Governments vet crucial UN climate science report
Diplomats from nearly 200 nations and top climate scientists began a week-long huddle in Switzerland on Monday to distil nearly a decade of published...
Navigating climate change: Kiribati’s efforts to address sea-level rise
Interview with Tion Uriam, national coordinator for hydrography and charting, Kiribati
By Wim van Wegen
The impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on daily...
Pacific Leaders meet in Port Vila to discuss pathways for a global just transition...
The Governments of Vanuatu and Tuvalu will host the ‘2nd Pacific Ministerial Dialogue on Pathways for the Global Just Transition away from Fossil Fuels’...
Australian PM mounts diplomatic blitz to calm AUKUS fears, visit Fiji Wednesday
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Fiji on his way home from the United States, capping off a huge diplomatic offensive to calm...
Sticking to ‘cold, hard’ climate facts can end global warming: UN SG Guterres
-World leaders need to listen to and act on solid scientific guidance to urgently reduce global warming, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in...
High seas treaty ‘central to Pacific nations’ says campaigner
After close to two decades of negotiations, an historic United Nations ocean treaty has been agreed to protect marine biodiversity in international waters.
The agreement,...
Nature-based Solutions project to boost climate resilience in Fiji
The Nature-based Solution (NbS) grant funding of EUR326,077 (FJD$700,000) signed Monday in Suva will go towards the rehabilitation of six project sites in Fiji.
“This...
Japan’s nuke wastewater discharge plan batters fishermen’s livelihoods, angers global community
Despite raging opposition both at home and abroad, Japan still intends to push ahead with its plan to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the Pacific...
“We’re survivors:” Marshall Islands leaders look to Hawaii for adapting to climate change crisis
Within the next 40 years, the Marshall Islands will cease to exist.
That’s according to the Kwajalein Atoll Sustainability Laboratory (KASL), citing U.S Department of...
China condemns Japanese plan to release Fukushima water
China has condemned a Japanese plan to release treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, demanding that Tokyo first...
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Pacific shipping lifeline faces crisis as experts push wind-powered transition
For many Pacific Island communities, a delayed ship does not just mean inconvenience. It can mean empty store shelves, fuel shortages and isolation.
“Shipping is...
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to ‘infiltration by foreign organised crime’, President José Ramos-Horta says
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to “infiltration by foreign organised crime”, the country’s president, José Ramos-Horta, has warned.
His comments come as Australian federal police (AFP) confirmed...
Fiji Climate Change Minister set key priorities to accelerate Pacific climate action
“1.5 is not negotiable and is a red line grounded in science and in our lived reality.”
This was the strong reminder from Fiji's Minister...