Restoring nature ‘the test of our generation’: UN General Assembly President
Stepping up global efforts to combat land degradation is the only way to safeguard food and water security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ward...
United Nations set to decide climate claims by Torres Strait Islanders against Australia
As world leaders met in south-west England to discuss future climate change commitments, priest Stanley Marama didn’t need any reminding about the reality of...
The island with no water: how foreign mining destroyed Banaba
By Joshua Macdonald
BANABA, 10 JUNE 2021 (THE GUARDIAN) --- The last decent rain on Banaba was more than a year ago.
Without rain, people on...
UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’
Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the...
Restoration call for area ‘the size of China’ to protect falling biodiversity and food...
An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to...
Outgoing Pacific Islands Forum SG says Australia’s climate change stance is affecting its standing...
The outgoing Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Dame Meg Taylor says the Australian government's stance on climate change and its support for...
Fiji designer wins logo competition for new Pacific Resilience Facility
Founding director of Fiji Art and Soul, Shiri Ram, has taken out the top prize of FJD$3,000 (US$1,500) for a logo brand which will...
Pacific Islands Forum to launch new US$1.5 billion Pacific Resilience Facility
A new fund aimed at helping build preparations ahead of disasters to help Pacific nations cut the cost of rebuilding and recovery is doing...
1.5 future is still possible, despite Biden Summit shortfalls – Dame Meg Taylor
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor says a commitment to keeping global warming to the Paris Agreement limit of 1.5 degrees...
Vanuatu’s religious call for climate justice
Around the world, people of faith are calling on their leaders to close the massive gap between what is required to limit global temperature...
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Fiji PM Rabuka bids farewell to outgoing Forum Secretary General Henry Puna
“When the baton was passed to you two years ago, Forum Leaders entrusted the Secretariat to your capable hands, recognising your extensive as a...
France sends more police to New Caledonia to try to restore calm
The French government sent more police to the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Thursday and said it would crack down on rioters, hoping...
Forum Fisheries officials approve plan for Climate Change resilience efforts in fisheries
Fisheries Officials have given the green light for the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) implementation plan for its Climate Change Strategy to strengthen...