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Learn more about Ocean Conservation Commitments from Niue at COP28 with Pasifika TV. SPREP is working in partnership with Pasifika TV to bring content from COP28 to 25 Pacific Islands TV stations across 14 Pacific Islands. Pasifika TV is funded, supported and work alongside NZ's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Niues Minister of Environment, Hon Moana Ainuu spoke to Pasifika TV about their work to fight inasives in the face of clinmate change impacts. SPREP is working in partnership with Pasifika TV to bring content from COP28 to 25 Pacific Islands TV stations across 14 Pacific Islands. Pasifika TV is funded, supported and work alongside NZ's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Many educational resources available on climate change focus on its causes and its mitigation by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. there are very few educational resources that address adaptation measures that are specific to Pacific islands.

Many educational resources available on climate change focus on its causes and its mitigation by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases.

Poetry written and performed by Zora Felola Osikai Feilo (Niue) Created as part of the Islands Speak series of gifted Pacific poets joined by indigenous artists to create a visual, moving, digitally enhanced offering in this curated series of ten video poems. Islands Speak is part of the wider project Mana Moana - Pacific Voices, a collection of emotive and artistic video works that have been created to amplify and support the Pacific to drive global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Niue is characterised as the single largest uplifted coral atoll in the world, yet in contrast it is the smallest self-governing nation. It is a unique island with its elevated rugged coastline and extensive forest cover, which comprises 65% to 70% of the land area, approximately 8.7 hectares per capita. While Niue is primarily an agriculturally based economy, the value of the country’s uniqueness and unspoilt environment has been realised, and Niue is marketed as an eco-tourism/adventure tourism destination. Niue is an environmentally friendly nation in which conservation and the sustainable management of resources is an integral part of the life style of the people. This is exemplified by Niue ratifying the Convention on Biological Diversity along with its sister conventions, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Niue’s commitment to sustain and effectively manage its environment was reflected in the development of the National Environment Management Strategy in 1992, its first National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) in 2001, and this second NBSAP.

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC)

In Niue, the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project is building resilience to climate variability and climate change by improving the country’s water resources management. This technical report was developed as part of the PACC demonstration project, to detail the process undertaken to design and implement a rainwater tank manufacturing plant in Niue and supply eligible households on Niue with rainwater harvesting systems. The goal of the project is to provide an additional source of water to Niueans, by developing the country’s rainwater harvesting capacity at domestic level. Initially aimed at the most vulnerable households on Niue, the project has been extended to all 14 villages on the island under additional funding called PACC+.