PACIFIC
DEMANDS
A collective call to the global community from Pacific Island nations for urgent and just climate action that addresses the unique challenges they face, including accountability for climate impacts, fair access to climate finance, reparations for loss and damage, and the protection of Indigenous rights, cultures, and lands for future generations.
PACIFIC CLIMATE JUSTICE
DEMANDS 2026
FIVE RED LINES FOR 1.5°C
What are the Pacific Climate Justice Demands?
The Pacific Climate Justice Demands are the annual statement of what Pacific civil society will not trade away in climate negotiations. Developed by the Pacific Islands Climate Action Network through consultation across our network, they set out the positions our members carry into the UNFCCC, the Pacific Islands Forum and other spaces where decisions affecting our region are made.
The demands are not developed from scratch each year. They build on previous demands and are continually refined through network consultation and PICAN’s Annual Strategy Meeting, creating a living expression of Pacific civil society’s collective climate justice priorities.
In 2026, those priorities are expressed through five red lines for 1.5°C. They are our non-negotiables, grounded in a simple reality - 1.5°C remains our survival threshold. Overshoot is not a pathway or an acceptable outcome. It is harm, driven overwhelmingly by those most responsible for the climate crisis and borne disproportionately by those least responsible.
1
No False Solutions
No false solution can substitute for the structural change needed to hold 1.5°C.
2
Phase Out Fossil Fuels Now
No new oil fields. No new coal mines. No new gas fields.
3
No Extraction
Our lands, our ocean, our territories, our bodies and our wisdom are not resources to be exploited.
4
Protect and Defend Our Living Planet
Pacific peoples are rights-holders and defenders, not subjects of conservation.
5
Non-Economic Loss and Damage Will Not Be Monetised
Some things cannot be priced. Reparative justice is not the same as financial compensation.
Two ways to explore the Pacific Climate Justice Demands
The Pacific Climate Justice Demands 2026 are available in two formats.
The Five Red Lines summary provides a concise, accessible articulation of the five non-negotiable demands at the heart of PICAN’s climate justice advocacy, designed for anyone who wants to quickly understand what the Pacific is calling for and why.
The full technical document goes deeper, setting out the evidence, legal foundations, lived realities and evolving climate context underpinning each red line, alongside examples of Pacific solutions already underway.
Download the Five Red Lines summary for the core demands, or explore the full technical document for the evidence and analysis behind them.
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