First Tonga pre-election poll shows clear favourites, but many voters still undecided
Tonga’s first pre-election poll is offering the clearest picture yet of how voters on Tongatapu may lean ahead of Thursday’s general election.
The poll, conducted...
Australia raises heat over climate summit hosting goal
Chris Bowen is staring down rivals Turkey at global climate talks in Brazil, vowing to succeed with Australia's bid to bring a 2026 conference...
Solomon Islands to pilot a new model of reef-positive finance
As the world looks to COP30 in Belém to deliver ambitious breakthroughs for climate and nature, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Global...
“We’re not lying down,” Tuvalu as PSIDS Chair, highlights Pacific leadership in climate action,...
Pacific island countries might be amongst the hardest hit by climate change impacts but Pacific communities are not lying down.
Tuvalu, one of the smallest...
Palau, as Chair of AOSIS, urges ‘COP of truth’ to act with urgency, solidarity
World leaders and delegates attending the ongoing 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), dubbed by the...
Hour for climate action is upon us, Solomon Islands at COP30
While heavy downpour belted the roof of the Hangar Convention Centre, Belem, with the sound of thunder roaring through the auditorium, Polycarp Paea, Minister...
‘We’re not giving up. I appeal to this process not to give up on...
In the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), and in most Pacific countries, it is customary that when a child is born, the umbilical cord...
Türkiye maintains COP31 bid as Australia rejects co-hosting proposal
Türkiye is continuing its bid to host next year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) as tensions persist with Australia over which country will be...
Nations hit by natural disasters tell ministers at climate talks to act
Battered by last month’s ferocious climate-fueled hurricane, Jamaica joined other small island nations and impoverished countries at Monday’s United Nations climate talks to implore...
Albanese puts deals with Vanuatu and Fiji next on the agenda
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is moving to lock in a security pact with Fiji, as well as resuscitate a security deal with Vanuatu...
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Pacific Islands Forum members are making progress on a long-term regional plan, but challenges remain in turning commitments into results, according to a new...
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When Pacific leaders gather to discuss the future of deep-sea mining, the conversation often centres on economic opportunity. For Tonga, that promise has come...
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