Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN)
@canpacificislands.bsky.social
Bringing together civil society actors across Pacific island countries to advocate for climate justice.
Ah yes, the universe reminding us, yet again, that the Pacific feels the impacts first. Even at COP. Even indoors. 🙃
Heavy rain hit #COP30 & the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion flooded, forcing cancellations and a cordoned-off space… while everyone else carried on.
#PICANatCOP30
Heavy rain hit #COP30 & the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion flooded, forcing cancellations and a cordoned-off space… while everyone else carried on.
#PICANatCOP30
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ah yes, the universe reminding us, yet again, that the Pacific feels the impacts first. Even at COP. Even indoors. 🙃
Heavy rain hit #COP30 & the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion flooded, forcing cancellations and a cordoned-off space… while everyone else carried on.
#PICANatCOP30
Heavy rain hit #COP30 & the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion flooded, forcing cancellations and a cordoned-off space… while everyone else carried on.
#PICANatCOP30
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We are 269 members strong. 269 Pacific voices powering our fight for climate justice.
Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific.
Become a member: www.pican.org/members
Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific.
Become a member: www.pican.org/members
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We are 269 members strong. 269 Pacific voices powering our fight for climate justice.
Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific.
Become a member: www.pican.org/members
Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific.
Become a member: www.pican.org/members
We are 269 members strong. 269 Pacific voices powering our fight for climate justice.
Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific.
Become a member: www.pican.org/members
Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific.
Become a member: www.pican.org/members
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We are 269 members strong. 269 Pacific voices powering our fight for climate justice.
Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific.
Become a member: www.pican.org/members
Our network directly guides our priorities, grounds our advocacy, and holds us to a just, resilient, self-determined Pacific.
Become a member: www.pican.org/members
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At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
While #COP30 continues in Belém, PICAN is also in Vanuatu meeting with our Vanuatu node, VCAN, to support their work as they roll out their 2026–2028 Strategy.
Our commitment has always been global advocacy AND strengthened regional resilience.
Our commitment has always been global advocacy AND strengthened regional resilience.
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
While #COP30 continues in Belém, PICAN is also in Vanuatu meeting with our Vanuatu node, VCAN, to support their work as they roll out their 2026–2028 Strategy.
Our commitment has always been global advocacy AND strengthened regional resilience.
Our commitment has always been global advocacy AND strengthened regional resilience.
Day 2 at #COP30 and climate obstruction is on full display. Some countries are challenging science itself, pushing “alternative facts” to weaken ambition.
But AOSIS, LDCs and the Pacific held firm: facts are not politics — data is survival. We won’t let delay win.
#PICANatCOP30
But AOSIS, LDCs and the Pacific held firm: facts are not politics — data is survival. We won’t let delay win.
#PICANatCOP30
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Day 2 at #COP30 and climate obstruction is on full display. Some countries are challenging science itself, pushing “alternative facts” to weaken ambition.
But AOSIS, LDCs and the Pacific held firm: facts are not politics — data is survival. We won’t let delay win.
#PICANatCOP30
But AOSIS, LDCs and the Pacific held firm: facts are not politics — data is survival. We won’t let delay win.
#PICANatCOP30
Day 1 at #COP30. Ten years since Paris, and once again, it’s the Small Islands leading the charge. As the world tracks toward 2.3–2.5°C, the Pacific and SIDS stand firm: 1.5°C isn’t ambition or target. It’s survival.
#PICANatCOP30
#PICANatCOP30
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Day 1 at #COP30. Ten years since Paris, and once again, it’s the Small Islands leading the charge. As the world tracks toward 2.3–2.5°C, the Pacific and SIDS stand firm: 1.5°C isn’t ambition or target. It’s survival.
#PICANatCOP30
#PICANatCOP30
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Across the Global South, communities are being displaced, ecosystems destroyed, and Indigenous lands exploited — all in the name of a 'green transition.' This is climate colonialism, and it needs to end. Read more about this in our new Oxfam report: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/un...
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Across the Global South, communities are being displaced, ecosystems destroyed, and Indigenous lands exploited — all in the name of a 'green transition.' This is climate colonialism, and it needs to end. Read more about this in our new Oxfam report: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/un...
🚨Another UN report, another warning.
The new UN #EmissionsGapReport shows we’re headed for up to 2.5°C of warming.
At #COP30, leaders must show courage, phase out fossil fuels, and deliver climate justice. 1.5°C is still alive — if we fight for it.
➡️ bit.ly/emissions-2025
The new UN #EmissionsGapReport shows we’re headed for up to 2.5°C of warming.
