Pacific Island countries drive agrifood systems transformation at FAO – led high level event...
Government Ministers from many Island Nations in the Pacific Island countries have convened in Rome today, headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of...
The rising ocean will extinguish more than land. It will kill entire languages
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Rising sea levels already...
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By Naveena Sadasivam
More than 30 years ago, the tiny island nation of Vanuatu off the coast of Australia proposed a radical idea: Wealthy, high-emitting...
Facing extinction, Tuvalu considers the digital clone of a country
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We could lose our status as a state’: what happens to a people when...
Small island countries press for guarantees as rising sea levels risk leaving their citizens stateless
By Jonathan Watts
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Pacific Transnational Leaders Panel reflects on Regionalism and Leadership
The ‘Pacific Transnational Leaders Panel’ event brought together distinguished figures in the Pacific region to discuss the highlights and challenges of Pacific regionalism. Held...
Palau under CCP pressure to switch recognition from Taiwan to China
The President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr, speaks to The Sunday Guardian on what his Pacific Island Country is facing.
By Cleo Paskal
The United States...
Explainer: Water to be released into the ocean from Fukushima nuclear power station
Within a few months, Japan is expected to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
So what...
The climate crisis is this century’s biggest threat. We need a global finance pact...
By Chris Bowen, Steven Guilbeault and James Shaw
The science is clear. The climate crisis is the biggest single threat we face as a...
The Fierce Urgency of Now
By the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland
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Tuvalu and other Pacific countries can expect higher grant from ADF14
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