350 Pacific

350 Pacific is a youth led grassroots movement working with communities to fight climate change from the Pacific Islands.

[350 dot org @350]

💵 $250bn per year of climate finance by 2035 is completely unacceptable! ❌ We need trillions, not billions! Take action: https://t.co/vS4E3lCbLv

As climate disasters continue & momentum for a transition to safe renewable energy builds, leaders at #COP29 must take these negotiations as seriously as their people do.

👉But it’s not over yet! Let's keep the pressure on.

[350 dot org @350]

"At the end of the day, at this COP, it's about confidence that the money will come and we will be able to access it easily.

We need to see an ambitious climate goal that also looks at adaptation & loss and damage.

We need to stop funding fossil fuels and make sure money for our countries is public and comes through grants, without strings attached." – 🗣️ Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Climate envoy for the Marshall Islands.

[350 dot org @350]

“Thanks to the massive success of renewables and other clean technologies, coal, gas & oil are all set to peak – and soon.

Yet we know from our work on the Production Gap Report last year that globally governments plan to produce double the fossil fuels in 2030 than the 1.5°C warming limit allows.

The first action governments need to take for a fossil fuel phase out is to stop authorising and funding fossil fuel expansion.” –🗣️ @BillHareClimate @CA_latest

[350 dot org @350]

“To avoid replicating the extractivist, colonial, & capitalist systems that have harmed so many, we urge future COP presidencies to place Indigenous voices at the heart of leadership & negotiations, ensuring a truly just energy transition.

At this COP, to start, communities must be paid. Finance is the bridge to climate action & justice.” – 🗣️@JoSikulu @350Pacific

[350 dot org @350]

1/ Yesterday at #COP29, we joined @PriceofOil, @greenpeace, @CA_Latest & the Marshall Islands climate envoy to demand global leaders enact a fair, rapid & equitable fossil fuel phaseout alongside robust financial support that prioritizes the countries & communities most affected by the climate crisis.

Here are our highlights.👇

[Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) @CANPacificIs]

It’s Day 8 at #COP29 and confusion and frustration continues to be the name of the game.

@gracemalie_tv, Rising Nations Fellow from Tuvalu shares our daily updates from Baku, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

[350 dot org @350]

Activists from @PriceofOil, @CBD_Climate, @350AmLatina, and @350Pacific visited the @OPECSecretariat pavilion, demanding that polluters not be given a seat at the table at climate talks where solutions and finance for the climate emergency are being discussed.

[350 dot org @350]

“Finance is the greatest barrier to adaptation and resilience of our people in the face of this rapidly changing climate.

And it’s not just a challenge to hold governments and corporations accountable to the promises they make. It’s also a challenge to access the funds when they’re made available.” 🗣️ @JoSikulu @350Pacific

[350 dot org @350]

Leaders must commit to a finance goal that addresses the needs of frontline communities.

What does that look like?

Hear from @JoSikulu @350Pacific, @harjeet11 @fossiltreaty, @bronwentucker @PriceofOil & Thato Angelina Gabaitse @TheWeCampaign at our COP29 press conference.🧵👇

[350 dot org @350]

📢 HAPPENING TOMORROW: 350 hosts a panel discussion at #COP29Azerbaijan in Baku to discuss the demands for the new global climate finance goal and the need for it to serve the Global South.

Follow along here 👉 https://t.co/eTlMVgtmj5

[350 Pacific @350Pacific]

We urge the Australian Government to choose safe, clean, and fair renewable energy that leaves no community behind. Facing economic and climate crises, it's time to stop fossil fuel funding. Let's build a future where all can thrive. Sign now! ✍️ https://t.co/BkuY03oAUt #OURPAWA

[Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @LossandDamage]

2/2. 🗣️H.E. Maina Talia, Minister of #ClimateChange, Environment and Home Affairs speaks to how #LossAndDamage from #ClimateChange impacts all aspects of life in Tuvalu at the #ClimateMobilitySummit during #ClimateWeekNYC.

🔗Find out more about the summit here: https://t.co/zgTTRNihIu

[Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @LossandDamage]

1/2. “For Tuvalu, sea level rise possess and existential threat to our people. It undermines our economies, swallows our heritage, eats away at our ancestral lands and compromises our identity as Tuvaluans.“ H.E. Maina Talia, Minister of #ClimateChange, Environment & Home Affairs, of @TuvaluGov, at the #ClimateMobilitySummit.

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Recommended read: Joseph Zane Sikulu – Pacific director for climate campaign group @350Pacific – wrote an open letter in @ClimateHome to Mukhtar Babayev, president-designate of the COP29 climate summit, calling out Azerbaijan’s “business-as-usual” tactics for addressing climate change.

https://t.co/Q26Ggra2aD

[Climate Home News @ClimateHome]

"The time for amplifying our voices is over. We need action. Fossil fuels are at the root of this crisis, fossil fuels threaten our islands."

🖋 Comment: 'As Pacific Islanders, we need climate action – not greenwashing – from Azerbaijan' @350Pacific https://t.co/Z4XIhuCv5S

[350 Pacific @350Pacific]

Honoured to have had Fiji's Permanent Secretary for Environment and longtime Pacific Climate Warrior, Dr. Sivendra Michael join us to present the awards for our Build Better Now parade in Tonga. #PIFLM53

[Sivendra Michael @sivendram13]

Message delivered at @350Pacific event:

A “transformative & resilient Pacific” needs to be built by young people. The leaders, not only of tomorrow, but of today. It is a Pacific that ensures a livable climate & renewable energy access for all. #PIFLM53

[350 Pacific @350Pacific]

"To stay in this state of recovery and resilience is absolutely not fair on us. We deserve to go beyond resilience and thrive. However, the climate crisis that we are in does not allow that.” - Alisi Rabukawaqa-Nacewa #PIFLM53

[350 Pacific @350Pacific]

Today, climate advocates set strong expectations of the #PIFLM53 in Tonga. These were explicitly directed towards Australia, as the region's main fossil fuel producing nation.

Read full press release here: https://t.co/qTO03apBr9

[350 Pacific @350Pacific]

"If Australia is to demonstrate genuine commitment, it must align its domestic and international climate policies with our goals and advocate earnestly for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific...If these steps are not taken, we risk witnessing a COP that concedes failure." - Rufino Varea