At #COP30, leaders must show courage, phase out fossil fuels, and deliver climate justice. 1.5°C is still alive — if we fight for it.
➡️ bit.ly/emissions-2025
Pacific calls for urgent climate action as latest UN report warns world is off track
The latest UN Environment Programme Emissions Gap Report 2025 delivers yet another stark warning - the world is still far off track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, with current Nationally De...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🚨Another UN report, another warning.
The new UN #EmissionsGapReport shows we’re headed for up to 2.5°C of warming.
At #COP30, leaders must show courage, phase out fossil fuels, and deliver climate justice. 1.5°C is still alive — if we fight for it.
➡️ bit.ly/emissions-2025
The new UN #EmissionsGapReport shows we’re headed for up to 2.5°C of warming.
At #COP30, leaders must show courage, phase out fossil fuels, and deliver climate justice. 1.5°C is still alive — if we fight for it.
➡️ bit.ly/emissions-2025
Recent analysis by @oilchange.bsky.social shows that since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, just four Global North countries derailed potential for global progress in phasing out oil & gas by collectively increasing their production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 and 2024.
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Recent analysis by @oilchange.bsky.social shows that since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, just four Global North countries derailed potential for global progress in phasing out oil & gas by collectively increasing their production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 and 2024.
The Pacific youth wave keeps rising 🌊
We’re thrilled to welcome Jo-Jikum from the Marshall Islands 🇲🇭 to the PICAN family, a youth-led movement using art, storytelling & community action to power climate justice across our Blue Pacific Continent.
Learn more about their amazing work ➡️ jojikum.org
We’re thrilled to welcome Jo-Jikum from the Marshall Islands 🇲🇭 to the PICAN family, a youth-led movement using art, storytelling & community action to power climate justice across our Blue Pacific Continent.
Learn more about their amazing work ➡️ jojikum.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The Pacific youth wave keeps rising 🌊
We’re thrilled to welcome Jo-Jikum from the Marshall Islands 🇲🇭 to the PICAN family, a youth-led movement using art, storytelling & community action to power climate justice across our Blue Pacific Continent.
Learn more about their amazing work ➡️ jojikum.org
We’re thrilled to welcome Jo-Jikum from the Marshall Islands 🇲🇭 to the PICAN family, a youth-led movement using art, storytelling & community action to power climate justice across our Blue Pacific Continent.
Learn more about their amazing work ➡️ jojikum.org
COP30 is our chance to close the ambition gap and keep 1.5°C alive.
The Pacific Climate Justice Demands 2025 call for:
🌡️ A fossil fuel phaseout
💰 Reparative public finance
🌊 Action for climate, nature, and people
Justice must lead the way.
🔗 pican.org/pacific-dema...
#PICANatCOP30
The Pacific Climate Justice Demands 2025 call for:
🌡️ A fossil fuel phaseout
💰 Reparative public finance
🌊 Action for climate, nature, and people
Justice must lead the way.
🔗 pican.org/pacific-dema...
#PICANatCOP30
October 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
COP30 is our chance to close the ambition gap and keep 1.5°C alive.
The Pacific Climate Justice Demands 2025 call for:
🌡️ A fossil fuel phaseout
💰 Reparative public finance
🌊 Action for climate, nature, and people
Justice must lead the way.
🔗 pican.org/pacific-dema...
#PICANatCOP30
The Pacific Climate Justice Demands 2025 call for:
🌡️ A fossil fuel phaseout
💰 Reparative public finance
🌊 Action for climate, nature, and people
Justice must lead the way.
🔗 pican.org/pacific-dema...
#PICANatCOP30
At #54PIFLM, PICAN was grateful to meet with the representatives of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Govt.
We look forward to supporting RMI’s priorities, especially in the science-policy space, to uplift frontline Pacific voices in global climate action.
#PICANat54PIFLM
We look forward to supporting RMI’s priorities, especially in the science-policy space, to uplift frontline Pacific voices in global climate action.
#PICANat54PIFLM
September 16, 2025 at 4:51 AM
At #54PIFLM, PICAN was grateful to meet with the representatives of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Govt.
We look forward to supporting RMI’s priorities, especially in the science-policy space, to uplift frontline Pacific voices in global climate action.
#PICANat54PIFLM
We look forward to supporting RMI’s priorities, especially in the science-policy space, to uplift frontline Pacific voices in global climate action.
#PICANat54PIFLM
Important directions for our region will be set in Honiara this week at #54PIFLM and civil society is here to ensure Pacific people shape the outcome.
Next week, the PRNGO Alliance is continuing its commitment to contribute meaningfully to regional governance and cooperation.
