UNGA77 must be a milestone for loss and damage response finance: AOSIS
During the ongoing 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA), it is imperative that governments show their leadership in the fight against the climate crisis by...
Washington should focus on climate change for Pacific islands- leaders
Washington should accept Pacific island priorities for the region, making climate change - not superpower competition - the most urgent security task, the region's...
Pacific Elders call on ‘big brother’ Australia to take lead on climate change
Former Pacific leaders have called on Australia to take the lead on climate change in the region, saying their "future is at stake" unless...
Anger as company gets go ahead to mine on seafloor
Deep Sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month, after regulators decided to allow The Metals Company to start mining...
Greenpeace slams shock decision to green-light deep sea mining
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month after a shock decision from regulators to allow The Metals Company...
NORI, receives ISA recommendation to commence Pilot Nodule collection trials in the Clarion Clipperton...
The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) (the “Company” or “TMC”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, has announced that the International...
Australia climate bill passes parliament
The federal government has trumpeted its successful bid to enshrine its emissions reduction targets in law, telling investors Australia is now “open for business”.
The...
Plastic pollution could put 2.3 million Pacific Islanders’ livelihoods at stake
By Sanjeshni Kumar
In seven to eight years, the Pacific will no longer be able to rely on the ocean for food security or as...
Egypt prepares for flagship UN climate conference, in a year of unprecedented global weather...
Regional authorities in Egypt, the host country of the 2022 UN climate conference (COP27), are ramping up initiatives designed to improve the country’s environmental...
HMNZS Wellington combats illegal, unreported and unregulated Pacific fishing
Royal New Zealand Navy offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington has completed two fishing monitoring operations in the Pacific as New Zealand contributes to the...
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Pacific leaders converge in Fiji for key Troika talks
Pacific leaders have arrived in Suva ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Troika Meeting, with Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr and Solomon...
Alarm sounded on radioactive risk from deep sea mining
Plucking minerals from the ocean floor risks disturbed radioactive material entering the marine food chain, an anti-deep sea mining group warns.
The Deep-Sea Mining Campaign...
Fiji Military Commander Kalouniwai given option to extend term, PM Rabuka reveals
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka revealed that the Constitutional Offices Commission had decided to offer Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Major-General Ro Jone...