AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoClimate Finance: Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown urged partners to deliver faster, easier-to-access support as Pacific leaders met in Fiji. The Green Climate Fund says another US$300 million for Pacific projects may go before its board this month. Separately, new pledges of about US$15 million brought the Pacific Resilience Facility’s total to just under US$200 million, still short of its US$500 million goal after COP31. Seabed Minerals: The Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority says exploration will continue through 2032; licences come up for renewal in 2027, but no commercial mining has been approved. Ocean Funding: The Bezos Earth Fund has committed more than US$25 million to conservation across five Pacific nations, including the Cook Islands.
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