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The president of the next UN climate summit, Cop28, has told government negotiators they must agree how to set up a new loss and damage fund before leaving the Egyptian city of Aswan. The United Arab Emirates’ Sultan Al Jaber addressed the 24 members of the transitional committee by video link on Friday, the last official day of talks. At Cop27...

Government officials from small island developing states (SIDS) have said they find it difficult to get money from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for projects to help them adapt to climate change. The GCF was set up in 2010 to distribute money from rich countries to poorer ones to help them cut emissions and adapt to climate change. The fund is...

A Cabinet Minister in the Samoa government has urged citizens not to worry about the effects of the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East on the country's finances. Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) Chairman and Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, La'auli Leuatea Schmidt told the EFKS TV programme on Friday that the war in the Middle East is...

By RR Rashmi, The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi  To meet climate goals, countries will have to get far more ambitious and quickly. Here’s what to look for at COP28. The world’s premier climate change conference next month will be hosted by a country among those arguably with the most to lose from more ambitious climate action. The global community...

Palau is reiterating its call for the new plastics treaty to focus on the full lifecycle of plastics including controlling production rather than relying solely on recycling to combat the plastic pollution crisis. The Republic of Palau located in the northwestern Pacific, renowned for its pristine and unique marine environment and diverse underwater seascape is at the frontline of the...

Pacific Islands nations are calling on world leaders to commit to an ambitious global plastic treaty modelled along the lines of the hugely successful Montreal Protocol which tackled the issue of ozone layer depletion. The Pacific is disproportionately affected by the global plastic pollution, contributing less than 1.3 percent but our ocean is inundated with bulk of the world’s transboundary...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will urge U.S President Joe Biden to remain focused on the Indo-Pacific region as the war between Israel and Hamas intensifies. The prime minister flew out for Washington on Sunday for a four-day official visit to the U.S. It will be the ninth meeting between the two leaders since Albanese's election victory in 2022. Albanese said he...

Pacific Leaders and delegates traveling to the Cook Islands for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM52), can expect a warm and colourful Polynesian welcome during the PIFLM52 opening ceremony to be held on the evening of 06 November 2023 at the National Auditorium in Rarotonga. The islands of Rarotonga and Aitutaki have been a hive of activity over...

After three and a half years providing support for Pacific Islands Countries, the Pacific Humanitarian Pathway on COVID-19 (PHP-C) has been formally closed. Established by Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers in April 2020, the PHP-C enabled the delivery of over 390 tonnes of health and humanitarian relief supplies to 15 Forum Member countries. Following the World Health Organisation's declaration in May...

The excitement is building as the countdown continues to the official opening of the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM52), to be hosted by the Cook Islands Government as the Chair from 06 -10 November 2023. Guided by the theme, “Our Voices, Our Choices, Our Pacific Way: Promote, Partner, Prosper,” PIFLM52 will bring together Pacific Leaders, Pacific Regional Organisations,...