Pacific Foreign Ministers declare a climate emergency, set priorities at FFMM 2022
Formal outcomes from the Forum Foreign Ministers, held in Suva on Friday have been released with key collective decisions including a declaration that the...
Labor faces major climate test, under pressure from the Pacific
Vanuatu’s special envoy on climate change for the Pacific has told Australia to back his country’s push to tie climate change inaction to the...
Cop that! Preparing for climate talks in Egypt – and the Pacific?
By Nic Maclellan
As leaders gather in Suva for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum, island nations are also gearing up for the next round...
Australian and NZ invitation for co-hosted COP with Pacific must be matched by support...
The invitation from Australia and New Zealand for Pacific Island nations to be part of a joint bid to host a future UN climate...
Former Pacific leaders group urges Australia to increase 43 percent emissions cut
Former Pacific leaders have called for “urgent actions” to reduce global carbon emissions, including a commitment to no new coal or gas projects as...
“Intolerable tide” of people displaced by climate change: UN Expert
Tackling the devastating effects of extreme weather changes and disasters on communities in vulnerable situations across the world will be a top priority, the...
Commonwealth leaders line up to support action on ‘living lands’
Leaders and senior officials from across the Commonwealth have voiced their robust support for a non-binding charter on climate change, biodiversity and land degradation,...
World Environment Court proposed at meeting of Commonwealth civil society experts ahead of COP27
Climate negotiators, small island decision makers and Rwanda's Justice Minister came together Tuesday at the Commonwealth People's Forum to discuss how the coalition of...
EU blocks bespoke fund for climate victims as rich nations moot alternatives
By Joe Lo and Chloé Farand
The EU has blocked developing countries’ call for a facility to distribute money to victims of climate disasters,...
Island nations urge Commonwealth leaders to bolster ocean climate action
Small island nations are calling for strengthened global support for ocean and climate change action, just days before Commonwealth leaders convene in Kigali, Rwanda,...
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Pacific UN operations ‘unaffected’ by global budget crisis despite Guterres warning
The head of the United Nations in the Pacific says UN operations across 15 countries in the region will not be affected by a...
U.S-Tonga relations remain “strong” despite new US visa bond rules, Crown Prince says
The Tongan government says bilateral relations with the United States remain robust despite new U.S visa requirements that will affect Tongan passport holders from...
Pacific at the centre of a changing global Tuna Trade, New FFA report finds
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has released a new report examining current global tuna markets and trade trends in the Western and...