The ocean has always been Earth’s greatest stabiliser. Covering more than 70% of the planet, it regulates climate, absorbs carbon dioxide, generates oxygen, and supports ecosystems that billions of people depend upon. But new research shows that the ocean’s ability to perform these vital roles is faltering, under unprecedented stress. Last week, scientists at the
The signing of the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Treaty in Honiara marks a truly historic step for the region. After more than a decade of advocacy, including leadership from former Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Dame Meg Taylor and other Pacific leaders, the world now has its first Pacific-owned climate finance institution. This is a milestone
No Treaty in Sight, But Kerala’s Coast Is Still Paying the Price While negotiators in Geneva walked away without a plastics treaty—’deadlocked’ over production limits and toxics—Kerala’s beaches kept telling the story for us: plastic nurdles and mixed waste washing ashore, pellets showing up in nets (and sometimes in fish), and families asking the same
After years of building a grassroots waste management program with local communities in the Solomon Islands, our USAID funding has officially been cancelled. This has placed the future of our Waste to Wealth program, and the livelihoods of the local team behind it, at immediate risk. One of those team members is Jerold Bruno. The