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Cook Islands well-positioned to demonstrate and uphold strong regional leadership: Puna

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Cook Islands is well-positioned to demonstrate and uphold the strong regional leadership that we need to ensure that we, as the Blue Pacific, are able to capitalise on the opportunities before us today, says Forum Secretary General Henry Puna. Puna in his special Parliamentary address in the Cook Islands Parliament today said as Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and...

Pacific group pushing for global shipping to act on climate target

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A group of Pacific states, known as the 6-PAC, is leading the call for the shipping industry to align itself with the 1.5 degrees’ climate target. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is meeting for the next fortnight for a climate summit in London to finalise a strategy to decarbonise the sector as well as discuss a potential new carbon levy. “2023...

Broke and hungry, Pacific Islanders are abandoning Australian farms in droves

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Pacific Island nationals brought to Australia under a workforce scheme to bolster regional economic and diplomatic ties have abandoned the programme by a nearly 10-fold increase in the past five years, with some complaining of racking up debt while languishing for months without work. While employers accuse the government of aiding the black market because of the low numbers of...

Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert

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An independent UN-appointed climate expert on Tuesday called for full legal protection to be given to those displaced by the impacts of climate change, to guarantee their human rights. “The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and the number of people displaced across international borders is rapidly increasing,” said Ian Fry, independent human rights expert on climate change,...

Deputy PM Marles visits Solomon Islands and could commit Australia to extended security presence

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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has suggested Australian troops and police might stay in Solomon Islands beyond this year, in a sign the federal government could push for an enduring security presence in the Pacific Island nation. Marles will land in the country's capital Honiara later today for a two-day visit, where he'll hold talks with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare...

How a small island nation is taking climate change to the world’s highest court?

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By Naveena Sadasivam More than 30 years ago, the tiny island nation of Vanuatu off the coast of Australia proposed a radical idea: Wealthy, high-emitting nations should compensate poorer, less energy-intensive nations suffering the disastrous consequences of climate change. For Vanuatu, those consequences continue to wreak havoc. The 320,000-person country is more vulnerable to natural disasters than any other nation,...

Forum SG Puna to meet with Forum Chair on regional priorities

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The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna, will undertake his first official mission to the Cook Islands this week as part of the Forum high-level consultations which have seen him, most recently, in Samoa and Australia. The Cook Islands mission will provide an opportunity for in-depth discussions on the progress of current and emerging regional priorities. Like his other high-level...

Fukushima nuclear plant operator says equipment to release treated wastewater into sea is complete

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All equipment needed for the release into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has been completed and will be ready for a safety inspection by Japanese regulators this week, the plant operator said Monday, as opposition to the plan continues in and outside Japan over safety concerns. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said it...

Solomon Islands leader of independent group of MP’s takes High Court action over election delay

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Solomon Islands leader of the Independent Group, John Kuku has filed a legal suit challenging the legality of the extension of Parliament to 2024. Parliament September last year passed the extension of Parliament by amending the constitution. The constitutional amendment though met with opposition was passed in September that subsequently resulted in the deferral of the dissolution of parliament by seven...

New Zealand marks 50 years of Pacific nuclear protests

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This Wednesday, New Zealand marks 50 years since the Government sent a frigate to French Polynesia to protest testing of nuclear weapons at Mururoa Atoll. On 28 June, 1973, HMNZS Otago sailed from Auckland, carrying a crew of 242 and immigration minister Fraser Colman – the first commitment from prime minister Norman Kirk to stand against atmospheric nuclear testing in...

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Milestone for Pacific/U.S Tuna Treaty

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Former Fiji PM Bainimarama granted absolute discharge, Qiliho fined

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Climate change, AI in focus at Commonwealth’s October meeting in Samoa

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