To the Pacific islands, the West’s support for Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste ocean dumping...
Opinion by Dr Kalinga Seneviratne
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi, after travelling to Tokyo earlier this month to present...
New app helps young people turn tide on plastic pollution
Beneath the picturesque turquoise waters of Trinidad and Tobago, plastic pollution is wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems. Every year, more than 88,600 tonnes of...
Pacific Meteorological Council Meeting returns with Fiji gathering after pandemic disruptions
Preparations are underway for the 6th Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-6) and associated meetings to be hosted by the Government of Fiji...
Samoa and the Alliance of Small Islands States show climate security is also about...
Adaptation and mitigation strategies alone will not be enough to recover from the effects of climate change.
By George Carter, Athaulla A Rasheed
Samoa assumed a...
“We can’t be passive”: New Zealand’s changing tone about a more worrying world
By David Capie
A new foreign policy assessment sees the Pacific as no longer “strategically benign” – but the concern extends well beyond the...
WWF-Pacific unveils revitalised Strategic Plan to tackle pressing challenges in the Pacific
The office of the World Wide Fund for Nature in the Pacific (WWF-Pacific) is proud to announce the launch of its revitalised 2025 Strategic...
Spot the hypocrisy: Europe and the West throws Pacific high ambition under the bus...
Opinion by Dr Peter Nuttall
Getting serious push-back to the Pacific's high ambition from China, Brazil and their buddies was fully expected this week...
Adapting coastal communities in the Pacific to sea level rise
Sea-level rise represents one of the most compelling consequences of climate change, as well as one of the most critical issues for Pacific Island...
The biggest gold rush in history is about to start in the deep sea...
Applications to mine the seabed in our ocean commons can be made from 09 July, allowing a few corporations to profit from ecological disaster...
How Washington teamed up with PNG to pip Canberra for ‘control’ of region
COMMENTARY: A special correspondent in Port Moresby
As an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Papua New Guinea government, I have...
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PINA Statement for World Press Freedom Day 2026
By President, Kalafi Moala
On this World Press Freedom Day, we gather under a powerful and timely theme: “Shaping a Future at Peace: Promoting...
Iran crisis shows fossil fuels-based energy system ‘is inherently volatile and unstable’
Senior UN climate leaders are getting behind countries mobilising this week for a transition away from fossil fuels at a groundbreaking event in Colombia.
The...
Fiji Parliament ratified PRF in uninanimous vote, pushes debt free-climate funding
Fiji’s Parliament has unanimously approved the ratification of the agreement to establish the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Wednesday, marking a significant step toward strengthening...