'Surging seas are coming for all of us', warns UN chief
28 August 2024. The United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has issued "an SOS on sea level rise", warning that "surging seas are coming for all of us".
28 August 2024. The United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has issued "an SOS on sea level rise", warning that "surging seas are coming for all of us".
18 July 2024. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved a US$22.66 million grant for Tonga’s Coastal Resilience Project, supplemented by $1.2 million in co-financing from the Government of Tonga and $63,000 from the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
14 December, 2023. Pacific climate leaders have criticised the new COP28 deal, released overnight after marathon negotiations.
12 July, 2023. Many small island states live in fear of natural disasters, as unprecedented storms become more frequent, says Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland.
10 November 2022. As climate change continues to force-multiple threats to the security of the region, the Kingdom of Tonga was amongst the smallest of nations, to have representations at the annual global Climate Conference.
17 June, 2022. On the 15 of June, 2022 the MEIDECC’s Department of Climate Change hosted a meeting with the advisory committee for ozone layer protection.
15 May, 2022. On the 10th May 2022, the National Ozone Layer Protection Division from the Department of Climate Change conducted a consultation meeting with the contestants of the Ozone2Climate Art Contest on the awareness of the ozone layer and the Montreal Protocol requirements.
12 May, 2022. The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Finance, Ms. Pisila ‘Otunuku on Tuesday 10 Mat gave the Opening Address of Tonga’s Stakeholder & Surveyors Training Workshop for the Capacity Building and Update of the Hazard and Exposure Database for the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment Financing Initiative (PCRAFI) at the Fa’onelua Convention Centre.