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...
Marshall Islands leads the Pacific island region in updating its State of Environment report
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is now working on updating their 2016 State of Environment (SOE) report. This year, the 2021 SOE has...
Affordable insurance for climate vulnerability: Fiji Economy Minister
Vulnerable communities will now be able to access affordable climate and disaster risk insurance following the launch of Fiji’s first-ever Parametric Microinsurance Product.
For $2...
Pacific islands call for zero carbon shipping by 2050, citing IPCC report
Three climate vulnerable Pacific nations have asked the world’s governments to agree to aim to make international shipping emissions-free by 2050.
In a proposal to...
Internews EJN offers small grant for climate change and environment reporting to Pacific media
Internews and Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is collaborating with Media Associations in the Pacific identify at least 5 journalists or freelancers to be commissioned...
As rising seas claim coastal communities, Pacific Islands seek more support at Glasgow climate...
By Sanjeshni Kumar
While holding out hope, Pacific Islanders have no choice but to endure the impacts of climate change.
Although they have done little...
Climate change expected to devastate Micronesian islands, leaders talk fight and adaptation
A sign of the times -- the United Nations releasing a watershed climate report warning of more devastating environmental consequences if major action isn’t...
Come with commitments to COP26: Forum Chair Frank Bainimarama statement on IPCC report
The findings of the IPCC’s sixth report represent a clear condemnation of humanity’s reckless abuse of the planet and a dire warning about the...
Race is on to limit extreme weather impact on most vulnerable: Guterres
As the global aid community marked World Humanitarian Day on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres paid tribute to all those who help people in...
Irreversible human-caused climate crisis threatens Pacific Island nations
Humans are responsible for the rise in the earth’s global temperature and it won’t stop rising unless immediate action is taken — UN panel...
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Vanuatu Trade Minister steps down, New Minister appointed amid value addition fund concerns
Vanuatu's Minister for Trade and Industry, Samson Samsen, has stepped down following public concern over the administration of the Value Addition Funds, with Prime...
Solomon Islands advances environment and climate law reforms
The Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) has continued consultations with the Prime Minister's Office Legislative and Policy...
From a classroom in Vanuatu to the world’s highest court: How Pacific students changed...
Six years ago, a group of 27 University of the South Pacific law students in Vanuatu asked what many believed was an impossible question.
Could...