WMO calls for more investment in integrated weather and climate services
The global transition to renewable energy will require greater investment in integrated weather and climate services, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday.
This...
Pacific trade deal ‘will make mockery of UK’s climate ambitions’
The UK’s membership of a Pacific trade agreement will result in more deforestation overseas, endanger animal welfare and “make a mockery” of the government’s...
International Court of Justice to advise states on climate duties: ‘A turning point for...
One of the world’s most important courts will advise states on their responsibilities for curbing global emissions and the legal consequences of inaction, following...
Carbon credit industry resists vulnerable nations’ call to fund adaptation
The carbon credit industry has successfully fought off a push by some of the most climate vulnerable nations to place a mandatory levy on...
NZ stands with Vanuatu on Climate at UN
New Zealand is welcoming a decision by the United Nations General Assembly to ask the International Court of Justice to consider countries’ international legal...
Pacific Islands Forum Chair Brown welcomes new UN resolution on climate change
The Pacific Islands Forum Chair, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, has 'warmly welcomed' the adoption by the UN General Assembly of a new...
Interview with Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe
With Tuvalu Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Kofe, speaking in Q and A mode in the margins of this week’s Pacific conference on statehood and...
Vanuatu commended for spearheading UN resolution on climate justice
The Pacific Islands Forum has expressed the gratitude of member states to the Government of Vanuatu for its commendable and wide-ranging efforts that’s resulted...
Climate change: Push for decision at world’s top court
The concerns of young people in the Pacific about climate change are set to be heard at the world’s top court.
Four years after students...
‘We are very vulnerable’: cyclone-hit Vanuatu pins climate hopes on UN vote
Last month, twin cyclones tore through Port Vila, the capital of the Pacific nation of Vanuatu.
The category-four storms left corrugated iron roofs crumpled like...
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Second police officer dies in violent riots as France sends more police to New...
A gendarme was killed on Thursday in France's riot-struck Pacific territory of New Caledonia by an “accidental gunshot”, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told AFP.
“It...
Pacific Conference of Churches statement on the current situation in Kanaky New Caledonia
The Pacific Conference of Churches(PCC) stands in deep solidarity with our sisters and brothers of Kanaky in this time of political crisis that has...
New Zealand and Tuvalu reaffirm close relationship
New Zealand and Tuvalu have reaffirmed their close relationship, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says.
“New Zealand is committed to working with Tuvalu on a...