Calls on Pacific leaders to stand in solidarity against deep sea mining
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
Chair of the Pacific Parliamentarians Alliance on Deep Sea Mining (PPADSM)has called on Pacific nations of Nauru, Cook Islands,...
Pacific Oceans Commissioner, Fiji PM bring Blue Pacific priorities to Lisbon
With the ocean at the heart of Pacific cultures, security and economies, the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum and Pacific Ocean Commissioner, ...
“Intolerable tide” of people displaced by climate change: UN Expert
Tackling the devastating effects of extreme weather changes and disasters on communities in vulnerable situations across the world will be a top priority, the...
WTO Fishing treaty to leave Pacific Island nations poorer
Opinion by Adam Wolfenden, Campaigner Pacific Network on Globalisation
As Ministers celebrated the conclusion the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation and...
10 questions with UN Special Envoy for the Ocean- Ambassador Peter Thomson
Ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference, we check in with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean.
1. The rallying cry of the...
PNA:17th Annual PNA Ministerial Meeting 2022 Communique
-Ministers from Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, and Solomon Islands met via Zoom from 15-17 June 2022 for their 17th Annual Meeting, to consider...
Commonwealth leaders line up to support action on ‘living lands’
Leaders and senior officials from across the Commonwealth have voiced their robust support for a non-binding charter on climate change, biodiversity and land degradation,...
Politics blocking U.S influence on ocean laws, warns military
American and Australian national security is at risk because U.S Congress has blocked the Biden administration from signing up to a convention on the...
World Environment Court proposed at meeting of Commonwealth civil society experts ahead of COP27
Climate negotiators, small island decision makers and Rwanda's Justice Minister came together Tuesday at the Commonwealth People's Forum to discuss how the coalition of...
EU blocks bespoke fund for climate victims as rich nations moot alternatives
By Joe Lo and Chloé Farand
The EU has blocked developing countries’ call for a facility to distribute money to victims of climate disasters,...
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Forum Leaders face major decisions on Regional Architecture, Security and Partnerships
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders will next week consider major decisions on regional architecture, political leadership, security, partnerships and regional...
‘Our Ocean story is the Pacific story’: Dr Manoni calls on media to drive...
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni has called on Pacific journalists to strengthen ocean reporting, saying the future of...
‘Keep Leaders accountable, Public informed’: Forum SG Waqa tells Pacific Media
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa has urged regional journalists to provide clear, factual and ethical coverage of leaders' decisions...