Office of Climate Change, Government of Palau

🔁 Re-shared Opportunity | Emerging Climate Champions Award (Lever for Change)

🌎 We’re re-sharing this incredible global opportunity for youth-led organizations tackling the climate crisis. The Emerging Climate Champions Award will provide up to $1 million in multi-year grants to support bold and community-driven climate solutions.

🔹 What It Is

A global $25 million fund, awarding up to $1 million each to youth-led initiatives (ages 15–35) working on climate action, resilience, justice, disaster preparedness, sustainable agriculture, energy, and more.

🔹 Who Can Apply

Youth-led organizations from around the world

Priority to community-based groups, especially those led by Indigenous Peoples, women, and other underrepresented voices

Applicants must submit through an organizational entity

📅 Key Dates

Registration Deadline: August 15, 2025 (5:00 p.m. ET)

Application Deadline: September 22, 2025 (5:00 p.m. ET)

Final decisions expected in Fall 2026

📝 How to Apply

Register and submit through the official portal:

🔗 https://climate.leverforchange.org/submit

Why This Matters

This award is designed to uplift youth vision and leadership by providing the resources and global support needed to scale impactful climate solutions from the ground up.

Emerging Climate Champions Award Submission Manager About the Award The Emerging Climate Champions Award is a $25 million global Open Call sponsored by the Enlight Foundation and The Patchwork Collective that will provide flexible, multiyear gifts of $1 million each to youth-led organizations advancing climate solutions across the globe. Informed by...

Palau Sustainable Tourism Strategy 2025 - 2028 - Ministry of HRCTD Welcome to a new chapter in Palau’s journey—a bold and united vision to protect what makes our islands sacred, while inviting the world..

As the first week of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB62) wraps up, Palau continues to push for global decisions rooted in science and responsive to the realities of small islands.

Our delegation has been deeply engaged on multiple fronts: strengthening adaptation actions, securing fair climate finance, advancing loss and damage solutions, building capacity where it is needed most, ensuring gender equality is mainstreamed, negotiating robust rules under Article 6, and upholding the integrity of climate science to guide all efforts. Together with the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and our Pacific partners, we work to ensure that commitments made here translate into real resilience at home.

For Palau, these negotiations are not theoretical. They determine how our people adapt to rising seas, changing weather patterns, and shifting resources, while protecting our culture and way of life.

As we enter the second week, Palau remains dedicated to working alongside our allies to secure outcomes that deliver meaningful support and respect the best available science.

Kom kmal mesulang to AOSIS, our Pacific family, and everyone standing with small islands on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

📢 We’re Hiring!

The Office of Climate Change, under the Office of the President, invites qualified and motivated applicants to join our team as an Administrative Specialist I–II.

This position supports our national climate programs by providing essential administrative assistance, coordinating project activities, and ensuring effective communication with partners and stakeholders.

🔹 Position: Administrative Specialist I–II
🔹 Location: Office of Climate Change, Office of the President
🔹 Closing Date: June 30, 2025

🇵🇼 First priority is given to qualified Palauan citizens.

Interested candidates should review the full announcement and submit an application through the Bureau of Human Resources: http://www.palaugov.pw/hr

📧 For inquiries, contact [email protected]

🔁 Re-shared Opportunity | 2025 Mobility & Travel Grants (Ireland)

🌊 We’re pleased to re-share this opportunity under Ireland’s Our Shared Ocean program, supporting students, early-stage researchers, and SME/NGO representatives from Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including Palau.

🔹 Grant Categories:

Research Conferences & Workshops – €500 to €2,000

Training Courses – €500 to €2,000

Research Visits – Up to €6,000

🔹 Who Can Apply:

Undergraduate or postgraduate students

Early-career researchers

SME/NGO representatives working on ocean, climate, or blue economy issues

📅 Upcoming Deadlines: There are a number of consecutive deadlines, with the next one being Friday, 5 September 2025
(plus more throughout the year)

📝 How to Apply:
Applications must be submitted via the Marine Institute’s Research Information Management System (RIMS).
📧 Inquiries: [email protected]
🔗 Full details: https://www.marine.ie/site-area/research-funding/our-shared-ocean-%E2%80%93-mobility-and-travel-grants-2025

This program supports international collaboration between Ireland and SIDS by strengthening technical capacity, supporting climate and ocean research, and building long-term partnerships.

Our Shared Ocean – Mobility and Travel Grants 2025 | Marine Institute Our Shared Ocean – Mobility and Travel Grants 2025 (Note: Support under this call is primarily aimed towards the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, Pacific and AIMS (Africa, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Sea). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) though Irelan...

You will often see the word “resilience” when people talk about climate adaptation. In Palau, however, resilience is not something we learn only when faced with challenges. It is simply who we are. It shows up in our daily life and in the way we care for each other and our islands.

Palau is now developing its first National Adaptation Plan ( ) with support from local and international partners. Learn more about what a NAP is and how it helps small island countries prepare for and adapt to a changing climate.

🔁 Re-shared Opportunity | UN Fellowship ✨

📣 We’re re-sharing this prestigious UN‑Portugal Ocean Fellowship, an exceptional fully funded capacity-building program in sustainable ocean governance and the blue economy—open to senior ocean policy officials.

