Newsletter | July 11, 2025 Edition Out Now
From Voyaging Canoes to Decarbonisation Blueprints—Catch the latest from across our Blue Pacific. The Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport (MCST)...
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Stories from the Frontlines of Ocean Stewardship “If we trust the Ocean, then she will do the same.”– Mia Kami,...
JT’s Reflections on UNOC 3, Nice
By John Taukave "If we trust the Ocean, then she will do the same." When Mia Kami storylived these words,...
Charting the Course: Pacific Island States and the Extraordinary MEPC
The Policy Shift From 14–17 October 2025, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will meet for an extraordinary session that could...
Island Ministers abstain in vote on weak deal on emissions pricing at International Maritime Organization
London, 11, April — Ministers from the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Seychelles,...
Pacific Ministers push to lock in clean energy transition at International Maritime Organization
Driven by Pacific leadership, the International Maritime Organisation is on the brink of making history with binding regulations to phase...
Shipping levy remains on table at IMO Climate Talks
Shipping levy remains on table at IMO Climate Talks A growing group of African, Caribbean, Latin America and Pacific Island...
Crunch Time for Climate Action: Fossil Fuels or a 1.5°C Future?
March 2025, London, UK — With the survival of island nations hanging in the balance, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...
Not What it Seems: Pacific Trade Data Quality Limits the Understanding of Maritime Decarbonization’s Economic Impacts on the World’s Most Climate-Vulnerable States
New research highlights shortcomings in the availability and quality of datasets across Pacific states in terms of their ability to...
Not What It Seems: Pacific Trade Data Quality Limits the Understanding of Maritime Decarbonisation’s Economic Impacts on the World’s Most Climate-Vulnerable States
AbstractThis paper seeks to better understand the availability of datasets pertinent to the baselining, monitoring and forecasting of economic impacts...
Cruise Liners – are they good for Aotearoa and the Pacific and what more do we need to know? A Literature Review
This paper discusses what a true cost benefit analysis for the cruise liner industry would encompass, in response to an...
We must stop subsidising fossil fuels and tax them: A shipping levy is the best way to get serious this year
A recent study published by the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, of which most 6PAC+ countries are members, on the...