Next week, the PRNGO Alliance is continuing its commitment to contribute meaningfully to regional governance and cooperation.
September 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Important directions for our region will be set in Honiara this week at #54PIFLM and civil society is here to ensure Pacific people shape the outcome.
Next week, the PRNGO Alliance is continuing its commitment to contribute meaningfully to regional governance and cooperation.
Next week, the PRNGO Alliance is continuing its commitment to contribute meaningfully to regional governance and cooperation.
Preparations are underway for the #54PIFLM taking place next week here in the Hapi Isles 🇸🇧.
We are kindly being hosted by the Solomon Islands Climate Action Network-SICAN team and partnering with them to deliver a number of events throughout the week.
Mifala luk fowod fo niu week kakam ya
We are kindly being hosted by the Solomon Islands Climate Action Network-SICAN team and partnering with them to deliver a number of events throughout the week.
Mifala luk fowod fo niu week kakam ya
September 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Preparations are underway for the #54PIFLM taking place next week here in the Hapi Isles 🇸🇧.
We are kindly being hosted by the Solomon Islands Climate Action Network-SICAN team and partnering with them to deliver a number of events throughout the week.
Mifala luk fowod fo niu week kakam ya
We are kindly being hosted by the Solomon Islands Climate Action Network-SICAN team and partnering with them to deliver a number of events throughout the week.
Mifala luk fowod fo niu week kakam ya
234 industry lobbyists are in Geneva for INC 5.2! And this is likely to be a highly conservative number.
What we’re seeing across the plastics, biodiversity, climate and science spaces is a widespread fossil capture of multilateralism.
What we’re seeing across the plastics, biodiversity, climate and science spaces is a widespread fossil capture of multilateralism.
August 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
234 industry lobbyists are in Geneva for INC 5.2! And this is likely to be a highly conservative number.
What we’re seeing across the plastics, biodiversity, climate and science spaces is a widespread fossil capture of multilateralism.
What we’re seeing across the plastics, biodiversity, climate and science spaces is a widespread fossil capture of multilateralism.
Sadly the same tactics used by blocker countries in the climate space is being employed here at #INC52.
These countries thrive in the grey area so we must continue to remind them of the mandate handed down by the UNEA 5/14 resolution!
FULL LIFECYCLE OF PLASTICS!
These countries thrive in the grey area so we must continue to remind them of the mandate handed down by the UNEA 5/14 resolution!
FULL LIFECYCLE OF PLASTICS!
Today, in #PlasticsTreaty #INC52 talks, ambitious countries are experiencing déjà vu as spoiler countries keep forgetting that the 2022 UNEA 5/14 resolution mandates a treaty that addresses the FULL lifecycle of plastics. [Sadly, we used this cartoon before. Still applies.]
August 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Sadly the same tactics used by blocker countries in the climate space is being employed here at #INC52.
These countries thrive in the grey area so we must continue to remind them of the mandate handed down by the UNEA 5/14 resolution!
FULL LIFECYCLE OF PLASTICS!
These countries thrive in the grey area so we must continue to remind them of the mandate handed down by the UNEA 5/14 resolution!
FULL LIFECYCLE OF PLASTICS!
Is Shell’s PR team now running COP30’s media?!!! 🤯
How can climate justice win when fossil fuel enablers hold the mic? Climate justice must not be allowed to be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction!
How can climate justice win when fossil fuel enablers hold the mic? Climate justice must not be allowed to be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction!
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Is Shell’s PR team now running COP30’s media?!!! 🤯
How can climate justice win when fossil fuel enablers hold the mic? Climate justice must not be allowed to be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction!
How can climate justice win when fossil fuel enablers hold the mic? Climate justice must not be allowed to be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction!
A Shell-linked PR firm just won the COP30 media contract 🤯🤮
For Pacific Island peoples already facing the frontlines of climate collapse, this is a slap in the face. Climate justice cannot be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/30/p...
For Pacific Island peoples already facing the frontlines of climate collapse, this is a slap in the face. Climate justice cannot be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/30/p...
PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract
As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest As calls grow to keep foss...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:55 AM
A Shell-linked PR firm just won the COP30 media contract 🤯🤮
For Pacific Island peoples already facing the frontlines of climate collapse, this is a slap in the face. Climate justice cannot be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/30/p...
For Pacific Island peoples already facing the frontlines of climate collapse, this is a slap in the face. Climate justice cannot be co-opted by the very industry behind our destruction.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/30/p...
