Pacific Leaders meet with United Nations Secretary-General
Pacific Leaders met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 23 September 2021 in a virtual meeting held on the margins of the high-level...
‘Catastrophic pathway’: UN secretary general urges action to save Pacific lives
The Secretary General of the United Nations has told Pacific nations that a 45 percent cut in emissions by 2030 was needed globally to...
Fijian PM calls for solidarity amongst SIDS to respond to climate crisis
At the meeting for leaders from the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS), Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama highlighted the urgent need for challenges...
Low-lying nations have been demanding greater climate action at the UN this week
Faced with what they see as an existential threat, leaders from low-lying and island nations implored rich countries at the United Nations General Assembly...
UN SG’s António Guterres remarks at virtual meeting with Pacific Islands Forum Leaders
Thank you for the opportunity to once again address the Pacific Islands Forum.
Your nations are confronting a dual crisis of climate change and the...
Fiji’s Climate Change Bill passed into law
The Climate Change Bill has been passed by Fijian parliament Thursday, marking a historic milestone in Fiji’s global fight.
It is a comprehensive piece of...
‘The adolescence of humanity is coming to an end’, declares UK Prime Minister
In his speech to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared that it is time...
Fiji joins UN’s efforts for prompt and effective measures against racism
Fiji has reaffirmed its commitment towards the advancement of the United Nation’s mandate on the creation of societies based on fairness, equality, respect and...
Investors take flight from The Metals Company- Pacific Island countries should do the same
Pacific civil society warns that prospective deep sea miner, The Metals Company (TMC) may well go down the same path as the failed Nautilus...
Pacific Islands continue their fight for a 1.5˚C World
Building a strong Pacific islands negotiations block at the world's largest climate change conference is gaining momentum less than two months away from the...
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El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather
El Niño, the climate phenomenon that supercharges weather around the world, has officially arrived and could intensify to historic levels in the fall, U.S...
Trump reopens Pacific marine monument waters to commercial fishing
U.S President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation reopening nearly half a million square miles of protected waters in the Pacific to commercial fishing,...
UNFPA reports major health and Population gains despite funding cuts
By Pita Ligaiula
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it delivered major gains in maternal health, reproductive health services and population data collection during...