The most explosive eruption in 30 years, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai rewrites tsunami rules
By Ben Strang
The eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano in Tonga sent literal shock waves around the world.
It’s understood to have been the most explosive...
Isabel landowners fight for ownership over Tubi logs
By Ofani Eremae
When Malaysian logger Richard Kong Sing Ngea pleaded guilty in December 2020 to the illegal harvesting of Tubi trees in Solomons’ Isabel...
Horrors of Hiroshima, a reminder nuclear weapons remain global threat
Despite the annihilation of two major Japanese cities in 1945, atomic bombs have not been relegated to the pages of history books, but continue...
Pacific collective oppose Japanese Government utility company’s plans to dump radioactive waste in the...
The Pacific Collective on Nuclear Issues (the Collective) representing Pacific civil society organisations (CSOs) strongly opposes the plans of the Japanese Government and the...
Has COVID-19 ended seafaring for Kiribati?
Written by Maria Borovnik, Charlotte Bedford, Rochelle Bailey
The Kiribati government closed their international border late in March 2020, to keep their island population...
How the Glasgow dialogue can deliver finance for victims of the climate crisis?
It is important to seize this opportunity to get dedicated support for people on the front lines of climate impacts, urgently and based on...
A plea to make widespread environmental damage an International Crime takes Centre stage at...
By Katie Surma
The campaign to make ecocide an international crime took center stage in the Hague on Tuesday as Bangladesh, Samoa and Vanuatu...
2022 Tide Prediction Calendars released; a new calendar for Ebeye-Marshall Islands
Tide Prediction Calendars for 24 Pacific locations were distributed last week to National Meteorological Services and ocean stakeholders around the region to assist in...
Kiribati President reinforces integrity commitments at world forum
The world’s major anti-corruption conference began this week in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, with Kiribati joining 152 other countries to advance the UN Convention against...
La Niña just raised sea levels in the western Pacific by up to 20cm....
By Shayne McGregor
Severe coastal flooding inundated islands and atolls across the western equatorial Pacific last week, with widespread damage to buildings and food...
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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president
Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach has been elected as the new New Caledonia Congress president under a "governance" coalition struck on Thursday between the pro-France bloc...
NZ must consider cost of joining Pacific defence alliance
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