Samoa PM Fiame Mata’afa calls for more commitment from polluters
In her address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa called for more climate action to fight the...
PNG Prime Minister calls on world’s big carbon emitters to own up and apologise
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has called on the big carbon emitters of the world to own up and apologise to small...
Pacific nations appeal for solidarity to combat COVID-19 and climate change
Pacific Island leaders speaking in the UN General Assembly on Saturday underlined the need for global solidarity, commitment and action to tackle COVID-19 and...
Fiji legislates 2050 net zero commitment, PM Bainimarama calls on G20 nations to follow...
Three days after the Fijian Parliament passed a ground-breaking Climate Change Bill, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama delivered a challenge to developed countries at the...
Vanuatu to push international court for climate change opinion
-Vanuatu is asking the International Court of Justice to issue an opinion on the rights of present and future generations to be protected from...
Fiji records 54 new cases of COVID-19, FEMAT winding down its operation
Fiji has recorded 54 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday increasing the total number of cases in the island nation to 50,685 and 588 deaths...
Pacific Leaders meet with United Nations Secretary-General
Pacific Leaders met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 23 September 2021 in a virtual meeting held on the margins of the high-level...
‘Catastrophic pathway’: UN secretary general urges action to save Pacific lives
The Secretary General of the United Nations has told Pacific nations that a 45 percent cut in emissions by 2030 was needed globally to...
Fijian PM calls for solidarity amongst SIDS to respond to climate crisis
At the meeting for leaders from the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS), Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama highlighted the urgent need for challenges...
Low-lying nations have been demanding greater climate action at the UN this week
Faced with what they see as an existential threat, leaders from low-lying and island nations implored rich countries at the United Nations General Assembly...
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SPC must stay accountable to members as it approaches 80th anniversary
The Pacific Community (SPC) must remain responsive to its members’ priorities and accountable for its work as it approaches its 80th anniversary, Director-General Dr...
Tonga urges SPC members to ensure decisions deliver for Pacific people
Pacific Community (SPC) members must make clear decisions on priorities and resources to ensure the organisation continues delivering services for Pacific people, CRGA56 Chair...
Fiji Coalition partner SODELPA rejects Bill 32, demands full repeal of 2013 constitution
Fiji’s Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) has rejected the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill 2026, known as Bill 32, saying it retains key provisions of...