Pacific nations vow to chart destiny with own agenda
Pacific Island leaders have stressed the need to grasp their own destiny by setting their own regional agenda, with a focus on climate change...
Fiji PM Rabuka plans state visit to Indonesia next year
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will visit Indonesia in 2024.
The invitation extended by Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo follows their recent discussion on the matter...
Third release of treated water from Fukushima nuclear plant ends safely, TEPCO says
The release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean ended safely as planned,...
State parties to meet on prohibition of nuclear weapons treaty
By Brittany Nawaqatabu
The second meeting of state parties on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is set to kick off at...
UN urges dramatic climate action as records keep tumbling
With global temperatures soaring and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reaching unprecedented levels, dramatic climate action is needed to steer the world away from runaway...
Fiji to ratify UNCLOS: Rabuka
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says Fiji is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), being the...
Tonga did not sign the Samoa Agreement
Tonga did not sign the Samoa Agreement, that took place in Samoa last week.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Fekitamoeloa 'Utoikamanu, said that there is a...
Approach Saudi Arabia’s climate commitment with caution: PICAN
Climate advocates are urging the Pacific Islands Forum to exercise caution in considering Saudi Arabia’s climate financing commitment.
Saudi Arabia pledged US$50 million making it...
Lack of funding a major setback for Pacific Islands on climate change, says Tonga...
Summing up the Pacific Leaders meeting earlier this month in Rarotonga, Tonga's Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni said the meeting reassured the Pacific leaders...
Faith leaders call for no new coal or gas and urgent action on climate
Senior leaders from Christian, Muslim and Buddhist faiths visited key Ministers and MPs in Canberra last Thursday to urge the federal Labor government to...
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‘World will be plunged into deepening insecurity’ without climate action: AOSIS warns
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Lead Climate Change negotiator Anne Rasmussen has issued a clear warning ahead of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, saying...
Solomon Islands Court of Appeal stalls move to oust PM Manele over constitutional concerns
The Solomon Islands Court of Appeal has issued a judgement revealing it stalled moves to oust Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele due to “serious questions...
Fiji’s National Referendum Bill: what it says, what it restricts, and why it matters
A plain-language breakdown of Bill No. 46 of 2025 — the legislation that will govern how Fijians vote on constitutional change, and why civil...