Climate Change

Opposition Leader Don Pomb Polye says all citizens, including the government and even foreign logging companies, must play their part in reducing the effects of the climate change in the country.

Mr Polye warns that the threat of climate charge if not addressed in a collective effort will have serious consequences for the country.

“One way in which our citizens can contribute to the reduction of climate change is to stop burning bushes and involve in reforestation efforts,” said Mr Polye.

The meeting was aimed at producing the most far-reaching pact yet to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and avert environmental havoc.

"We should ask what will we say to our grandchildren if we fail," British Prime Minister David Cameron said as the U.N. climate summit opened under heavy security on the outskirts of Paris, two weeks after the extremist attacks that left 130 people dead. "Instead of making excuses tomorrow, let's take action today."

That's a huge step forward for the U.N. climate talks but a host of difficult issues remain to be resolved before a new climate agreement can be adopted in Paris.

He is expected to deliver a statement on behalf of the Pacific Islands countries about the impacts of Climate Change.

At the recent APEC meeting in Manila, the Philippines, O’Neill spoke on the dangers to tiny island nations as a result of sea level rise and other effects of climate change.

His press secretary Christopher Hawkins told LOOP News that US President Barrack Obama was captivated with the statement by O’Neill.

This resulted in a heart to heart discussion between the president and the PM.

Speaking at the final meeting of APEC leaders in Manila, Philippines last week, O’Neill highlighted the seriousness of the situation in the Pacific.

Following the meeting, O’Neill and United States President, Barak Obama, agreed to continue to address these issues when they meet at the United Nations Climate Change meeting in Paris, France, later this month.

 “Science tells us that there is one path for us to be able to have a stable planet and a safe stable economy, and that is to get onto a below 2 degree path – that is fundamental – and policy is actually following science as it should,” said Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, speaking to reporters in Bonn, Germany.

Less than two weeks away from the UN climate conference in Paris, widely known as COP21, she announced that 168 countries, covering almost 90 per cent of global emissions, have now submitted their national climate targets, known as INDCs.

This follows the presentation of climate change resource materials recently to four schools in the province by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Papua New Guinea.

They’re Tulu, Bundralis, Ponam and Andra primary schools in the Pomuti, Ndrehet, Kurti and Andra Local Level Government (PNKA LLG).

WCS Manus program officer Sylvia Noble distributed the materials and said that the teachers were pleased and acknowledged WCS’s initiative.

Climate change actions: we can do at least this much

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Everyone knows that some small island states, such as the Maldives in the Indian Ocean or Tuvalu in the Pacific, face serious risks to their survival if we do not take effective action to address climate change and curb rising sea levels.

Weather devastated provinces to get Aussie aid

At a dinner convened jointly between France and the UK in London last week, a group of representatives from such small island states described the severity of the threat they face. They are understandably pushing hard for all nations to do more to cut emissions and help prevent the worst impacts of climate change.

The threats facing the rest of the world are no less grave. To preserve a climate that can support a healthy, prosperous population, we must limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C or 2°C.

Word going out about value of mangroves

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The Climate Change office and the waste management section of the National Capital District Commission (NCDC) will be conducting a cleanup among the mangroves of Tuna Bay at Taurama outside Port Moresby.

New Ireland to participate in Kenu and Kundu festival in 2016