Commonwealth leaders set to meet for the first time in four years
Leaders from 54 countries will gather in Kigali, Rwanda, this week for the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the sixth time the...
Vanuatu calls on Australia to back its UN bid to recognise climate change harm
Australia’s new Labor government has been called on to prove its commitment to climate action and support for Pacific countries by backing a campaign...
Global Trade Agreement on Fisheries subsidies protects big fishing fleets
The meeting of Trade Ministers at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva has reached an agreement on prohibiting some fisheries subsidies, which however...
NZ Government dumps $500m plan to raise sinking Pacific Island
The New Zealand Government quietly dumped a $500m (US$315 million) climate change plan for the sinking Pacific island nation of Kiribati - after spending...
Climate change: Bonn talks end in acrimony over compensation
Two weeks of climate talks in Germany have ended in acrimony between rich and poor countries over cash for climate damage.
Developing countries say they...
U.S Navy pledges climate support
The U.S Navy has pledged to support Pacific island nations, including Fiji, in the battle against climate change.
Its civilian Head Secretary, Carlos Del Toro,...
Some rich nations felt demands on finance were ‘too strong’: UN Climate change chief
Some rich nations felt outgoing UN Climate Change head Patricia Espinosa’s repeated calls for more cash for vulnerable countries was “too strong,” she told...
Australia updates UN climate submission
- Australia has submitted more ambitious climate targets to the United Nations, with the government declaring the country had turned a corner on the...
Vision Pasifika Media Awards shining spotlight on Pacific resilience in face of climate crisis
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), in partnership with Aotearoa New Zealand and key regional media partners — the Pacific Islands...
Tuvalu could be underwater within 100 years. How could virtual reality help?
By Anna Kelsey-Sugg, Chris Bullock
It's a question that's both tragic and hopeful: if a country stops existing physically, can it continue to exist...
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Pacific faces ‘Polycrisis’ as Security pressures intensify — Forum report
The Pacific region is entering a period of heightened and overlapping security risks, with climate change, geopolitical competition and transnational threats converging to test...
Pacific islands urged to pool traditional knowledge and diverse practices to provide climate security...
Pacific island nations must leverage their diverse traditional knowledge to complement modern solutions to threats posed by climate change, security experts said.
They noted that...
Pasifika Communities University positions Pacific knowledge at the centre of higher education
Pasifika Communities University (PCU) is aiming to reshape higher education in the Pacific over the next decade, focusing on culture, identity, and community, says...