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PIDF PARTICIPATES IN UN FORUM TO TAKE PARIS AGREEMENT FORWARD

PIDF Climate Change Advisor, Dr Mahendra Kumar (front 2nd right) with other participants and technical advisors at the Bonn UNFCCC meeting. Pacific Island Development Forum’s climate change advisor, Dr. Mahendra Kumar, is attending and supporting the PICs at the UNFCCC meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies currently underway in Bonn, Germany. The Bonn Climate Change Conference […]

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PIDF PARTICIPATES IN PACIFC – ACP MEETING IN TIMOR LESTE

Pacific Island Development Forum’s Secretary General, François Martel, was invited to attend the ACP National and Regional Authorizing Officers / Ministerial meeting from 24th to 27th in Dili, East-Timor. The meeting gathering representatives of the government, private sector and civil society aimed to exchange experience and difficulties in relation to EDF 11th programming, and to

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TOKELAU SIGNS PIDF CHARTER

The islands nation of Tokelau on 27 April, 2016 represented by Ulu O Tokelau Aliki Faipule Afega Gaualofa signed the PIDF Charter signalling the formal admission of Tokelau to the Pacific Islands Development Forum. Tokelau has been a strong supporter to the concept of the Pacific Islands Development Forum since its inception in 2012 and

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ICRC AND PIDF TO EXPLORE AREAS OF MUTUAL COLLABORATION

The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Secretariat and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will continue to explore areas of mutual collaboration especially in the areas of climate induced migration and disaster displacement and for preparations for the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul Turkey 23-24 May 2016. This came out strongly after

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MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS SPECIAL CLIMATE REPORT ON 1.5°C

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during its 43rd Session in Nairobi, Kenya, from the 11-13 April 2016 have agreed to proceed with the Special Report on 1.5°C overwhelming previous opposition from some sections of the scientific community who strongly opposed doing a Special report on 1.5°C. The Paris Agreement invited the IPCC to

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MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS SPECIAL CLIMATE REPORT ON 1.5°C

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during its 43rd Session in Nairobi, Kenya, from the 11-13 April 2016 have agreed to proceed with the Special Report on 1.5°C overwhelming previous opposition from some sections of the scientific community who strongly opposed doing a Special report on 1.5°C. The Paris Agreement invited the IPCC to

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CUBAN AMBASSADOR VISITS PIDF

The Cuban Ambassador to Fiji His Excellency, Mario Alzugaray Rodríguez, who was in country to present his credentials to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Fiji, made a courtesy visit to The Pacific Islands Development Forum Secretariat (PIDF) on Friday, 1st April, 2016. Although the PIDF Secretary General, Mr François Martel is currently

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COURTESY CALL FROM MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND EXTERNAL TRADE OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU TO PIDF

The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) was visited by a delegation from the Republic of Vanuatu led by their Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade, Honourable Bruno Leingkone on Friday, 3rd March 2016. The visit was a first for Honourable Bruno Leingkone to PIDF which allowed the PIDF Secretary General, Mr François

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