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Pacific Leaders have held firm on climate change at PIFLM55 in Palau, but PICAN says ambition must now translate into action. Keeping 1.5°C within reach means ending fossil fuel expansion, delivering accessible climate finance to Pacific communities, and taking a precautionary approach to deep-sea mining.

PICAN responds to UNEP’s 1.5°C overshoot report, warning that every fraction of warming matters and calling for urgent emissions cuts and climate finance.

The PRNGO Alliance urges Pacific Leaders to reject military escalation, condemn all missile tests, and protect the Pacific as a genuine Ocean of Peace.

PICAN warns SB64 exposed deep divisions, weakened climate ambition and delayed action, leaving COP31 with a heavier agenda and less trust.

Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) welcomes the historic UN General Assembly resolution advancing climate accountability following the International Court of Justice’s landmark climate advisory opinion. The resolution strengthens global recognition that states have legal obligations to address climate harm and protect present and future generations, marking a major victory for Pacific leadership, climate justice, and international accountability.

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.

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.

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 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.

PICAN calls for climate accountability from Prime Minister Albanese, stating that an approval of the North West Shelf gas project and a failure to set a 1.5C-aligned climate plan would amount to an 'assault' on Pacific communities, and a breach of its international obligations.

Negotiations at INC5.2 in Geneva failed to produce the ambitious and legally binding global plastics treaty the world needs, leaving Pacific peoples exposed to ongoing harm from plastic pollution. The talks were marred by a broken process and heavy industry influence, with 234 fossil fuel and chemical lobbyists registered. Pacific Small Island Developing States led with clear, science based demands. PICAN calls for negotiators to reconvene urgently and fix the rules that allo

New analysis of INC-5.2 participation exposes a concerning level of fossil fuel and chemical industry presence, with at least 234 registered lobbyists. Civil society, Indigenous and scientific voices warn this corporate capture risks shaping a treaty meant to end plastic pollution. PICAN calls on UNEP and the INC Secretariat to adopt robust conflict of interest rules so negotiations serve people and planet, not industry profit.

The International Court of Justice has given climate justice legal force, affirming that governments and corporations are obliged to cut emissions, protect human rights, and repair climate harm. PICAN unpacks what this means for Small Island Developing States: 1.5°C as a hard limit, an end to fossil fuel expansion and export, real public finance, loss and damage remedies, and recognition that sea level rise does not erase statehood. Read our full analysis and reactions.

As SB62 draws to a close in Bonn, it has become clear that the climate process is veering dangerously out of touch with the scale of the global crisis, and once again leaving Small Island Developing States (SIDS) stranded between political posturing and policy paralysis.

PICAN condemns Australia’s approval of the North West Shelf gas project extension to 2070—calling it a betrayal of Pacific communities and a threat to global climate goals. The move casts serious doubt on Australia’s COP31 co-hosting bid and undermines Pacific-led climate leadership.

PICAN responds to UN findings on Coca-Cola’s plastic pollution in Samoa, highlighting corporate negligence and calling for urgent action. The Pacific must not be a dumping ground for plastic waste. We stand for climate justice, human rights, and binding solutions through the Global Plastics Treaty.

Outcomes from PICAN’s 2025 Annual Strategy Meeting in Suva, where Pacific civil society leaders came together to reaffirm collective direction, strengthen regional climate justice leadership and set priorities towards COP31 and beyond.

Pacific civil society organisations are urging leaders to honour their responsibility to West Papua amidst 63 years of resistance.