Welcome to the COP23 Presidency’s Talanoa Dialogue page. Here you will find all the information you need to know about the process, together with the latest updates! Talanoa Dialogue The Paris Agreement provides for progress assessments (“stocktakes”) every five years in order to ensure that Parties (UNFCCC term for countries) turn commitment into action and … Read more
Bula vinaka and a very warm welcome to the Bula Zone. It is a great honour for Fiji to receive the baton from Morocco of the presidency of COP. And assume the responsibility for implementing the Paris Agreement and prepare the way for more ambitious climate action. From one of the most climate-vulnerable regions on … Read more
The following is a statement issued through the COP23 Fiji Secretariat by the leaders of the Pacific Small Island Developing States who attended the Climate Action Pacific Partnership Event in Suva, Fiji on July 3-4, 2017. 1.0 The PSIDS Leaders convened during the Climate Action Partnership Event in Suva, reaffirm that Pacific Small Island Developing … Read more
Commonwealth leaders today agreed on a bold, co-ordinated push to protect the ocean from the effects of climate change, pollution and over-fishing. Their landmark decision to adopt a Commonwealth Blue Charter will affect one third of the world’s national coastal waters, helping to sustain livelihoods and ecosystems globally. It follows overwhelming support by member countries … Read more
We, Dedicated to the goals of poverty eradication, environmental preservation and to addressing the challenges of the current anthropogenic climate change crisis; Advocating for a paradigm shift to foster coherence between Climate Change mitigation and adaptation actions, environmental protection and resilience development; Declare that we: 1. Express deep concern about the lack of comprehension, ambition, … Read more
Fiji has joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance, a global partnership to accelerate clean growth and climate protection through the rapid phase-out of traditional coal power. The Alliance, founded by the United Kingdom and Canada, includes 25 partners across a broad range of governments, businesses, and organisations committed to a safer climate, healthier people, and … Read more
We are pleased to say COP23 has been a success. Over the past two weeks, the global community has embraced Fiji’s concept of a Grand Coalition for greater ambition. In Bonn, the support for climate action from countries, regions, cities, civil society, the private sector and ordinary men and women was clearly on display. Together, … Read more
The Fijian COP23 Presidency is proud to announce the adoption by the countries of an agreement on agriculture to address climate change and food security. The agreement is the first substantive outcome and COP decision in the history of the UNFCCC processes on agriculture, after negotiations that have lasted more than six years. It establishes … Read more
The COP23 Presidency is pleased to announced the Parties have finalised the Local Communities and Indigenous People’s (LCIP) Platform, to give a voice to indigenous people within the UNFCCC process and allow them to share highly valuable traditional knowledge. The Platform, which was first introduced during COP21, has been a key priority for the COP23 … Read more
The COP23 Presidency announced the States Parties had finalised the first-ever Gender Action Plan, which aims to increase the participation of women in all UNFCCC processes. It also seeks to increase awareness of and support for the development and effective implementation of gender-responsive climate policy at the regional, national and local levels. “This is a … Read more