Pacific nations press for action at pre-COP summit
Pacific leaders say richer nations must cut fossil fuels faster and boost climate finance as Tuvalu faces rising seas and coral loss.
- On Monday, October 5, 2026, the UN pre-COP climate summit kicked off in Nadi, Fiji, with Pacific leaders gathering to draw global attention to life on the climate frontline and push for 1.5C warming limits, improved climate finance, and ocean protection.
- The South Pacific faces unprecedented climate threats, with up to 1.2 billion people potentially displaced by 2050 as Pacific Island countries experience sea level rise at twice the global average; Tuvalu's capital Funafuti sits just two metres above sea level.
- Fiji's Climate Minister Lynda Tabuya told the opening ceremony that developing countries need $310-$365 billion to adapt yet have only $26bn available in 2023. She said Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka will push for finance to reach communities 'not someday, but now, and as an act of justice, not charity'.
- United Nations Climate Chief Simon Stiell warned the summit that extreme heat poses fatal risks to pregnant women and newborns, calling pregnancy 'a new faultline in the global climate crisis.' A survey of 1,000 health professionals across five continents confirmed widespread climate-driven maternal health crises.
- Delegates will hold a one-day retreat on low-lying Tuvalu before COP31 convenes next month in Antalya, Turkey, as Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo declared 'sea-level rise is not a future threat, it is a present reality' and Pacific leaders called for major emitters to apologize for causing loss and damage.
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