Caribbean backs Pacific stand on 1.5C, sovereignty and climate finance
Antigua and Barbuda has backed the Pacific’s call to keep the 1.5C target within reach, protect the sovereignty of climate-vulnerable states and deliver climate...
Pacific climate fund still US$320m short of target ahead of COP31
The Pacific's newly operational regional climate fund is still US$320 million short of the minimum capitalisation it needs, with Pacific leaders urging international partners...
Tuvalu calls for faster climate finance to protect Pacific communities
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has called for faster and more accessible climate and disaster financing for Pacific Island countries, warning that delays in...
Minamata survivor calls on countries to act on mercury pollution
By PACNEWS Editor Makereta Komai in Minamata, Japan
Seventy years after one of Japan’s worst industrial pollution disasters, a survivor is calling on countries yet...
Pacific health voices call for climate finance and action ahead of COP31
Pacific health and climate officials are calling for urgent action, stronger climate finance and protection of the 1.5°C target as Pacific countries take their...
‘Funds for responding to Loss and Damage is not charity, it’s a matter of...
Pacific Political Champion for climate-induced Loss and Damage, Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, has a clear message to world leaders gathering in Fiji to prepare for...
Pacific demands climate action as 1.5C limit comes under threat: UN deputy SG
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called on the world to match Pacific leadership on climate change with urgent action on emissions, adaptation...
France urges big emitters to act as Pacific pushes climate agenda ahead of COP31
France has called on major emitting countries to accelerate emissions cuts and submit stronger climate plans, warning that a world heading towards 3 degrees...
EU backs Pacific as Commissioner Hoekstra warns climate impacts are already here
European Union Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has warned that the loss of land in Tuvalu is a sign of what climate change could bring...
Indonesia protests West Papua remarks at UN New Caledonia hearing
Indonesia has protested after West Papua was raised during a United Nations Fourth Committee hearing on New Caledonia, calling for the remarks to be...
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Vanuatu takes maritime dispute with France to international arbitration
Vanuatu has launched international arbitration proceedings against France over competing maritime claims involving reefs, atolls and small islands between Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
The proceedings,...
Australia open to recruiting Pacific Islanders into military, Conroy says
Australia is considering expanding military recruitment from Pacific Island countries beyond Papua New Guinea but says its initial focus will be on ensuring the...
Pacific pushes for rotating seat on UN Security Council
Pacific nations are building international support for a dedicated rotating seat for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the United Nations Security Council, alongside...