Our Ocean conference: More than 80 countries to be represented
The Our Ocean Conference opens in Palau this week and more than 500 delegates from 80 countries are expected to attend.
The Republic of Palau...
NZ supporting call for urgent climate action at ocean conference
Global leaders need to realise the harmful impact their lack of climate action is having on the Pacific region, New Zealand's Minister for Pacific...
Australia, Vanuatu sign Pacific Fusion Centre MOU
The Australian Government and the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu have reached an important milestone, signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the...
We can’t just abandon our Pacific neighbours to the climate crisis
Opinion by Mark Howden, 'Ofa Ma'Asi-Kaisamy
With many parts of the Pacific still suffering due to COVID-19, the latest international report on climate change...
3.5 million people in Western Pacific die each year due to climate crisis: WHO
Around 3.5 million people in the Western Pacific die each year as a result of environmental causes, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) data...
2°C not an option for the Pacific, decarbonisation a must!
The publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III report on climate mitigation only confirms what vulnerable and marginalised communities,...
Pacific climate warriors react to UN IPCC climate report
The 350.org Pacific Climate Warriors put forward strong reactions to Monday’s release of the UN IPCC Climate report entitled; Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of...
Tuvalu Foreign Minister urges countries to take greater responsibility for climate change to save...
Countries should cut down on their greenhouse gas emission and take greater responsibility for problems created by climate change to save island nations like...
UN chief attacks Australia climate approach
The United Nations secretary-general says Australia and other countries intent on increasing fossil fuel production are dangerous radicals.
Antonio Guterres made the comment while launching...
UN climate report: It’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees
A new flagship UN report on climate change out Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never been higher in human history,...
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Fourth SIDS International Conference labelled ‘last chance’ to safeguard vulnerable Islands
Antigua and Barbuda diplomat in the United Nations, Tumasie Blair has emphasised the critical nature of the upcoming Fourth International Conference on Small Island...
SIDS Ministers call for tailored renewable energy technologies in face of challenges
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are grappling with the challenge of adopting “appropriate” renewable energy technologies, even as they intensify efforts to transition towards...
‘The right person’: What did Solomon Islanders vote for?
After a relatively well-organised and peaceful day of voting in Solomon Islands, the electoral commission is working with donor partners to safely transport ballot...