From tuna to treaty: Pacific powers push ocean agenda
Pacific leaders continue to push for more investment, stronger political will, and recognition of traditional knowledge to protect the region’s ocean future.
The United Nations’...
Wallabies wins Vuvale bowl
Beyond the scoreboard at Sunday’s rugby match between the Fiji Water Flying Fijians and the Wallabies, more than 28,000 spectators came together to celebrate...
AOSIS demands treaty action on existing plastic Pollution: “We Have to Act Now”
The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) says global efforts to tackle plastic pollution must include binding action to clean up existing waste, not...
UN development conference backs innovative ways to boost climate finance
As climate change impacts worsen and aid budgets fall, leaders gathered in Spain for a UN conference on funding sustainable development this week threw...
Vanuatu hails landmark climate ruling by Inter-American Court
Vanuatu has welcomed a historic ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), calling it a breakthrough in linking climate change with legal...
Macron holds summit with New Caledonian leaders to address future after deadly unrest
French President Emmanuel Macron has opened a summit with political, economic and civil society leaders from New Caledonia to discuss the French territory’s future,...
China denies military base ambitions in Pacific Islands
China’s Embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, after Fiji's Prime...
Fiji PM fires AG Graham Leung over Inquiry findings
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has dismissed Attorney-General Graham Everett Leung from Cabinet, effective immediately, citing findings from a recent Commission of Inquiry into...
Cook Islands PM hails strong ties with Australia after Sydney talks
Cook Islands Prime Minister this week met with Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy in Sydney to strengthen bilateral ties...
Cook Islands seabed minerals consultations under fire for excluding environment groups again
Environmental groups are again raising red flags as the second round of overseas public consultations on seabed mining gets underway in Queensland, Australia, citing...
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El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather
El Niño, the climate phenomenon that supercharges weather around the world, has officially arrived and could intensify to historic levels in the fall, U.S...
Trump reopens Pacific marine monument waters to commercial fishing
U.S President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation reopening nearly half a million square miles of protected waters in the Pacific to commercial fishing,...
UNFPA reports major health and Population gains despite funding cuts
By Pita Ligaiula
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it delivered major gains in maternal health, reproductive health services and population data collection during...