At a time when Pacific peoples face escalating pressure on our lands, oceans, and futures, collective regional solidarity becomes a powerful force. PICAN is proud to renew our commitment to the PRNGO Alliance because the challenges facing our region cannot be met in isolation ✊🏽

More than 60,000 petitions, letters & comments oppose the Trump administration's push to open Pacific waters to deep-sea mining. The people of Guam 🇬🇺, American Samoa 🇦🇸, & Northern Marianas 🇲🇵 are standing firm - the future of these waters must be guided by them 🌊 ➡️ dialogue.earth/en/ocean/pac...

Marshall Islands 🇲🇭 appointed as co-Chair of COFFIS to end fossil fuel subsidies, even as fuel hits US$8 a gallon and families face an economic emergency in Majuro. Public money must fund people, not fossil fuels 🚫. ➡️ islandsbusiness.com/news-break/m...

The PICAN team is on the ground at #WD2026 in Narrm (Melbourne) this week 🌺 Our Principal Advisor for Regional and Strategy Affairs, and International Policy Lead are here and ready to connect. At the conference? DM us and we will link you up 🤝🏽

The International Court of Justice has spoken. The UNGA resolution led by Vanuatu turns the ruling into action to uphold intl. law & advance #ClimateJustice. The roadmap exists; political will is missing. It’s high time for all States to #ActOntheClimateRuling: Support & co-sponsor the resolution!

PICAN is opening applications for 4 Board seats — and we’d love to see strong Pacific voices step forward. If you care about climate justice and want to make an impact, this is your moment. 🗓 Closes 19 April 🔗 www.pican.org/2026-board

Our Pacific family is arriving in Port Vila for the PICAN Annual Strategy Meeting 2026. Two days of Talanoa and strategy ahead, culminating in our General Assembly. Ol Welkam! 🇻🇺 #PICANASM2026

When climate money meets foreign policy, who really benefits? PICAN is seeking independent researchers to investigate how Pacific climate funding intersects with the geopolitical agendas of external powers. 📍 Pacific Islands or Australia-based 📅 EOIs close 22 March 2026 🔗 www.pican.org/research

Everyone claims to follow the science. Few seem to have read it.

PICAN is hiring an Executive Administrator. This role strengthens the systems behind Pacific-led climate justice. Based in Suva and only open to Fiji nationals or those authorised to work in Fiji. Full-time, 3-year contract. To learn more, visit pican.org/vacancies

Raising the Morning Star in solidarity with West Papua. Climate justice in the Pacific requires decolonisation - liberation, land rights, and self-determination. Our region cannot be free or climate-resilient while colonial violence continues. PC: Dylan Kava | PICAN

#COP30 may not have delivered the outcomes our region needed, but it has strengthened our calls for the world to aim higher. The PICAN network will continue to champion pathways that protect our homes, cultures, and futures. www.rnz.co.nz/internationa... #PICANatCOP30

And that’s a wrap from our tiny PICAN #COP30 team in Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷. Grateful to share updates, support Pacific delegations, and connect with amazing Pacific CSOs. Stay tuned for our End Game analysis as we assess outcomes for Pacific Climate Justice. #PICANatCOP30

"There is nothing to celebrate. That is the truth. All we have done is to defer action, given room for growth for fossil fuels, redlined justice, and harmed the integrity of science. All we did was to create processes instead of delivering outcomes." www.pican.org/cop30-outcome

Ah yes, the universe reminding us, yet again, that the Pacific feels the impacts first. Even at COP. Even indoors. 🙃 Heavy rain hit #COP30 & the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion flooded, forcing cancellations and a cordoned-off space… while everyone else carried on. #PICANatCOP30

We are 269 members strong. 269 Pacific voices powering our fight for climate justice. Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific. Become a member: www.pican.org/members

We are 269 members strong. 269 Pacific voices powering our fight for climate justice. Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific. Become a member: www.pican.org/members

At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message: “It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.” Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊

While #COP30 continues in Belém, PICAN is also in Vanuatu meeting with our Vanuatu node, VCAN, to support their work as they roll out their 2026–2028 Strategy. Our commitment has always been global advocacy AND strengthened regional resilience.

