Early gains for gender and climate change text, as negotiations heads into final week
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
After a week of technical negotiations on the draft climate and gender text, the Pacific co-lead...
Tuvalu’s innovative contingency plan to address scientific predictions of being uninhabitable by 2050
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
In another first for the world, the island nation of Tuvalu has embarked on a national...
Fiji urges developed countries to deliver funds to fight climate change
The US$100 billion to battle climate change pledged by developed countries should be delivered and made accessible, Fijian envoy to the United Nations urged...
Federated States of Micronesia launches updated Nationally Determined Contribution at COP27
The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has formally announced the submission of its updated Nationally-Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement...
Ten years of loss & damage finance = one year of fossil fuel subsidies
As loss and damage shapes up to be the top issue on the agenda at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, a new report by Greenpeace...
Australian PM blasts opposition leader over demand to ‘rule out’ compensating other countries for...
-The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has blasted the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, for trying to “score a cheap domestic political point” after the...
WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism now operational to assist developing countries and LDCs
A key commitment from the WTO’s Fisheries Subsidies Agreement has now been made effective.
Specifically, the WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism envisioned in that Agreement is...
Pacific Islanders present historic declaration to leaders at COP27
Pacific island youth met with Australian and Pacific Island leaders at COP27 this week, to present their demands on decarbonisation, additional loss and damage...
As world gathers for COP27, Tuvalu declares state of emergency for extreme droughts
The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu is not just on the brink of sinking due to climate change-induced sea level rise.
The island with a...
Palau takes effort to save prized jelly fish to world leaders at COP27
The extreme heat from the climate crisis has killed more than 30 million of Palau’s beautiful, non-stinging jellyfish in its world-renowned Jellyfish Lake, robbing...
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Neville Choi takes PINA presidency as Moala steps down
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Papua New Guinea Media Council President Neville Choi has been elected President of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA),...
PNG secures bid to host 2028 Pacific Media Summit
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Papua New Guinea has secured the bid to host the Pacific Media Summit in 2028, with the decision taken...
‘Rising seas are sinking futures’
World leaders approved the UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise by consensus on Thursday as the UN chief warned that encroaching waters are already...