Kiribati Government declares state of disaster due to severe drought
The Kiribati Government has declared a State of Disaster for the entire country because of drought.
This follows increased salinity levels in the water sources...
Strengthening Solomon Islands’ fisheries for a more sustainable future
The World Bank's Board of Directors have approved a new World Bank project that will work to improve regional collaboration, national capacity and management,...
Island states say fund for climate disaster victims must be created by Cop27
Vulnerable island states say they cannot wait another three years for a funding mechanism to help victims of climate disasters.
Developing countries demanded the creation...
Pacific’s ability to manage own fish stocks at risk under current WTO text
The ability of Pacific Island Countries to manage their fish stocks are at risk if the World Trade Organisation (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12)...
SPREP advocates for new and innovative financing to address loss and damage in the...
The Pacific region’s call for strengthened finance to minimise Loss and Damage (L&D) associated with the adverse impacts of climate change has been amplified...
Pacific Islands voices dominate in Bonn
A point of order intervention from Pacific and other global islands voices in climate talks Germany last week has rippled round the world.
Pacific nations...
First female crew set course for Pacific fishing industry
Opening career pathways and providing equal opportunities for women is the focus of a world-first initiative that sees an all-female deck crew set off...
Climate change a bigger threat than war, Fiji tells security summit
Fiji has told an Asian security summit that climate change is a bigger threat to the Pacific than military tensions.
“In our blue Pacific continent,...
Pacific Plans coordinated action at UN Ocean Conference
This week, to coincide with the World Ocean Day (WOD) on 08 June, Pacific’s experts and stakeholders on the Oceans met in Suva to...
Vulnerable nations demand funding for climate losses, fearing UN ‘talk shop’
The surging costs of climate change-driven destruction have made vulnerable nations poorer by about one-fifth, 55 such countries said on Wednesday, as fears grow...
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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...