Pacific Islands Forum proclaims false “unity” on climate crisis
By John Braddock
After four days of talks on 14 July, the leaders of 14 Pacific nations emerged from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)...
‘No place like home’: Climate change threatens Fiji’s rugby nursery
The white sands of Namatakula have nurtured generations of world-class rugby talent but rising sea levels threaten to force the abandonment of the palm-fringed...
Samoa Ocean Strategy video calls for global response to avert worst climate scenarios
Samoa might be a small country in the eyes of the world but when it comes to matters of the Ocean, it is a...
Sea levels returning to normal in parts of the Pacific
Sea levels in the eastern Pacific are expected to return to normal after days of heavy swells that have caused flooding in the Cook...
‘Moment for Nature’ essential to beat back threats, spur climate action
With less than eight years remaining to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the President of the UN General Assembly convened a ‘Moment...
High swells hitting Pacific coasts made worse by rising sea levels
A prolonged indentation in sea levels is being blamed for causing damaging elevated high tides in the Cook Islands, both Samoas and French Polynesia.
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Majority of businesses report structural, coastal damages in Cook Islands
Cook Islands businesses have rallied round in the wake of last week’s flooding as they prepare for another battering.
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The Kiwa Initiative launches new projects and additional contributions from its donors to strengthen...
In the margins of the Kiwa Initiative Steering Committee meeting chaired by Canada, the Kiwa Initiative awarded grants to ten local projects in the...
‘We must stand united’: PNG PM
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Pacific leaders’ endorsement for ICJ advisory opinion bid must spur global groundswell
The support from Pacific leaders for an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is welcomed and must begin...
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