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We draw the line at 1.5°C. For survival. For justice. For our islands. The ICJ has affirmed the legal obligation of governments to limit global warming to below 1.5°C. 🎉 Shoutout to @PISFCC + allies making history. Sept 19–21: We mobilize. #DrawTheLine drawtheline.world
July 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
We draw the line at 1.5°C. For survival. For justice. For our islands. The ICJ has affirmed the legal obligation of governments to limit global warming to below 1.5°C. 🎉 Shoutout to @PISFCC + allies making history. Sept 19–21: We mobilize. #DrawTheLine drawtheline.world
Last week the world watched the #ClimateICJAO. The Pacific Youth that took the issue to the ICJ went from anxious to proud as the judges delivered real climate justice.
Sera Sefeti’s report captures every moment ➡️ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Sera Sefeti’s report captures every moment ➡️ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
July 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Last week the world watched the #ClimateICJAO. The Pacific Youth that took the issue to the ICJ went from anxious to proud as the judges delivered real climate justice.
Sera Sefeti’s report captures every moment ➡️ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Sera Sefeti’s report captures every moment ➡️ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Today, the ICJ has confirmed what Pacific peoples have carried in story and struggle for generations. States and corporations have binding obligations to cut emissions, protect human rights guided by the principle of intergenerational equity, and repair the harm already done.
More ➡️ bit.ly/4lIYYWN
More ➡️ bit.ly/4lIYYWN
July 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Today, the ICJ has confirmed what Pacific peoples have carried in story and struggle for generations. States and corporations have binding obligations to cut emissions, protect human rights guided by the principle of intergenerational equity, and repair the harm already done.
More ➡️ bit.ly/4lIYYWN
More ➡️ bit.ly/4lIYYWN
Tomorrow the ICJ delivers its climate Advisory Opinion, but our truths are already on record! Captured so beautifully by #pisfcc sharing frontline testimonies of culture, loss, resistance and hope.
A great reminder of what is at stake tomorrow!
bit.ly/3GVJ5NA
More: witnessstand.live
A great reminder of what is at stake tomorrow!
bit.ly/3GVJ5NA
More: witnessstand.live
Lenora Qereqeretabua - Witness Stand for Climate Justice | "Land is not a commodity. It is sacred"
Hear Lenora's message to the International Court of Justice as it hears the biggest climate case in history. All of our Climate justice stories and Witness Stand testimonies can be viewed on the Witness Stand Website: https://witnessstand.live/ To join the Witness Stand and become a #ClimateWitness visit: https://witnessstand.live/join-the-wi... ------------------- What is the Witness Stand? The “Witness Stand” is an advocacy and storytelling project by the @pisfcc (Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change), in collaboration with @notjustcelsius (Not Justice Celsius) and The World's Youth For Climate Justice. Stories from the frontlines of the climate crisis need a platform, they must be listened to by the world and most importantly: By the judges of the International Court of Justice. Climate change is real and we need #climatejusticenow.
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July 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Tomorrow the ICJ delivers its climate Advisory Opinion, but our truths are already on record! Captured so beautifully by #pisfcc sharing frontline testimonies of culture, loss, resistance and hope.
A great reminder of what is at stake tomorrow!
bit.ly/3GVJ5NA
More: witnessstand.live
A great reminder of what is at stake tomorrow!
bit.ly/3GVJ5NA
More: witnessstand.live
The ocean is under pressure — and decisions made in Nice next week will shape its future.
We break down what the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) is, why it matters, and how it connects to climate and justice efforts across the globe. 🌊
We break down what the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) is, why it matters, and how it connects to climate and justice efforts across the globe. 🌊
June 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The ocean is under pressure — and decisions made in Nice next week will shape its future.
We break down what the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) is, why it matters, and how it connects to climate and justice efforts across the globe. 🌊
We break down what the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) is, why it matters, and how it connects to climate and justice efforts across the globe. 🌊
We’re excited to welcome Dr James Viernes as PICAN’s new Principal Advisor – Strategic and Regional Affairs.
James brings decades of Pacific leadership experience and will guide high-level strategy, engagement and climate policy influence.
🔗 bit.ly/james-viernes
James brings decades of Pacific leadership experience and will guide high-level strategy, engagement and climate policy influence.
🔗 bit.ly/james-viernes
May 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We’re excited to welcome Dr James Viernes as PICAN’s new Principal Advisor – Strategic and Regional Affairs.
James brings decades of Pacific leadership experience and will guide high-level strategy, engagement and climate policy influence.
🔗 bit.ly/james-viernes
James brings decades of Pacific leadership experience and will guide high-level strategy, engagement and climate policy influence.
🔗 bit.ly/james-viernes