Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change

The UN has welcomed the Court’s rulings, marking a major turning point for climate accountability and reinforcing States’ legal obligations to prevent further climate harm! Today, we reaffirm not only the ICJ ruling, but also the power of multilateralism and global unity. 🇺🇳✊

#Perspective: How students from the Pacific took the fight against climate change to the world’s top court. Read @vishlprasad's journey of turning “heartbreak into action” here: amnesty.org/en/latest/camp… @pisfcc

#ActOnTheClimateRuling 📆 UN General Assembly resolution welcoming @CIJ_ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on State obligations on #ClimateChange expected on 20 May 📣@UN_SPExperts call on States to participate in good faith, high ambition & consider co-sponsoring 🗝️tinyurl.com/2eyjm5fr

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In this commentary, Hon. Minister Ralph Regenvanu argues that the UN must act on the International Court of Justice’s landmark climate ruling — because the rule of law means little without enforcement. #VoteYesforClimateAccountability ✊ 🔗 project-syndicate.org/commentary/un-…

Join us for a special briefing on the ICJ Advisory Opinion, officially organised by the Government of Vanuatu 🇻🇺 🗓️ When: Friday, May 1 2026 ⏰ Time: 10 AM EDT / 2 PM UTC / 2 AM FJT (Saturday, May 2 2026) 🔗 Link: Streaming live via the provided link Stay informed!

PICAN is opening applications for 4 Board seats — and we’d love to see strong Pacific voices step forward. If you care about climate justice and want to make an impact, this is your moment. 🗓 Closes 19 April 🔗 pican.org/2026-board

.@ICJ_CJI has spoken. A #UNGA resolution led by @VanuatuUN turns the ruling into action to uphold intl. law & advance #ClimateJustice. The roadmap exists; political will is missing. It’s high time to #ActOntheClimateRuling: States must support & co-sponsor the resolution!

“I have seen my home underwater.” For many in the Pacific, this is not a warning. It is memory. Endorsing the UNGA Climate Resolution is how states turn words into protection — for homes like Bedi Racule’s in the Marshall Islands, and for futures still worth saving.

Day 1 at the #PICANasm2026 in Port Vila, Vanuatu 🇻🇺

April Fools? We wish. Every statement here is real for Pacific communities, except the one some people still choose to believe. Don’t be fooled by climate misinformation. The Pacific is living the truth.

🔗 Click the link below to read the full article authored by PISFCC Director, Vishal Prasad, and Campaigns & Research Lead at PISFCC, Belyndar Rikimani! Article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #ClimateICJAO

“…once a home, now a memory…” In the Solomon Islands, Walande Island is already gone. Climate change is erasing homes now. States must endorse the UNGA Climate Resolution before it’s too late. #ClimateICJAO

Water is life. In the Pacific, climate change is turning that truth into a crisis. Act like water is life. Because it still is. #WorldWaterDay

Human Rights Watch urges UN members to back Vanuatu’s climate resolution despite U.S opposition, stressing: “Tackling climate change is not a choice: it’s a legal obligation.” 🔗: pasifika.news/2026/03/human-…

As H.E. Mary Robinson reminds us, the path to climate justice is clear, now States must take it. The United Nations General Assembly has both the opportunity and the responsibility to act: to walk this path, uphold the rule of law, and endorse the resolution. #ClimateICJAO

“The washing away of any inch of the precious coastline hurts the very vein of our existence.” For Pacific communities, climate change is lived—graves, homes, histories at risk with every cyclone and king tide. States must act now. Endorse the UNGA resolution. #ClimateICJAO

⚖️ A legal roadmap for climate accountability is finally here! Driven in part by 2025 @RightLivelihood Laureates @pisfcc and Julian Aguon, the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion is a major breakthrough. Now, they’re pushing to turn it into action. Read ➡️ bit.ly/4lDOAjY

UN Special Rapporteurs urge all states to support a UNGA resolution operationalising the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on climate obligations. “The timing…is critical.” States must not delay action to protect people, human rights, and the climate.

“There is nowhere to hide from climate change in the Marshall Islands.” Deborah Schutz describes sea level rise eroding coasts and droughts threatening staple foods like breadfruit. The UNGA Resolution affirms states’ legal duty to prevent climate harm. #ClimateICJAO