Green Climate Fund: New capital to accelerate investment in global climate action
Twenty-five countries pledged support to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) with USD$9.3 billion over the next four years (2024-2027). The Fund urges further contributions...
Unlocking every dollar for a world in crisis
By Masatsugu Asakawa, President of the Asian Development Bank
The world is at a tipping point. The pandemic left a toxic legacy of spiraling poverty,...
Asia-Pacific’s climate cash conundrum: Why funding remains elusive
Despite years of voicing concerns, vulnerable nations grapple with a maze of red tape and resource hurdles.
By Subel Rai Bhandari
The global climate adaptation week...
Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated the UN and bribed politicians to build Pacific dream...
By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall, and Martin Young
The stakes could scarcely have been higher for Hilda Heine, the former president of the Marshall...
Government of the Cook Islands promote Pacific Partnerships for Prosperity Pavilion for 52nd Pacific...
The Cook Islands Government as current Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and host of the 52nd PIF Leaders Meeting (PIFLM52), is pleased...
French criticism of nuclear ban treaty highlights Canberra’s dilemma
Can Australia rebuild a strategic military partnership with France at the same time as independence movements claim Pacific support?
By Nic Maclellan
On 28 September, the...
To help improve Ocean Health, WTO members must ratify Fisheries subsidies deal
Governments also must strengthen the agreement to better guard against overfishing and other ills
By Megan Jungwiwattanaporn
An agreement secured last year that could help end...
Blog: Climate action and sustainable development – Aligning the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030
Climate action has been recognised as the most significant opportunity in the 21st century to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which guide the...
Pacific countries endorse Guiding Framework for Invasive Species Management
Invasive species are a threat to Pacific communities, they are destructive to native biodiversity and the natural environment and have major socio-economic impacts on...
Pacific-led Regionalism Undermined
By Dame Meg Taylor, Non-Resident Distinguished fellow for the Blue Pacific, Asia Society Policy Institute
Today’s geopolitical circumstance, defined by the rivalry between the United...
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Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion against PM Napat Friday
Vanuatu leader of the Opposition and President of the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP), Ishmael Kalsakau, welcomed Wednesday's decision of the Court of Appeal...
Australian diplomacy must be principled, agile and proactive: DFAT Secretary Adams
Australia’s top diplomat says Australian diplomacy is being reshaped to meet a more dangerous and complex world, with a sharper focus on the Indo-Pacific,...
Global health is out of balance: WHO’s Dr Piukala
WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala has warned that global health systems are fundamentally out of balance, despite major...