Climate vulnerable Pacific nations want “action on the climate emergency at COP26”
Eight Pacific island nations of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) have adopted a regional communique with a set of 16 recommendations to address the...
Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Pacific’s Natural Resources and Environment...
The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment in the South Pacific...
Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save...
Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the...
UN Secretary-General calls for bold action to end biodiversity crisis
With one million species at risk of extinction, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for greater leadership and political will to end the...
Fiji PM Bainimarama: ‘SIDs’ rallying cry must keep 1.5 alive at COP26′
Nearly two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, its global socioeconomic “headwinds” have blown many countries far off course from the aims...
Pacific Webinar discusses key findings of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report
The Pacific Climate Change Centre in collaboration with the Australian National University hosted a Pacific webinar to provide the most up to date synthesis...
Bring COP to the Pacific: climate activist
Climate activist Gladys Habu has challenged world leaders to bring the next climate change COP (Conference of the Parties) to the Pacific region, in...
Pacific Leaders must endorse the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Climate change...
By Solomon Yeo and Vishal Prasad
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has reaffirmed that no one is safe from the climate...
Senator Schatz: U.S needs to ‘step up’ engagement in the Pacific Islands
In an online news conference with Pacific Islands journalists Wednesday, U.S Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) said the United States needs to "step up" engagement...
Pacific nations lead call to clean up shipping industry
The Marshall Islands, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands have submitted an ambitious new proposal to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations specialist...
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Australia unveils $190 million security deal for Solomon Islands
Australia has struck a new security agreement with Solomon Islands to bolster the size of the Pacific island nation's police force.
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Proposed Solomon Islands constitutional amendment defeated, 14 MPs’ absent from voting
Solomon Islands government’s move to amend the constitution which proposed an extended timeframe to allow for the establishment of the Constituent Assembly was defeated...
Fist bumps as more than 130 Australians arrive home safe after surviving Vanuatu’s worst...
With a fist pump and tears of relief, Chantel Mara was visibly emotional as she stepped onto the tarmac at Brisbane international airport, finally...