Day 2 at #COP30 and climate obstruction is on full display. Some countries are challenging science itself, pushing “alternative facts” to weaken ambition. But AOSIS, LDCs and the Pacific held firm: facts are not politics — data is survival. We won’t let delay win. #PICANatCOP30

Day 1 at #COP30. Ten years since Paris, and once again, it’s the Small Islands leading the charge. As the world tracks toward 2.3–2.5°C, the Pacific and SIDS stand firm: 1.5°C isn’t ambition or target. It’s survival. #PICANatCOP30

Across the Global South, communities are being displaced, ecosystems destroyed, and Indigenous lands exploited — all in the name of a 'green transition.' This is climate colonialism, and it needs to end. Read more about this in our new Oxfam report: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/un...

🚨Another UN report, another warning. The new UN #EmissionsGapReport shows we’re headed for up to 2.5°C of warming. At #COP30, leaders must show courage, phase out fossil fuels, and deliver climate justice. 1.5°C is still alive — if we fight for it. ➡️ bit.ly/emissions-2025

Recent analysis by @oilchange.bsky.social shows that since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, just four Global North countries derailed potential for global progress in phasing out oil & gas by collectively increasing their production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 and 2024.

The Pacific youth wave keeps rising 🌊 We’re thrilled to welcome Jo-Jikum from the Marshall Islands 🇲🇭 to the PICAN family, a youth-led movement using art, storytelling & community action to power climate justice across our Blue Pacific Continent. Learn more about their amazing work ➡️ jojikum.org

COP30 is our chance to close the ambition gap and keep 1.5°C alive. The Pacific Climate Justice Demands 2025 call for: 🌡️ A fossil fuel phaseout 💰 Reparative public finance 🌊 Action for climate, nature, and people Justice must lead the way. 🔗 pican.org/pacific-dema... #PICANatCOP30

At #54PIFLM, PICAN was grateful to meet with the representatives of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Govt. We look forward to supporting RMI’s priorities, especially in the science-policy space, to uplift frontline Pacific voices in global climate action. #PICANat54PIFLM

Important directions for our region will be set in Honiara this week at #54PIFLM and civil society is here to ensure Pacific people shape the outcome. Next week, the PRNGO Alliance is continuing its commitment to contribute meaningfully to regional governance and cooperation.

Preparations are underway for the #54PIFLM taking place next week here in the Hapi Isles 🇸🇧. We are kindly being hosted by the Solomon Islands Climate Action Network-SICAN team and partnering with them to deliver a number of events throughout the week. Mifala luk fowod fo niu week kakam ya

234 industry lobbyists are in Geneva for INC 5.2! And this is likely to be a highly conservative number. What we’re seeing across the plastics, biodiversity, climate and science spaces is a widespread fossil capture of multilateralism.

Sadly the same tactics used by blocker countries in the climate space is being employed here at #INC52. These countries thrive in the grey area so we must continue to remind them of the mandate handed down by the UNEA 5/14 resolution! FULL LIFECYCLE OF PLASTICS!

Is Shell’s PR team now running COP30’s media?!!! 🤯 How can climate justice win when fossil fuel enablers hold the mic? Climate justice must not be allowed to be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction!

A Shell-linked PR firm just won the COP30 media contract 🤯🤮 For Pacific Island peoples already facing the frontlines of climate collapse, this is a slap in the face. Climate justice cannot be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/30/p...

