How Australia’s new Pacific Engagement Visa works
By Hugo Hodge
A new, first-of-its-kind Australian permanent resident visa will soon be available to people from the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste after it was...
Ask the Expert: Dr Oldman Koboto on COP28 climate talks
Dr Oldman Oduetse Koboto is Adviser and Manager of the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH), based in Mauritius. He leads CCFAH’s work to...
UN Priorities and Sustainable Development in the Micronesia
By Jaap van Hierden
Today, 24 October 2023, we mark the 78th Anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With...
Heat on UAE to give COP28 ambitious edge we need
By RR Rashmi, The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi
To meet climate goals, countries will have to get far more ambitious and quickly....
World Food Forum: Bridging technological gaps in Low- and Middle-income countries and Small Island...
Making data, information, knowledge, investment and innovation available for all, especially for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), will...
Increasing women’s representation in Pacific politics: ‘give it time’ is not the answer
By Kerryn Baker and Theresa Meki
Independent states in the Pacific region have the lowest levels of women’s political representation in the world. Fewer than...
Joint statement between China and Papua New Guinea
The People's Republic of China and Papua New Guinea on Tuesday issued a joint statement.
At the invitation of the People's Republic of China, Prime...
The Pacific’s Carbon Credit Market – Promise and Challenge
Opinion piece by Caleb Jarvis, PTI Australia's Trade and Investment Commissioner
The global thrust towards sustainability is irrefutable. From the vantage point of Pacific Island...
COP28: Say climate crisis, think health crisis
By Angie Bone, Karin Leder, Tin Tin Su and Tony Capon
The climate crisis is already affecting millions: bringing death, injuries and mental health consequences,...
Black mist across the desert
By Nic Maclellan
Yami Lester was ten years old when a British atomic weapon, codenamed Totem 1, was detonated at Emu Field on 15 October...
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Hanson holding ‘gun to the head’ of Pacific nations: O’Brien
Australian Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Ted O’Brien has accused Labor of playing “partisan politics” over relationships in the Pacific and its leader Pauline Hanson...
Solomon Islands intercepts suspected crime-linked cargo vessel as regional investigation expands
A joint law enforcement operation has intercepted and detained a Belize-flagged cargo vessel suspected of links to transnational organised crime, prompting a widening regional...
Pacific Finance Ministers to tackle Middle East crisis, economic resilience at Marshall Islands meeting
Finance and Economic Ministers from across the Pacific will gather in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) this week for the 2026 Forum...