COP30 Conversations- Dame Jacinda Ardern, Special Envoy on Oceania
By Lisa Williams
It's been a busy week in Belem for Dame Jacinda Ardern, former Prime Minister of New Zealand. Leaning into yet another global...
Pacific braces for La Niña conditions as regional Climate Outlook released
La Niña conditions are very likely to establish across the Pacific over the coming three months, according to the official statement released after the...
As we prepare for COP30, we remain hopeful that together we can all make...
Opinion by Tagaloa Cooper
Last week, Pacific Leaders, climate change negotiators, Government officials and relevant stakeholders will leave home to attend the latest round of...
American Samoa faces triple threat to its fishing-based economy
By James Borton
In American Samoa, the ocean is life -- but that life is under siege.
The U.S territory, marooned in the heart of the...
Rare earths, rough seas: FSM at the crossroads of U.S-China resource rivalry
By Joyce McClure
China’s new restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals are reverberating across the Pacific, raising concerns that the Federated States of...
COP30 and COP31 will test middle powers in a climate of opportunity
Brazil and Australia must prove they can pivot from commodity extraction to clean industrial innovation.
By Martin Geissdoerfer, Trang Nguyen
With COP30 about to begin,...
Pacific Peoples’ mission exposes harsh realities of injustice under French rule in Kanaky New...
A new report by the Pacific Peoples’ Mission to Kanaky New Caledonia has found that France’s management of the territory continues to undermine Kanak...
Dare to be better – a timely call to action ahead of COP30
By Marie McInerney
As world leaders meet in Brazil this week (6 and 7 November) ahead of the COP30 UN climate negotiations, Indigenous and climate...
Small Island States sound the alarm as major polluters stall: What to expect from...
While major polluters continue to fall short on climate commitments, notably the United States, blocs of small nations such as the Alliance of Small...
U.S nuclear weapons testing can forever scar a nation. Just ask the Marshall Islands
By Brad Lendon
U.S President Donald Trump’s call for the United States to resume testing of nuclear weapons last week has experts scratching their heads.
What...
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