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CLIMATE CHANGE
![Pacific island climate change campaigners hold a traditional Fijian sevusevu and offer tapa to a community impacted by a massive coal mine in Germany. [Photo: Facebook]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/climate_change_funds_for_pacificweb.jpg?itok=F2Dn3Dyh "Pacific island climate change campaigners hold a traditional Fijian sevusevu and offer tapa to a community impacted by a massive coal mine in Germany. [Photo: Facebook]")
Washington, D.C. — The United States says it's working to improve access to the UN Green Climate Fund for Pacific Islands.
Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama had said stringent criteria around access to the UN funding source should be relaxed so nations vulnerable to climate change could get...
![High tides in Marshall Islands in March 2016 hit a seawall. [Photo: RNZI/Giff Johnson]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pac_news-marshalls.jpg?itok=PSUtTFsi "High tides in Marshall Islands in March 2016 hit a seawall. [Photo: RNZI/Giff Johnson]")
WOMAN TO SUE SAMOA GOVT. OVER ALLEGED “ABUSE OF POWER”
A woman who claims to have been unlawfully detained by the Ministry of Police in April last year is suing the Government for an undisclosed amount.
The law firm acting on behalf of Katerinauatalia Lesatele, Lui and Chang, has officially...
![A coral reef off an island in Fiji's Yasawa Group [Photo: RNZI/Sally Round]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/CORAL%20REEF-eight_col_a.jpg?itok=CTfQS08J "A coral reef off an island in Fiji's Yasawa Group [Photo: RNZI/Sally Round]")
The rapid depletion of coral reefs could prove more damaging for small islands than sea level rise, according to recently published research.
Coral reefs provide an important barrier for coastlines, creating friction that slows down and dissipates the energy of waves rushing in off the ocean.
But...