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The United Nations climate change summit COP29 has "once again ignored" the Pacific Islands, a group of regional climate advocacy organisations say.

The former Nauru president also said the Pacific is at the forefront of the climate crisis, and "For this reason, our leaders welcome the opportunity to co-host a Pacific COP31 in Australia."

Pacific climate leaders are frustrated by the sluggish rate of progress made during the first week of the UN climate meeting.

The 'Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Programme' was announced at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Thursday.

Prime Minister Feleti Teo is pushing for the new pledge, known as the New Collective Qualifying Goal, to be significantly higher than the previous goal of US$100 billion a year. Audio

Tonga's Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku has urged leaders from small island nations "not be disheartened," despite the "disappointing outcomes" of past UN climate summits.

The environment organisation's chief Pacific campaigner described the comments by Azerbaijan's president that oil and gas are a "gift of God" as "disappointing".

António Guterres says the world is in the "final countdown" to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius at the UN climate change conference in Azerbaijan.

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Pacific nations want clear commitments at COP29 on loss and damage funds for climate adaptation from high-emitters.

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Opinion - Climate change impacts everyone around the world. But it is the Pacific communities that have been unfairly placed on the front line of this escalating crisis, writes Hu'akavameiliku.

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We cannot afford to normalise these record-breaking temperatures annually, as this trajectory threatens our long-term existence, writes Climate Change Minister John Salong

The UN climate change conference will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11-22 November.

A Pacific climate policy advisor hopes developed nations will start being more active in combating climate change once they see the impact in their own nations.

Pacific leaders are preparing for COP29 which is set to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan next month.

Antonio Guterres, who is in Nuku'alofa for the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit, provided an update on the present-day impacts and future projections of sea-level rise.