decision, PICAN calls for clarity on the Pacific’s role in shaping the agenda and outcomes under the Australia and Türkiye co presidency, and urges that the convening deliver concrete progress on the 1.5C limit, climate justice, and red lines long championed by frontline nations.

PICAN's COP30 Outcomes Analysis examines what was agreed, what was lost, and what comes next following the UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil. Download the full report.

Pacific civil society condemns COP30’s weak outcomes, warning that without finance and a fossil fuel phaseout, 1.5°C and frontline communities remain at grave risk.

PICANs reaction to the newly release Mutirão text after two days in a holding pattern.x

Negotiations over the COP31 presidency continue in Belém as Australia and Türkiye work toward agreement within the WEOG group. Pacific Island countries continue to push for climate talks that centre frontline communities. PICAN’s Dr Sindra Sharma stresses that the unresolved COP31 outcome does not change global responsibility to keep warming to 1.5°C and that final COP30 decisions will set the foundation for ambition and justice next year.

Get daily high-level updates from PICAN on COP30, focusing on key issues for the Pacific Islands and SIDS.

The latest UN Environment Programme Emissions Gap Report 2025 delivers yet another stark warning - the world is still far off track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, with current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) leading us towards a devastating 2.3–2.5°C pathway of warming. For the Pacific, where the impacts of the climate crisis are already a lived reality, this failure to act with urgency is nothing short of an injustice.

PICAN's analysis of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Communique examines key wins, critical gaps, and the central failure on fossil fuels — and what it all means for Pacific climate justice advocacy.

PICAN welcomes key achievements of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting, including the establishment of the Pacific Resilience Facility and the adoption of the Blue Pacific Ocean of Peace Declaration. These are important steps towards resilience and justice for frontline Pacific communities.