We draw the line at 1.5°C. For survival. For justice. For our islands. The ICJ has affirmed the legal obligation of governments to limit global warming to below 1.5°C. 🎉 Shoutout to @PISFCC + allies making history. Sept 19–21: We mobilize. #DrawTheLine drawtheline.world

Last week the world watched the #ClimateICJAO. The Pacific Youth that took the issue to the ICJ went from anxious to proud as the judges delivered real climate justice. Sera Sefeti’s report captures every moment ➡️ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Today, the ICJ has confirmed what Pacific peoples have carried in story and struggle for generations. States and corporations have binding obligations to cut emissions, protect human rights guided by the principle of intergenerational equity, and repair the harm already done. More ➡️ bit.ly/4lIYYWN

Tomorrow the ICJ delivers its climate Advisory Opinion, but our truths are already on record! Captured so beautifully by #pisfcc sharing frontline testimonies of culture, loss, resistance and hope. A great reminder of what is at stake tomorrow! bit.ly/3GVJ5NA More: witnessstand.live

The ocean is under pressure — and decisions made in Nice next week will shape its future. We break down what the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) is, why it matters, and how it connects to climate and justice efforts across the globe. 🌊

We’re excited to welcome Dr James Viernes as PICAN’s new Principal Advisor – Strategic and Regional Affairs. James brings decades of Pacific leadership experience and will guide high-level strategy, engagement and climate policy influence.  🔗 bit.ly/james-viernes

"The Pacific is not a dumping ground." Packaging Insights speaks to Dr. Rufino Varea, a specialist in marine ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment and director at the @canpacificislands.bsky.social, about the consequences of Coca-Cola’s move on Samoan communities and nature.

PICAN joined 75+ feminist climate activists from 16 Pacific countries at the Conference of Pacific Feminists Defending the Living Planet 🌏 We stood with grassroots, Indigenous, PIDSOGIESC, youth & scientists — echoing our call for climate justice, led by Pacific feminists 🌺✊🏽

#MarchInReview - Grateful to join the George Institute for Global Health alongside community leaders, policymakers, researchers and advocates for an honest, powerful roundtable on gender justice and climate action in the Pacific 🌺🌏 (1/2)

SIDS & Pacific experts are shaping global climate science—bringing our voices, knowledge & solutions. PICAN proudly supported Vanuatu at the recent IPCC meeting, where key outlines for the 7th Assessment Cycle were agreed, ensuring we lead in this space. 🔗 bit.ly/3XLvL3p

This #InternationalWomensDay, Rev. James Bhagwan reminds us that women in the Pacific are not just impacted by climate change—they are leading the response. From communities to governments, their voices and leadership must be at the centre of climate action.

This #InternationalWomensDay, Mili Veiogo reminds us that women in the Pacific are not just caregivers—they are protectors, leaders, and driving forces in their communities. In times of crisis, they step up to ensure the safety and well-being of families and children.

As leaders, caregivers, & knowledge holders, women are at the heart of climate resilience. When disasters strike, they’re the ones holding families and communities together. Their voices, leadership, and traditional wisdom are essential in the fight for climate justice. #IWD2025

The Climate Navigators are complete! 🫶🏽 Meet the final three changemakers of our Climate Action Accelerator Program (CAAP): 💚 Ratu Rabeka Drauna 💙 Eseta Drova 🔥 Semi Qamese With all 12 Climate Navigators now announced, they’re ready for the in-person program in Suva next week!

Announcing the next three climate navigators that will be joining our inaugural CAAP cohort: 💚 Keresi Tuimanono 💙 Yashoda Chetty 🔥 Kulae Ramua This pilot program will engage 12 Climate Navigators. Learn more about their work: pican.org/caap (1/2)

Announcing the next three climate navigators that will be joining our inaugural CAAP cohort: 💚 Litiana Lagibalavu 💙 Miliniai Veiogo 🔥 Josevata Qava This pilot program will engage 12 Climate Navigators. Learn more about their work: pican.org/caap (1/2)

Last chance to submit your Expression of Interest to join our Board of Trustees! Deadline is 5pm FJT today, Wednesday 5th March 2025. For more information and to apply, visit bit.ly/pican-board-2025