Human ‘damage’ on the front-line of the climate crisis
The damage to people and livelihoods caused by climate change is happening at a scale that “people on the front lines cannot manage”, according...
Hawaiians look to tradition to cope with Climate change
Hawaii faces a range of environmental problems caused by global warming, impacts worsened by practices that critics say have ignored the local ecology.
They say...
EU calls for climate action
The Ambassador of the European Union in the Pacific, Sujiro Seam, has called on major emitters to be more ambitious in their reduction of...
Country that could vanish from the map as sea levels rise
The runway of the capital city’s airport jostles for space among the homes crammed around it, which themselves make way for two of the...
$14-million climate change funding support to benefits Pacific Islands
Pacific Countries will be benefiting from a $14-million (US$9.7 million) climate change funding support from the New Zealand government.
The five-year funding assistance will help...
Pacific Forum leaders set permanent maritime borders, as rising seas shrink islands
Pacific island leaders have agreed that their maritime borders should be permanent, even if their countries shrink due to a future rise in sea...
‘Bad neighbours’: Australia at risk of becoming ‘global pariah’
Australia is already considered a “bad neighbour” and will become a “pariah” if the federal government does not move past its long-running climate policy...
51st Pacific Islands Forum Communique
The Fifty-First Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Retreat was held virtually on 06 August 2021, and was attended by the Heads of State, Government, and...
Newly released IPCC report confirms grave risks in a warming world: SPREP
Our future got much bleaker with the release of the first report in the sixth series from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
Fiji calls on Australia to ‘walk the talk’ by adopting more ambitious emissions targets
The Fijian government says it hopes “everybody can get on board” with a low carbon future, as pressure mounts on Australia to adopt stronger...
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Vanuatu journalist stranded in Manila after removal from Palau
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Vanuatu Daily Post journalist Hilaire Bule remains in Manila awaiting confirmation of his onward travel after he was...
Three Permanent Secretaries sworn in to lead key government ministries
Solomon Islands Government on Tuesday swore in three new Permanent Secretaries to lead the Ministries of Finance and Treasury, Police, National Security and Correctional...
Fiji says COP31 must put ocean at centre of climate action
Fiji will push for greater recognition of the Pacific Ocean as central to climate action at the upcoming UN climate negotiations, saying COP31 must...