Climate change can no longer be considered as a distant threat: Fiji deputy PM
Fiji's Minister for Finance Biman Prasad today highlighted that climate change can no longer be considered as a distant threat as it is happening...
Fiji calls for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN Climate Talks in
Fiji has reaffirmed its commitment to the Port Vila Call for a Just Transition to Fossil Fuel Free Pacific in a statement during a...
Palau president visits Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr has called on Japan to raise the transparency of the decommissioning process at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
Japan should refrain from contaminating sea with nuclear waste: scholar
A scholar on Tuesday slammed Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
“The contamination...
12 Pacific maritime boundaries yet to be finalised: Forum SG
Forum Secretary General Henry Puna says securing our maritime boundaries, remains a key priority concern for the Pacific Islands Forum.
“We have a total of...
Dialogue with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and its experts on the current status...
On 01 June, a video conference on ALPS treated water at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) was held with the Pacific Islands...
Pasifika Environews awards winners announced
Fiji and Solomon Islands dominated the inaugural Pasifika Environews awards, which is a collaboration between the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), Internews Earth Journalism...
World Oceans Day must be Humans Day: FAO Fisheries chief
Interview with the Director of FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Manuel Barange
The ocean is key to global food security, the livelihoods of over...
Japan’s decision to discharge radioactive waste water into the Pacific ‘unconscionable’
By Pita Ligaiula
Japan’s plan to discharge radioactive waste water into the Pacific has been described by Acting Forum Secretary General, Dr Filimon Manoni ‘unconscionable’.
Dr...
World Oceans Day underscores need to protect ‘the foundation of life’
Over a third of global fish stocks are being harvested at unsustainable levels – just one example of how human activity is harming oceans,...
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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...