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For the first time, rich nations in 2022 delivered on a longstanding pledge to channel US$100 billion a year in climate finance to developing...
Timor Leste $50 billion gas deal Australia hopes will keep China quiet
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UN Conference on Small Island Developing States delivers new era of resilience amidst SIDS’...
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At World Health Assembly, countries agree on efforts to boost pandemic preparedness
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NZ PM Luxon heads to Niue and Fiji
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FijiFirst no longer recognises 17 MPs
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SIDS go forward with ‘new sense of hope, solidarity and determination’
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Pacific Small Islands Developing States call for accelerated global efforts to address climate change
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Macron’s handling of New Caledonia is not working, we need a new way
New Caledonia needs a new referendum on independence, not more politics from Paris
By Jimmy Naouna
The unrest that has gripped Kanaky-New Caledonia is the direct...
Chair of Pacific Islands Forum calls for Peaceful resolution in New Caledonia
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Neville Choi takes PINA presidency as Moala steps down
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‘Rising seas are sinking futures’
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