Japan hosts Quad summit seeking unity on countering China
Leaders of Japan, India, Australia and the United States met in Tokyo on Tuesday, looking to put China on notice as it expands its...
Australian PM Albanese says climate change top issue for Pacific island nations
New Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday climate change was the main economic and security challenge for low-lying island counties in the...
Quad praises Albanese government’s higher ambition on climate
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Quad summit in Tokyo has praised Australia raising its ambition on climate change, after Anthony...
Australia to stand with Pacific islands on climate crisis and ‘respect’ region, Foreign Minister...
Australia’s new foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, will seek to improve relations with Pacific island countries, flagging an early visit to the region and...
Samoa PM Fiame Mata’afa acknowledges new Australian PM’s stance on Climate Change
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has acknowledged the new Australian Labour Government’s stance on the issue of climate change.
Australia’s newly elected Prime Minister...
UN body makes ‘breakthrough’ on carbon price proposal for shipping
Countries have agreed on the need to put a carbon price on shipping emissions after more than a decade of resistance, which campaigners have...
Nuclear expert reaffirms harm of dumping nuclear-contaminated water into ocean, calls on Japan to...
Experts have reaffirmed the inevitable radioactive pollution to be caused by the dumping of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific...
‘Quad’ security group plans system to track illegal fishing by China
The U.S, Japan, Australia and India will on Tuesday unveil a maritime initiative aimed at curbing illegal fishing in the Indo-Pacific, a U.S official...
SPREP Director General Sefanaia Nawadra statement for International Day for Biodiversity 2022
Pacific Islanders who live as our forefathers lived celebrate biodiversity every day. Every day is biodiversity day.
Our native and endemic species and the habitats...
‘World is at boiling point’: humanity must redefine relationship with nature, says report
The world is at “boiling point” and humanity needs to redefine its relationship with nature if it is to address a web of crises,...
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Tonga police see crime growing more regional and digital
Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
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Climate, migration and leadership rise to the top of Pacific’s 2050 agenda
The Pacific Islands Forum is translating its 2050 Strategy into a more concrete set of priorities focused on climate resilience, regional mobility and leadership...
Forum Economic Ministers to address global risks and regional resilience
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Economic and Finance Ministers will convene in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Island (RMI)s, on 23 and 24 June 2026...