How Pacific climate diplomacy is changing
Negotiating from a position of strength
Pacific Island nations facing the reality of climate change-induced land loss are using their diplomatic strength to ensure...
How the Glasgow dialogue can deliver finance for victims of the climate crisis?
It is important to seize this opportunity to get dedicated support for people on the front lines of climate impacts, urgently and based on...
A plea to make widespread environmental damage an International Crime takes Centre stage at...
By Katie Surma
The campaign to make ecocide an international crime took center stage in the Hague on Tuesday as Bangladesh, Samoa and Vanuatu...
Vanuatu CSOs demand National Parliament to officially declare a climate emergency for Vanuatu
The disappointing outcomes of COP26 have shown the lack of political will from world leaders to address climate change at the global level says...
UN rights forum’s action on climate and COVID-19 vaccines shows its relevance, says President...
After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, President and Fijian diplomat Ambassador Nashat Shameem Khan insisted on...
Pacific elders urge Fiji PM to demand Australia for greater climate commitments
Former Pacific Island nations leaders said Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama to demand from Australia, in his capacity as the chair of the Pacific...
La Niña just raised sea levels in the western Pacific by up to 20cm....
By Shayne McGregor
Severe coastal flooding inundated islands and atolls across the western equatorial Pacific last week, with widespread damage to buildings and food...
COP26 defined by ‘reinvigorated multilateralism’
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), held last month in Glasgow, was defined by a “reinvigorated multilateralism”, a top UN official said on Tuesday...
Fiji calls for climate resilience to be at the core of UN peace and...
Fiji joined 113 member states of the United Nations who called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), to integrate climate resilience into the...
Australia accused of Pacific climate change con
Australia is wrongly claiming Pacific funding projects with no environmental benefit as climate adaption aid, according to a report authorised by Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
The...
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International concern over Tonga’s debate on death penalty for drug offences
Several international human rights organisations have expressed grave concern over recent discussions in Tonga's Parliament suggesting the extension of the death penalty to drug-related...
Fiji’s political landscape unpredictable: Herr
The political landscape in Fiji is facing a perfect storm, with the governing coalition and the opposition party plagued by internal divisions.
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AOSIS lead negotiator Rasmussen urges swift action and robust financing to address Climate threats
AOSIS Climate lead negotiator, Anne Rasmussen of Samoa, emphasised the coalition's vulnerability to climate change at the Sixtieth Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB60)...