You can’t mine the seabed without proper rules
Mining the seabed without proper regulations seems outlandish. But it could happen sooner than we think.
10 July, 2023 is shaping as D-Day for the...
Treaty to Protect High Seas too late to stop mining
By Mohd Hazmi Mohd Rusli, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
When the International Seabed Authority begins accepting applications for deep sea mining operations in the...
Seabed mining could sink the fishing industry
Drilling for minerals in the deep sea could begin soon, as the regulatory body moves to finalise rules and could start considering mining applications...
The looming fate of Fukushima’s contaminated water
Environmental concerns in the Pacific also come with political risks for Japan’s prime minister
By Daniel Mandell
In the coming months, Japan will be in...
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
As the climate crisis forces migration, so native tongues wither, too. But it’s not too late to intervene
By Anastasia Riehl
Rising sea levels already...
How a small island nation is taking climate change to the world’s highest court?
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
As the climate emergency threatens its existence, the tiny Pacific nation is not only trying to reclaim physical land but create a ‘twin’ to...
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
Small island nations would rather fight than...
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...
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New Zealand asks U.S to send fuel tankers to Pacific to alleviate pressure caused...
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Winston Peters tells US secretary of state Marco Rubio of Iran war impact on...
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says it's time for "cool heads" as the US President escalates his rhetoric on attacking Iran.
Peters met U.S...