AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPacific Climate Funding: The Pacific Resilience Facility is taking 14 community projects to pre-COP meetings in Fiji and COP31 in Türkiye, with each member getting up to US$20,000 to show Pacific-owned climate finance can deliver directly to communities, including water security, food production, coastal restoration, sanitation, renewable energy and resilience. Regional Diplomacy & Security: Pacific Islands Forum leaders are gathering in Palau under the theme B.E.L.A.U., with smaller island states pushing unity and leaders also weighing geopolitical pressure, transnational crime and energy security. Realm of New Zealand Talks: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met Niue PM Dalton Tagelagi, Cook Islands PM Mark Brown and Tokelau Ulu Alapati Tavite in Auckland for the first four-way Realm leaders meeting, focusing on shared security, economic challenges and regional cooperation ahead of Palau. Niue Remembrance: Thirty-nine memorial headstones have returned to Niue on an RNZAF C-130J to honour Niuean First World War servicemen, with installations planned across villages. US-Cook Islands Port Plan: The US and New Zealand are backing a US$60m deep-sea port on Penrhyn in the Cook Islands, with NZ managing the build.
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