Protecting over 160,000 children and adolescents in Fiji from the rising drug crisis
The Government of Japan and UNICEF signed a new partnership to protect Fiji’s children, including adolescents*, from the escalating drug crisis.
The initiative will equip...
Pacific security in 2026: key challenges shaping the Blue Pacific
Authors: By Joel Nilon, Henry Ivarature, Akka Rimon
With global tensions sharpening, climate impacts intensifying, and new security pressures emerging across the region, Pacific leaders...
EU supports Digital Media Hub in Samoa
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Samoa has officially launched its first Digital Media Hub located at the Government’s TATTE Building in Apia,...
French Senate votes yes on New Caledonia law, but opposition grows
By Nic MacLellan
Legislation to implement a new political statute for New Caledonia has passed its first hurdle, adopted by the French Senate in a...
Media Interview of ADB President Masato Kanda by Makereta Komai, Manager & Editor in...
President Kanda, the Pacific faces overlapping crises — climate change, debt pressure, and slow growth. What is ADB’s top priority in the Pacific right...
On the Pacific journey to COP31
The COP31 Türkiye – Australia partnership that includes the Pacific is a first in the history of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change....
2026 Tuna RFMO Priorities: A Policy Snapshot of What to Watch
From science on paper to limits on the water, across the major tuna RFMOs (WCPFC, IOTC, IATTC and ICCAT), four common themes are likely...
The Evolution of Australia’s Sports Diplomacy in the Pacific
Australia has made its biggest Pacific sporting bet so far. Will it deliver results for both Australia and the Pacific Islands?
By Rafael Costa
In December...
It’s not gender or climate — it’s both or it’s neither
By Erin Anderson
Climate change and gender inequality are two of the biggest challenges we face today. Yet they are too often treated as separate...
The island paradise with the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic
Fiji’s spiralling health crisis is linked to an explosion in methamphetamine that threatens to turn the Pacific into a ‘semi-narco region’
By Sarah Newey,...
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Sea level rise could redefine sovereignty, but Pacific leaders are pushing back
Sea level rise is no longer just an environmental crisis for the Pacific; it is a legal challenge striking at the heart of sovereignty,...
Tonga launches e-passport project to boost security
The Kingdom of Tonga has officially begun its e-passport journey.
Tonga convened the inaugural Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting for the Tonga e-passport Project, a...
Trust and cooperation needed for Pacific Climate action
Climate mobility processes will attract greater support if it is recognised as a security and stability concern.
Participants at a regional workshop in Fiji heard...