{"id":22707,"date":"2026-10-05T07:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22707"},"modified":"2026-10-05T07:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:18:48","slug":"pacific-nations-take-centre-stage-at-pre-cop-climate-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22707","title":{"rendered":"Pacific nations take centre stage at &#8216;pre-COP&#8217; climate summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || 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style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>The UN \u201cpre-COP\u201d climate gathering kicked off on Monday in the Fijian city of Nadi, where Pacific leaders are seeking to draw the world\u2019s attention to life on the frontline of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The South Pacific is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to global warming \u2014 from rising sea waters jeopardizing homes to increasing temperatures causing coral bleaching.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s talks in Nadi and on the atoll nation of Tuvalu are a precursor to the larger UN-sponsored global climate summit \u2014 known as COP31 \u2014 to be held next month in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Pacific leaders are pushing for the world to stick to a target of limiting global warming to 1.5C, enhance access to climate finance and give more attention to the impact on oceans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur prime minister will carry three clear messages to the leaders this week: keep 1.5 degrees within reach, make finance reach the communities that need it and give the ocean its rightful place in the climate regime,\u201d Fiji\u2019s climate minister Lynda Tabuya told the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Sea levels are rising at a record pace, driven by warming oceans and glacier melt, according to a UN report.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050, with Pacific island countries experiencing sea level rise at twice the global average, the report released in August said.<\/p>\n<p>It also highlighted a financing gap, with developing countries needing $310-$365 billion to adapt, yet having only $26 billion in adaptation finance available in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday in Fiji, we are again calling on the world to match ambition with delivery,\u201d said Australia\u2019s climate minister Chris Bowen, who is also president of negotiations for COP31.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said talks at the pre-COP would focus on \u201ccapturing, capitalising on, and putting to work the knowledge of those who\u2019ve been dealing with climate change here at its forefront, here at its cutting edge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Regional leaders have pitched the pre-COP as a chance to bring the world to the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Limited guest list \u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But officials have been forced to concede that the guest list will be smaller than they had hoped.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fewer than a dozen world leaders have publicly confirmed that they will attend.<\/p>\n<p>On the streets of Nadi, most locals seemed unaware that a global summit was even taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Australia said last month 4,000 people from 60 nations would attend, without providing a full breakdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among those attending will be Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal of Nepal, which is still reeling from August\u2019s Himalayan flood disaster which killed nearly 1,500 people and left 5,800 missing in Nepal and China.<\/p>\n<p>Top delegates to the Pacific talks will also hold a one-day retreat on low-lying Tuvalu, already laying plans to relocate the population if it is consumed by the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The highest point in the capital Funafuti is just two metres (6.6 feet) above sea level, and two of its nine coral atolls are already largely swamped by rising waters.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Act now decisively\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSea-level rise is not a future threat, it is a present reality,\u201d Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo told the UN General Assembly ahead of the climate talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTuvalu\u2019s message is clear: the world must act now decisively, collectively, and with urgency to protect the future for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only a handful of leaders are expected to join the Tuvalu leg of the trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does make you think nobody cares,\u201d said marine scientist Rajneel Singh, part of a team that reported large-scale coral death around Tuvalu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very, very sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As leader of the climate talks, major 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