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🔹 Program Overview
• What: 5-day UN‑Portugal Ocean Fellowship on Sustainable Ocean Governance & Blue Economy
• When: October 20–24, 2025 (in Portugal)  
• Who: Up to 30 fellows—high-level officials (heads/deputy heads of ocean policy agencies, ambassadors, senior government officers) from developing countries, especially SIDS, LDCs, women, and Indigenous candidates 

🔹 Eligibility & Nomination
• Must be officially nominated by their government (e.g., via a UN Mission Note Verbale) 
• Applicants should be senior ocean governance decision-makers with demonstrated experience and fluent in English 

🔹 Benefits
• Fully funded: Round-trip airfare, accommodation, meals, local transportation, daily subsistence 
• Interdisciplinary training in marine policy, biodiversity, continental shelf law, diplomacy, blue economy, and networking with global experts 

🔹 Key Deadline
• Nomination deadline: July 15, 2025 (all materials via national UN Mission) 

🔹 How to Nominate
• Eligible officials: reach out to your Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relevant ocean agency, or UN Permanent Mission to submit a nomination

🔗 More info & official guidelines: https://sdgs.un.org/events/un-portugal-ocean-fellowship-capacity-building-program-sustainable-ocean-governance-and-0

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Why This Matters??
This fellowship empowers ocean governance leaders ➡️especially from the Pacific and Small Island Developing States⬅️to build capacity, share solutions, and advance SDG 14 goals globally. If you’re a senior ocean policymaker or know one, encourage your national office to apply!

UN-Portugal Ocean Fellowship - Capacity Building Program on Sustainable Ocean Governance and Blue Economy | Department of Economic and Social Affairs ObjectivesThe purpose of the United Nations - Portugal Ocean Fellowship Programme is to:

Palau is participating in the 62nd session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) in Bonn, Germany, where Parties are advancing technical and policy discussions that will inform key decisions for COP30. As one of the most climate-vulnerable nations, Palau remains dedicated to strengthening global cooperation based on credible science, robust monitoring and reporting, and the integration of traditional knowledge with evidence-based policy.

This year, Palau’s delegation includes representatives from Reng Collective to support national efforts throughout the session. The delegation is focused on negotiations related to adaptation, loss and damage, capacity building, and climate finance, and is contributing to technical dialogues and expert stocktaking to shape effective outcomes for frontline communities.

Palau continues to work closely with Pacific partners and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) to secure results that deliver measurable support for vulnerable countries.

🇵🇼 The Office of Climate Change is pleased to share that Palau is participating in the National Adaptation Plan Global Network Trainers Training Program on mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in national adaptation planning, taking place this week in Bonn, Germany.

Our team, represented by Ms. Nikisha Smith and Ms. Antoni D. Soalablai is engaging in this training while also supporting the Palau delegation at the SB62 climate negotiations. This dual effort reflects our commitment to strengthening Palau’s National Adaptation Plan and ensuring our climate actions remain gender-responsive and socially inclusive.

We look forward to applying the knowledge gained to advance resilience for all our communities.

Plastic is everywhere:
in our oceans, on our shores, and even in the food we eat.

Here in Palau, where our environment is deeply tied to our way of life, tackling plastic pollution is more than a global priority. It is a responsibility we all share.

This World Environment Day, we’re joining the call to rethink how we use, manage, and reduce plastic in our daily lives. Whether it's using our own bags, joining coastal clean-ups, or supporting better waste practices, the choices we make each day add up.

It starts with us! By caring for the places we call home and choosing to leave them better for those who come after us.

🔁 Re-shared Opportunity | Youth Contest

🌊 2025 Ocean Awareness Contest

We’re re-sharing this international opportunity for youth (ages 11–18) to showcase their creativity and climate stories. The theme this year is “Tell Your Climate Story,” and students can submit entries in art, writing, music, video, and more.

🗓️ Deadline: June 10, 2025
🏆 Awards of up to $1,000
📍 Open to students worldwide
🎭 Categories: Art, Poetry, Film, Spoken Word, Interactive Media, Music, Creative Writing

We encourage students in Palau and across the Pacific to take part and amplify their voices through creative expression!

🔗 Learn more and submit: https://bowseat.org/programs/ocean-awareness-contest/contest-overview/

Contest Overview The global Ocean Awareness Contest invites teens to explore water conservation through visual art, poetry & spoken word, creative writing, film, performing art, and interactive & multimedia.

Issued Tue, June 3, 2025

Palau Weekly Weather Bulletin has been tailored for Palau based on various products from NOAA NWS WFO Guam's products: Regional Weekly Weather Outlook, Tropical Weather Discussion, Area Forecast Discussion, Western Micronesian's: blended Hybrid Coastal Waters Forecast and Zone Forecast, Island Point Forecast Matrices, 7-Day Forecast for Max and Min Temperatures, and Chance of Rain. Plus, guidance from short term weather models and graphical forecasts on wind, cloud cover, weather, temperatures and wave height.

Palau Weekly Weather Bulletin produced every Tuesday by WSO Palau's Staff Meteorologist, National Climate Officer and National Data Officer, Kikuko Mochimaru.

For up-to-date information, please call WSO Palau. We are open 7 days a week, 365 days of the year!

Additional Guidance
WSO Palau website: www.weather.gov/gum/Palau/
WFO Guam website: www.weather.gov/gum
Coastal Waters/Island Forecast for Western Micronesia:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?issuedby=PQ2...
Tropical Weather Discussion: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?issuedby=PQ...
Area Forecast Discussion: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS...
WFO Guam Website: https://www.weather.gov/gum/
Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC): https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html