Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Outlook
The NIWA and MetService assessment of named tropical cyclone (TC) activity indicates 9 to 12 named TCs could occur in the Southwest Pacific basin...
UNDP, PIF and UK Government call for increased effectiveness of Climate finance in the...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)...
United Kingdom pushing for ambitious Climate deal to support the Pacific
In just 22 days the City of Glasgow will welcome leaders from around the world together with Government officials, civil society, business leaders and...
PNG and Fiji were both facing COVID catastrophes. Why has one vaccine rollout surged...
By Ian Kemish
Things were looking very bad three months ago for both Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The two Pacific countries were each...
GCF Board accelerates climate finance ahead of COP26 meeting, approving USD$1.2 billion for new...
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved 13 new projects for mitigation and adaptation action, allocating USD 1.2 billion in GCF resources for...
A peacekeeper and a leader: Unaisi Bolatolu-Vuniwaqa, UNMISS Police Commissioner A peacekeeper and a...
By Priyanka Chowdhury
Police Commissioner Unaisi Bolatolu-Vuniwaqa is a mother, a career woman and above all, a committed police officer. In her professional life,...
Mana Classes to strengthen Pacific media reporting
The media are the ears and eyes of members of the public.
In an effort to strengthen the capacity of Pacific islands media to accurately...
Q & A with Coral Pasisi on Climate Finance, the Science and Security concerns...
In this two-part series, BCN Journalist Esther Pavihi speaks with Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the SPC, Coral Pasisi on Climate Finance, the...
Palau’s unemployment benefits during the pandemic marred with allegations of fraud as accused still...
By Island Times Team
(First of the two-part investigative article on the US pandemic assistance to Palau under the WIOA programme)
After a handful of...
Ignoring international law in the Blue Pacific
Colonised peoples have rights to resources, on land and in the oceans, and this must be recognised.
By Nic Maclellan
Both the Australian Labour Party...
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Free trade agreements with Pacific island nations proposed to protect regional posture
U.S Rep Ed Case has proposed a presidential initiative to negotiate free trade agreements with Pacific Island countries and extend duty-free treatment to certain...
Taiwan boosts support as Palau prepares to host Pacific Islands Forum
Taiwan is helping Palau prepare to host next year's Pacific Islands Forum, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Saturday.
Lin, who was on a trip...
When the room says No but the Ocean says Now why Vanuatu chose a...
Op Ed by Lagi Toribau, Technical Advisor & Lead Negotiator for Vanuatu on Deep-Sea Ecosystems
When I arrived in Nairobi for UNEA-7, I carried with...