Quad praises Albanese government’s higher ambition on climate
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Quad summit in Tokyo has praised Australia raising its ambition on climate change, after Anthony...
UN body makes ‘breakthrough’ on carbon price proposal for shipping
Countries have agreed on the need to put a carbon price on shipping emissions after more than a decade of resistance, which campaigners have...
SPREP Director General Sefanaia Nawadra statement for International Day for Biodiversity 2022
Pacific Islanders who live as our forefathers lived celebrate biodiversity every day. Every day is biodiversity day.
Our native and endemic species and the habitats...
Factsheets break down key messages in latest IPCC reports
Eleven factsheets designed to convey and communicate the key findings of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report are available for all...
Pacific foreign aid has become a key election issue. What are the major parties...
Solomon Islands' signing of a significant security pact with China has made foreign aid a key election issue and brought into question Australia's role...
Youth in Fiji and Solomon Islands
By Catherine Putz
The Pacific is young. In Fiji, more than 60 percent of the population is under 35; in the Solomon Islands it’s...
Protecting the nationality of Pacific Islanders as climate change hits
The impacts of climate change drive people from their homes, what happens to their relationship with their home country?
A new report, co-authored by Scientia...
Digital Response for connecting Citizens – “Supporting the Pacific close the digital divides in...
The European Union (EU) and the Pacific Community (SPC) today launched a FJD$1.6 million project, Supporting the Pacific Close the Digital Divides in Response...
COVID-19 in the Pacific
By Sheenal Sharma
A little over two years ago, countries were announcing border closures and lockdowns as COVID-19 cases started surging around the globe.
In...
Pacific climate warrior wins 2022 global citizen award
Brianna Fruean, a Samoan Pacific Climate Warrior and environmental champion has been announced as a recipient of the Global Citizen Prize: Citizen Award, citing...
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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...