Final UN climate report an emergency siren: Greenpeace Pacific
The final report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s Sixth Assessment Cycle is the final-hour warning before the clock runs out...
Climate on agenda for Samoan prime minister visit to Australia
Supporting small island states impacted by climate change is expected to be a key issue for the Samoan prime minister during a visit to...
Solomon Islands concerned with Japan’s plan to discharge nuclear treated water into the Pacific...
Solomon Islands has reiterated concerns over plans by Japan to discharge nuclear treated water into the ocean and its impact on the health of...
Pacific Ministers urged to set global example and declare the Pacific free of fossil...
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Port Vila
Civil society organisations in Vanuatu and the Pacific are calling on governments to set global example...
Shifting from dependence on fossil fuel energy will be challenging: Fiji’s Assistant Minister
Regional Ministers and officials attending the 2nd Pacific Ministerial Dialogue On Pathways for the Global Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels were Thursday given...
Multi-Stakeholder Expert Groups to Develop the Implementation Plan of the 2050 Strategy
A regional multi-stakeholder mechanism has been set up by the Pacific Islands Forum to develop the implementation and monitoring plan for the 2050 Strategy...
Emerging collective call for fossil fuel free Pacific
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Port Vila
As Pacific Ministers wrap up their three-day dialogue in Port Vila today, there’s strong calls for...
No jab, No job policy revoked in Fiji: AG Turaga
Fiji's Attorney General Siromi Turaga has confirmed that the government has revoked the No Jab, No Job policy.
Turaga said cabinet has decided to revoke...
Samoan PM and Commonwealth SG urge stronger efforts to get more women into leadership
The Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, have called for stronger efforts to address the gender imbalance...
Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers meet to discuss responses to global crises
Foreign Ministers from across the Commonwealth met this week for the 22nd annual Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM). The meeting was held in...
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Tonga police see crime growing more regional and digital
Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
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Climate, migration and leadership rise to the top of Pacific’s 2050 agenda
The Pacific Islands Forum is translating its 2050 Strategy into a more concrete set of priorities focused on climate resilience, regional mobility and leadership...
Forum Economic Ministers to address global risks and regional resilience
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Economic and Finance Ministers will convene in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Island (RMI)s, on 23 and 24 June 2026...