Partnership to address risk of WWII oil spill at Chuuk lagoon announced
There are over 1200 potentially polluting shipwrecks (PPW) in the Pacific Ocean, many from World War II.
Chuuk Lagoon in the Federated States of Micronesia...
Protecting the nationality of Pacific Islanders as climate change hits
The impacts of climate change drive people from their homes, what happens to their relationship with their home country?
A new report, co-authored by Scientia...
Former Kiribati president slams Australia’s ‘politicisation’ of climate action and power of fossil fuel...
A former president of the Pacific nation of Kiribati has blasted the influence of the fossil fuel lobby in Australia and the “politicisation” of...
Climate Summit event in French Polynesia plans to pay back its carbon footprint
Global leaders on oceans including the Pacific Oceans Commissioner, Pacific Islands Forum SG, Henry Puna and the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, are...
Pacific climate warrior wins 2022 global citizen award
Brianna Fruean, a Samoan Pacific Climate Warrior and environmental champion has been announced as a recipient of the Global Citizen Prize: Citizen Award, citing...
Call for urgent global reduction of fossil fuel use as Pacific dissects IPCC Working...
The latest report from the world’s most authoritative source of climate science demands a substantial global reduction in fossil fuel use, improved energy efficiency,...
Vanuatu’s push for legal protection from climate change wins’ crucial support
Vanuatu’s push for the international court of justice to protect vulnerable nations from climate change has received the backing of 1,500 civil society organisations...
Japan assures Pacific Islands Forum no discharge of treated wastewater if unsafe Japan assures...
A range of common Japan-Blue Pacific priorities, including updates relating to the planned discharge of treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, were...
Climate: World getting ‘measurably closer’ to 1.5-degree threshold
There is a 50:50 chance of average global temperature reaching 1.5 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years, and the likelihood...
2022: The Year to Stop the Decline of the Ocean’s Health
OP-ED by Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
With every breath we take, we are connected to the ocean. The ocean...
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Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
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Climate, migration and leadership rise to the top of Pacific’s 2050 agenda
The Pacific Islands Forum is translating its 2050 Strategy into a more concrete set of priorities focused on climate resilience, regional mobility and leadership...
Forum Economic Ministers to address global risks and regional resilience
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Economic and Finance Ministers will convene in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Island (RMI)s, on 23 and 24 June 2026...