AGP Executive Report
Last update: 37 minutes agoPacific health diplomacy: India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar chaired the FIPIC foreign ministers’ meeting at UNGA sidelines, with Pacific leaders including Tuvalu’s foreign minister and Vanuatu’s health minister discussing renewed cooperation on healthcare, renewable energy, climate action, and disaster resilience. Climate reporting for wellbeing: Pacific newsroom leaders adopted the Savusavu loss-and-damage media declaration, urging stronger coverage of non-financial harms like displacement and stronger storms that affect community health. Pre-COP pressure on fossil fuel messaging: Fiji airport billboards backed by a Comms Declare campaign target fossil fuel advertising, linking climate impacts to health risks in places like Tuvalu. Local capacity for public services: Palau hosted the PITAA annual heads meeting, bringing Tuvalu and other Pacific tax administrators together to strengthen revenue systems, technology, risk management, and workforce development—supporting the funding base for services. Digital knowledge protection: A Pacific digital connectivity discussion stressed protecting Indigenous and traditional knowledge, including how AI should not be used without community mandate.
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