Paris Agreement

Trump’s decision will impact PNG: Polye

"His decision will affect us as a beneficiary of $7.5 million (K23 million) from the US Agency for International Development under the Paris Climate Agreement,” Polye said.

The alternative government stance will be to work closely with President Donald Trump’s administration on how USA can support PNG on climate change because of the decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement.

“One of the four main pillars of the agreement was that the rich member countries should fund fellow poor countries to help boost environment resilience.”

Trump shadow hangs over climate talks opening

These latest talks are aimed at developing the rules for implementing the accord signed in the French capital in 2015.

But there is a growing worry that President Trump might soon pull out of the historic deal.

Some delegates say such a move would be a body blow for the landmark deal.

Protecting reefs from extinction

It is the first worldwide initiative aimed at protecting reefs from extinction and to date, funding is coming from philanthropic organisations, not governments.

Scientists estimate 90 per cent of the world's coral reefs will disappear in the next 35 years due to coral bleaching induced by global warming, pollution and over-development.

Climate officials to hold workshop in PNG

This was announced in Parliament on Friday October 28 by Minister for Environment and Conservation John Pundari.

GCF was established to assist developing countries finance their mitigation and adaptation programs.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration Rimbink Pato recently signed the Privileges and Immunity Agreement with Green Climate Fund (GCF) in New York, USA.

This enables PNG to secure assistance from development partners and international organisations to combat the effects of climate change.

Maiha: More to do on weather and climate change

PNG National Weather Service director Samuel Maiha says PNG has a long way to go in making social and economic sense of climate services with the change in climate.

The average global temperature change for the first three months of 2016 was 1.48°C, essentially equaling the 1.5°C warming threshold agreed to by COP 21 negotiators in Paris last December.

Maiha said the increase of 1.5 degree Celsius will give the NWS the first guess of what to expect this coming monsoon season.

PNG welcomes financial help for climate change

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration Rimbink Pato recently signed the Privileges and Immunity Agreement with Green Climate Fund (GCF) in New York, USA.

GCF was established to assist developing countries finance their mitigation and adaptation programs.

This follows the recent deposition of the instruments of ratification at the United Nations Headquarters in New York which formalised the application of the Climate Change Paris Agreement.

PNG is 23rd country to formalize Paris Agreement

The instruments of ratification were deposited by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration Rimbink Pato at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA on Wednesday, September 21.

The deposit of the instruments of ratification formalizes the application of the Paris Agreement in PNG.

This means the acceptance or approval accounting in total for 1.08 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions.

And this enables PNG to secure assistance from development partners and international organizations to combat the effects of climate change.

PNG to submit REDD+ forest level plan by end of 2016

The REDD+ FRL represents the expected evolution of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the forest sector in the absence of REDD+.

 A common approach to setting a FRL is to take an average rate of emissions from historical deforestation, but these can also be adjusted to account for future changes in a country.

Results of REDD+ activities like agricultural expansion, conversion to pastureland, infrastructure development and destructive logging are measured against the FRL.

PNG signs historic climate accord on Earth Day 2016

On Earth Day, April 22, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joined a record number of global leaders at the historic ceremony for the Paris Agreement at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York.

The ceremony, convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, was the first step in implementing the Paris Agreement adopted in Paris, France, on December 12, 2015, during the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21). Friday, April 22 was the 46th anniversary of Earth Day, which was first celebrated in 1970.

Pershing says 'high ambition coalition' could see life post-Paris

Jonathan Pershing, who took over the top post at the Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change a few weeks ago, said the so-called high-ambition coalition that helped deliver December's accord could also inject ambition into negotiations over shipping and airline emissions.