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Solomon Islands Progress Enabling Capacity to Access More Climate Finance
Solomon Islands Progress Enabling Capacity to Access More Climate Finance The Solomon Islands Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness 1 Project draws to a closure with a presentation on the key outputs of the project on 10th August 2023. The project...
Owner: Solomonese Government
Solomon Islands journalist wins SPREP Best Environment story at Pasifika Environews Awards
04 July 2023, Suva Fiji - The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has congratulated the inaugural winners of the Pasifika Environews Awards, in particular Solomon Islands journalist, Mr Charley Piringi, who won the...
Solomon Islands and China agreed to establish a strategic development framework
Solomon Islands and China agreed to establish a strategic development framework Solomon Islands and the Peoples Republic China last week agreed to establish a strategic development framework aimed at developing the country to meet its 2030 Agenda...
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Solomon Islands 45th Independence Anniversary celebrated in Port Moresby.
Solomon Islands 45th Independence Anniversary celebrated in Port Moresby. The Solomon Islands High Commission in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, joined the Solomon Islands Community in Port Moresby in celebrating the Country’s 45th Independence...
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Solomon Islands' Green Climate Fund Country programme strengthens response to climate change impacts
19 June 2023, Honiara - Solomon Islands’ capacity to access more funds from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), to strengthen the country’s response to climate change impacts, has been enhanced thanks to support from the Secretariat of the Pacific...
Solomon Islands and New Zealand holds High-Level Consultations
Solomon Islands and New Zealand holds High-Level Consultations Senior officials from the Solomon Islands and New Zealand government had a fruitful High-Level Consultation (HLC) in Wellington on Thursday 22 June 2023. The HLC was Co-Chaired by Dr...
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SOLOMON ISLANDS REPRESENTED AT GLOBAL UXO MEETING HELD IN GENEVA
SOLOMON ISLANDS REPRESENTED AT GLOBAL UXO MEETING HELD IN GENEVA The Solomon Islands was recently represented at the 26th annual meeting of National Mine Action Directors and United Nations Advisers (NDM-UN), which was held in Geneva from 21 to 23...
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China and Solomon Islands sign Auki road tar sealing project
The Peoples Republic of China and Solomon Islands today signed Exchange of Notes to further progress the Auki road tar sealing project in Malaita Province. China’s newly appointed Ambassador to Solomon Islands H.E. Cai Weiming and Deputy Prime...
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Solomon Islands calls for global plastic production reduction, plans national plastic ban
31 May 2023, Paris France - The pristine beaches, vibrant forests and colourful reefs of 992 islands of the Solomon Islands are threatened by increasing plastic litter arriving on its shores, and from discarded plastic waste locally. In the...
Solomon Islands represented at Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) in Manila
Solomon Islands represented at Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) in Manila The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification Dr. Chris Vehe represented Solomon Islands at the recent Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) from...
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Solomon Islands National Workshop on MSG Green Trade Project underway in Honiara.
Solomon Islands National Workshop on MSG Green Trade Project underway in Honiara. A two days National workshop on the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Green Trade Project and the Pacific Regional Integration Support (PRISE) Programme on Non-Tariff...
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Solomon Islands pursues co-prosperity opportunities with the League of Arab States
Solomon Islands pursues co-prosperity opportunities with the League of Arab States The Second Ministerial Meeting between the League of Arab States and the Pacific Small Island Developing States was convened in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on...
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Solomon Islands- Saudi Arabia engage in Tourism dialogue.
Solomon Islands- Saudi Arabia engage in Tourism dialogue. The Governments of Solomon Islands and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have engaged in a bilateral dialogue specifically on Tourism sector. The Minister of Tourism of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,...
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SOLOMON ISLANDS TO CELEBRATE HISTORIC KING’S BIRTHDAY
SOLOMON ISLANDS TO CELEBRATE HISTORIC KING’S BIRTHDAY Solomon Islands will celebrate the first King’s official birthday on Friday 16 June following the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on 6 May 2023. The Government has declared Friday 16...
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Role of Indigenous communities recognised at world’s first-ever ‘nature positive’ summit
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 11, 2024
08 October 2024, Sydney, Australia - The critical role of Indigenous peoples in addressing the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution was recognised at the inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit (GNPS)...
Three ways Indonesia can enable ocean-based climate action
The approaching COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, will spotlight countries’ updated climate commitments to the Paris Agreement – their second nationally determined contributions (SNDCs). SNDCs will set the stage for climate ambition in the next decade...
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NEW FORECASTING OFFICE FOR SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS (22ND NOVEMBER 2023) Minister for Environment Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology Honorable Stanley Festus Sofu has expressed his profound gratitude to the Government and people of Australia and the...
Owner: Solomonese Government
Forest and Nature Reserves encroachment can lead Taveuni into a crisis
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 1, 2024
The development of Taveuni’s agriculture has increasingly been at odds with the need to protect and conserve its natural environment. As encroachment into the Taveuni Forest Reserve and Ravilevu Nature Reserve for agricultural production of dalo...
Pacific Games in Solomon Islands: A Beacon of Peace in the South Pacific
by Dirk Wagener, United Nations Resident Coordinator With the Pacific Games underway in the Solomon Islands and drawing to a close this weekend, the nation has taken centre stage as athletes from across the Pacific region gathered to compete....
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