AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoClimate Finance: Pacific nations secured more than $200 million in pledges for the Pacific Resilience Facility at COP31. PNG is pressing for climate finance that reaches communities, as a separate ADB–Green Climate Fund programme aims to mobilise more than $1 billion to protect infrastructure across 14 Pacific economies. Plastic Pollution: CEPA and SPREP are consulting on expanding PNG’s plastic rules beyond shopping bags to cover bottles, straws, takeaway containers and other single-use items. The proposal is still at an early drafting stage. Forests and Rivers: A forest conservation programme has begun in West Sepik, while the government says illegal alluvial mining can pollute rivers and endanger miners as it steps up enforcement. Clean Energy: PNG is seeking an International Solar Alliance partnership to move from renewable-energy policy to practical solar projects. Climate Impacts: Reporting from PNG highlights delayed damage to rainforest trees from El Niño, underscoring the climate pressures facing the country’s ecosystems.
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