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The President of Marshall Islands, Dr Hilda Heine delivered a powerful address at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), urging world leaders to confront the most pressing issues of climate change, nuclear legacy, and human rights. In a speech that cut through diplomatic rhetoric, Dr Heine demanded urgent action to safeguard the future of island nations and uphold global...

Papua New Guinea’s Environment Minister, Simo Kilepa, Wednesday sounded the alarm at the High-Level Meeting on Sea-Level Rise, branding it a “twin disaster” for his nation and other Pacific countries battling the climate crisis. “There is no time to lose, and therefore this meeting is a step in the right direction,” Kilepa emphasised, highlighting the urgency of confronting the rising...

The Solomon Islands Minister of Environment, Climate Change, and Disaster Management, Trevor Mahaga, issued an urgent call for global action to address the escalating threat of sea level rise. During the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) High-Level Meeting on Sea-Level Rise, Mahaga highlighted the severe impacts of rising seas on the Solomon Islands and the broader South...

The 2024 Vision Pasifika Media Awards – Cleaner Pacific was officially launched at the 7th Pacific Media Summit in Niue by the country’s Prime Minister, Dalton Tagelagi. The awards celebrate excellence in environmental news content reporting across the Pacific Island region. This year’s theme, Cleaner Pacific, highlights the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution, one of the triple planetary crises...

With global sea level rising faster than at any time over the last 3,000 years, UN Member States met on Wednesday to examine how to best address this existential threat. The situation is critical, said UN General Assembly President Philémon Yang, who convened the high-level meeting which included a plenary session and panel discussions. He noted that estimates indicate up to...

Nauru’s President David Adeang declared in a speech to the United Nations that the international community must not let “fear and misinformation” block the exploitation of sea-bed minerals that could be critical to the global energy transition. Adeang used Tuesday's address to the UN General Assembly(UNGA) to warn about the perils of inaction on deep-sea mining, which proponents say will...

The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Media Summit 2024 officially began Tuesday in Niue with Fiji’s media landscape front and centre, as stakeholders discussed the evolving challenges and potential solutions to secure the future of journalism in the Pacific. Speaking as a panellist in Plenary Session 1 on Navigating Media Resilience Fijian Media Association (FMA) General Secretary and Mai TV...

Members of the Pacific Anti-Corruption Journalists Network (PACJN) have renewed their call for greater Right to Information in the region to strengthen anti-corruption reporting. At a Dialogue on Media Freedom through Integrity – Codes of Conduct & Reporting Corruption as part of this week’s Pacific Media Conference being held in Niue, regional journalists took stock of the need for enhanced...

Climate change is rapidly reshaping a region of the world that’s home to millions of people. In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 8 inches (15 centimeters) of sea level rise, according to an analysis by NASA’s sea level change science team. This amount of rise will occur regardless...

It is a dream come true for the Samoa Weightlifting Federation after they were given the green light to build the Oceania Weightlifting Institute in Samoa this year. President Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork made the announcement during a press conference at the Ministry of Sports and Recreation, Tuanaimato. "We are happy to announce that Samoa will be the home of the Oceania...