Kiribati's tourism authority is expecting 2020 to be an exciting year for cruise ship visits.The visits will include the first cruise to Kanton in the Phoenix Islands, which is home to the Phoenix Island Protected Area, the world's largest marine protected area, which has, up to now, had few visitors.
Posted on - 2019-12-15The rift between a growing climate vanguard and a handful of countries obstructing progress meant countries failed to finalise the rules of the Paris Agreement at talks that finished on Sunday.
The UN’s longest-ever climate summit drew to a close after two additional days and nights of difficult negotiations.
Posted on - 2019-12-15UN climate talks appear to be in trouble as they head into extra time.
Fault lines have re-appeared between different negotiating blocs, with one delegate describing a new draft text as "totally unacceptable".
Alden Meyer, from the Union of Concerned Scientists said the situation in Madrid was unprecedented since climate negotiations began in 1991.
Posted on - 2019-12-15