As incoming Chair of AOSIS, Samoa lays the groundwork at COP27, shares its vision
Samoa will assume the Chairmanship role of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) from 1 January 2023 for a period of two years.
Samoa’s...
We can’t agree to anything less than the establishment of a Loss and Damage...
As COP27 winds down in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the Solomon Islands has added its voice to last minute desperate pleas to the COP Presidency,...
K36 million drug haul, PNG Police apprehend four men with drugs
Two Papua New Guineans and their two Malaysian counterparts have been arrested in a drug bust in Port Moresby.
Altogether 125 kilograms of methamphetamine or...
Australia committed to empowering an effective Pacific Islands region in the climate change negotiations
The Government of Australia and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme will work in partnership to enhance the engagement of Pacific Islands...
Niue touts Ocean Conservation Credit as innovative climate change solution at COP27
The small island of Niue in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean has demonstrated climate change leadership at COP27, showcasing a home-grown innovative...
Vanuatu’s director of women relishes her role as a technical co-ordinator for negotiators on...
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Shiek
Apart from the tough negotiations going into its final stages, one of the Pacific negotiators is...
Global inaction pushes Tuvalu to take innovative steps to prepare to become a digital...
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Tuvalu like the rest of the Pacific is not standing idly by, waiting for the world...
Marshall Islands ask for a place their future generations can call home
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm el Sheikh
With a history of being fought over bitterly in the last century, the Marshall Islands continues...
Global NGOs frustrated at the pushback and stalling tactics on key Pacific negotiating priorities
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Mid-week through the negotiations and global civil society organisations are frustrated at the stalling tactics and...
Fiji raises 1.5-degree ambition and decisions in the Glasgow Climate Pact
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Sheikh
Fiji joins other Pacific Island nations in strongly advocating for the 1.5-degree threshold, that it says,...
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