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Cook Islands Prime Minister and Minister of Marine Resources (MMR), Mark Brown welcomed the London Privy Council’s judgement on the Government’s decision to expand...
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In the past decade the two most intense cyclones recorded to date in the southern hemisphere ripped through...
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Pacific Elders call halt to seabed mining
Pacific Elders’ Voice (PEV) calls for a halt in seabed mining until “proper regulatory instruments can be put in place,” and recommends a regional...
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IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’
UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species...
IPCC report: A last chance for climate action for a Pacific in peril
The latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has revealed the devastating impact to Pacific Islands and communities if the...
PIF, USP launch joint courses for Climate Change and Resilience
A series of short courses to build the capacity of climate change and resilience practitioners, was jointly launched by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat...
IPCC Impacts Report: National leaders must act on Climate crisis to ensure human health...
Responding to Monday's publication of the stark Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which details widespread, growing,...
Chance of climate recovery vanishing
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Fiji pardons 2000 coup leader George Speight and CRW soldier Shane Stevens
Coup leader George Speight and former Counter Revolutionary Warfare (CRW) Unit soldier Shane Stevens were granted presidential pardons and released from Fiji's correctional facility...
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Countries must use a once-in-a-generation UN summit to address current and emerging global challenges and reform outdated international institutions, Secretary-General António Guterres said on...
Climate week talks to include critical minerals and seabed mining debate
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