10 December, 2015. Paula Bennett’s first act as incoming Climate Change Minister has been to reject pleas from the Pacific Islands for New Zealand to back a 1.5 degree limit to global warming that could give them the chance of survival, the Green Party has said.
7 December, 2015. Tonga’s Delegation to COP21 in Paris, France, led by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Climate Change, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni met with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Management staff Mr. Clifford Polycard and Gerd Droesse on Friday 4 December 2015.
1 December, 2015. The vulnerability of the Kingdom of Tonga to any rise in sea level is starkly evident from the moment your plane begins its descent.
1 December, 2015. Ten Pacific leaders will have a chance to tell the world how climate change is already affecting their countries as they speak at the opening of negotiations in Paris tomorrow.
Nuku'alofa, 11 November 2015. El Nino is here and all are advised to conserve water and prepare for warmer days and higher chance for tropical cyclone activity over the next 3 to 6 months
4 November, 2015. Tonga is hoping that rain currently falling over the Niua islands will head south and relieve the drought-stricken country. The National Emergency Office director, Leveni 'Aho, says he fears the worst is yet to come as the region deals with a threatening El Niño pattern.
Remarks at the Handover Ceremony for Provision of Goods for Addressing Climate Change
H.E. Mr. Huang Huaguang
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Kingdom of Tonga
16 September 2015