Scientists urge end to fossil fuel use as landmark IPCC report readied
The world must abandon fossil fuels as a matter of urgency, rather than entrusting the future climate to untried “techno-fixes” such as sucking carbon...
Pacific leaders concerned of China’s growing influence
Pacific development partners are determined that the region has become a contested space once again.
Australia and New Zealand are recently concerned of China’s growing...
UN rights body appoints Tuvalu negotiator as climate change expert
The UN top rights body appointed an expert on climate change and human rights for the first time on Friday, a move that is...
Solomon Islands won’t allow Chinese military base, says PM’s office
Amid a regional backlash, the Solomon Islands said it would not allow a Chinese military base in the Pacific islands nation despite its plans...
NZ Foreign Minister says Pacific leaders may need to meet as Solomon Islands prepares to ink China security deal
New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta says Pacific leaders may need to meet as Solomon Islands prepares to ink China security deal
Foreign Minister Nanaia...
Tuvalu ratifies the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Tuvalu has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), bringing the total number of Treaty ratifications to 172 and underscoring the Pacific island state’s commitment...
Fiji’s 2022 General Election will be highly contested
Fiji's 2022 General Election will be a highly contested one that can only be won by political parties that work together says former politician,...
Nauru records first COVID cases
Nauru’s President Lionel Aingimea has announced the first two COVID-19 cases in Nauru, while stressing that there is no cause for panic.
The two COVID-positive...
‘We are not interested in dirty money’, Palau President Whipps says
The response to Palau’s much-ballyhooed digital residency programme has been much slower than expected. So far, 800 people have signed up since the programme...
Forum and FIFA sign partnership on climate change
FIFA and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) over the weekend signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), in the margins of the 72nd FIFA Congress...
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Pacific leaders slam NSW government coal mine decision ahead of UN climate summit
The Minns government’s approval of the state’s biggest ever coal mine expansion has created a major headache for Australian Energy Minister Chris Bowen after...
Key Ocean of Peace Alliance deliberately vague on Australian military game plan
A formal Australian military alliance designed to repel China will be left “deliberately not prescriptive” about what will happen in the event of a...
Fiji PM Rabuka to chair proposed special committee on Constitution Bill
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is set to move a motion in Parliament today for the establishment of an 11-member Special Committee to scrutinise...