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Fiji PM welcomes U.S President signing new climate law

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Fijian Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum Chair Voreqe Bainimarama has welcomed U.S President Joe Biden signing Democrats’ landmark climate change bill into law...

Pacific needs climate security, not army bases: Vanuatu Finance Minister Koanapo

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The Pacific region needs human climate security, not submarines, warships or army bases, said Vanuatu Minister of Finance, Johnny Koanapo. While lives and livelihoods are...

Australia reaffirms support in addressing plastic pollution in the Pacific

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The Pacific has a friend in Australia when it comes to addressing plastic pollution. That was the message delivered at the opening of the Pacific...

Understanding tools for Protected Area Management Effectiveness in the Pacific

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The goal to effectively manage protected and conserved areas in the Pacific has taken an important step forward with the soft launch of the...

Fiji and SPREP commit to integrated approaches to tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and...

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Fiji’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) has signed two Letters of Agreement (LoA) with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to implement...

Shocking figures reveal severity of the ocean crisis

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New Greenpeace analysis shows that since governments began discussing a new Global Ocean Treaty two decades ago, nearly 120 marine species have become critically...

Conference opens to draft first-ever treaty on ocean’s biological diversity

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The intergovernmental conference to draft the first-ever treaty on the ocean’s biological diversity opened its fifth and likely final session on Monday. Amidst calls for...

UN member states meet in New York to hammer out high seas treaty

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UN member states gather in New York to hammer out a long-awaited treaty that, if agreed, will govern the planet’s last, lawless wilderness: the...

Simon Stiell appointed new UNFCCC Executive Secretary

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Simon Stiell as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat based in Bonn, Germany. The...

Pacific to set priorities for an international binding agreement on plastics

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-History is now in the making with Pacific Island representatives gathering in Suva, Fiji this week on the road to an international binding agreement...

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Milestone for Pacific/U.S Tuna Treaty

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A key milestone in the historic Tuna Treaty between the Pacific Island States and the United States has been reached this week with a...

Former Fiji PM Bainimarama granted absolute discharge, Qiliho fined

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Suva Magistrate Seini Puamau has granted absolute discharge to former Fijian Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama in the University of the South Pacific (USP) case. Magistrate...

Climate change, AI in focus at Commonwealth’s October meeting in Samoa

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Climate change and efforts to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence top the agenda for a Commonwealth meeting set for the small Pacific...