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Samoa’s Energy Sector Come Together to Work Collaboratively

26th June 2019 – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment through the Renewable Energy Division had successfully facilitated a National Renewable Energy Workshop with the theme “Working together in managing sustainable energy for Samoa.” The objective was to bring together all stakeholders of the Energy Sector to share information and to open a platform […]

Samoa Participates in IRENA 9th Assembly

Two Million Tree Planting Campaign to Restore our Forests

21 June 2019, Apia Samoa. PR Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. More than Two Hundred (200) tree saplings were planted by students to assist the Government in achieving its target goals of restoring our forests with biodiversity through the ‘Two Million Tree Planting Campaign.” The event took place at Faleolo Reserve last Friday 14th […]

Samoa Participates in IRENA 9th Assembly

Prince Haakon visits Samoa’s biggest Climate Change Adaptation Project

11 April 2019, Apia – The historic visit to Samoa by the Crown Prince of Norway included a stopover at the Vaisigano/Leone wall, which is part of the GEF-funded Economy-­Wide Adaptation to Climate Change Project, as well as the Vaisigano Catchment Project, co-funded by the Green Climate Fund and the Government of Samoa, and supported […]

Climate Finance Important to ACP Group

MNRE signs Agreement to Protect Samoa’s Heritage Sites on the Apia Waterfront

On 20 February 2019, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) signed an Implementation Partnership Agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to implement the Samoa Component of the Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) of the Island of Mozambique through Knowledge Sharing with the Asia-Pacific Heritage Cities Project. […]

PM on Climate Finance: Some Remain Vague, Disinterested and Uncommitted

SPREP Joins to Greenify Pacific Games 2019

30 January 2019, Apia Samoa. The Pacific Games Office is happy to announce that the Director General for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) act with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) as co-Directors of Environment Sustainability for the upcoming Pacific Games. “We are extremely excited to welcome the Director General […]

Apia Insurance Company joins as Silver Sponsor for Pacific Games 2019

Samoa Participates in IRENA 9th Assembly

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Samoa was well represented at the 9th annual Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the intergovernmental organization comprising 160 member countries that supports governments in their transition to a sustainable energy future, held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 10-13 January 2019. The Samoa delegation was led […]

SPREP Joins to Greenify Pacific Games 2019