PCCC launch innovative logo design competition for Pacific Artists!
Are you an aspiring Pacific artist or graphic designer? The Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment...
SIDS COP26 attendance in limbo
It is still not known if the Pacific Island delegations will be physically represented at the 26th Conference of Parties later this year in...
Safeguarding Melanesian fishing communities against climate threats
Those who live on the islands and atolls of the southwestern Pacific Ocean are exposed to rising seas and severe storms like almost no...
COVID, weather on PIF Ministers’ agenda
The region's response to the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the Pacific Islands Forum's (PIF) Forum Foreign Affairs Ministers' forum held last week chaired by Tuvalu’s...
Sink or swim: Can island states survive the climate crisis?
Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Forum Foreign Ministers endorse Weather Ready Pacific Decadal Programme of Investment
The Weather Ready Pacific Decadal Programme of Investment was endorsed at the Forum Foreign Ministerial Meeting (FFMM) on 27 July 2021.
The Government of Tonga...
Study: Warming Waters Threaten Tuna-Dependent Economies in the Pacific
Climate change is driving tuna further to the east, threatening the economic security of several small island nations
Global warming is expected to progressively push...
Shifting tuna populations could trigger ‘climate justice issue’: study
By Kiley Price
Despite their small size, Pacific Island nations and territories are a powerhouse in the fishing industry, contributing more than a third...
Climate change remains the Pacific’s biggest threat – Forum Foreign Ministers declare
Pacific Foreign Affairs Ministers have concluded their virtual meeting this week reiterating the call that climate change remains the greatest threat facing the region...
Developing nations put numbers on the table for the next climate finance goal
By Chloé Farand
Nearly 100 developing countries have come together to define what success means at Cop26, raising the stakes for donor countries to step...
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Make it easier and cheaper’: New Zealand eases visa restrictions for Pacific Island nations
New Zealand is easing visa restrictions for visitors from Pacific Island nations, the New Zealand foreign affairs and immigration ministers announced on Friday.
From early...
Indigenous groups from the Pacific, Brazil and Canada hand demands to COP30 Presidency to...
Pacific Climate Warriors Thursday joined the largest mobilisation of Indigenous peoples in Brazil, and handed a strongly worded letter from civil society to the...
Rising seas threaten nation’s survival as Pacific gears up for UN Ocean talks: Tuvalu...
Tuvalu Prime Minister and chair the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), Feleti Teo didn’t hold back Thursday as he opened the Oceans Ministers...