Shift in tuna populations could cost small Pacific islands $90 million a year
In Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, and other small Pacific island nations, the tuna fishing industry is a linchpin of the economy.
“It is very...
Climate goal of 1.5C is ‘gasping for breath’, says UN head
The goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C is “gasping for breath”, the UN secretary general has said as he announced a “climate ambition...
If the Marshall Islands can support green shipping, so should everyone
Our economy depends on it but, as rising ocean levels threaten our home, tightening regulation is key
By David Kabua, Marshall Islands President
For my...
Guterres announces ‘no nonsense’ climate action summit; calls for practical solutions
The UN chief said on Monday he was determined to make 2023 “a year for peace” and a “year for action”, highlighting the need...
Opinion: Climate justice delayed is justice denied
By Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC and Dr Nazia Mintz Habib FRSA, Founder of the Centre for Resilience and Sustainable Development.
At COP27 there was...
Punching above its weight, Pacific pushes for ship polluters to pay
By Robert Iroga in London
Punching above our weight has been the statement echoed in London this week to describe the tiny Pacific’s bold...
Former Australian Coalition should have set higher climate target, says Birmingham
The former Australian Coalition government’s failure to set more ambitious climate change targets hurt Australia’s standing in the Pacific, senior Liberal Simon Birmingham has...
‘We worry about the future,’ Pacific youth advocate for survival at COP15
Youth representatives from Pacific islands attending the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montreal Canada this week,...
OACPS to support Vanuatu draft resolution seeking climate justice at UN court
By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola
The 79 member states of the Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) have indicated that...
Op-Ed: In a sea of climate disappointment, the ocean must take centre stage in...
By Henry Puna, Pacific Ocean Commissioner and Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum
This year, our Leaders endorsed the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent,...
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Climate finance, Just Transition top agenda as World faces 1.5 overhoot
Climate finance, adaptation and the transition away from fossil fuels will dominate negotiations at COP31 in Türkiye, as developing countries demand greater access to...
Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion on Monday
Vanuatu Parliament will debate the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat on Monday next week, after Speaker Felix Stephen confirmed that...
Put the ocean at the centre of COP31
By Peter Thomson
For over 30 years, Pacific island countries have issued the same warning at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference: the warming...