Tuvalu and climate sector want more from Australia
Tuvalu has warned Australia needs to take “true leadership” and match words with action as it assumes a leadership role in global climate negotiations.
Australia's...
Lift the ban, respect press freedom: Pacific media bodies tell Samoa PM
Pacific media groups have called on Samoa’s Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt to immediately lift his government’s ban on the Samoa Observer, warning...
Turkey will host COP31, Australia will play a role. So where does that leave the Pacific?
By Eliza Northrop
After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event...
Tuvalu speaks on Trump, Pacific SIDS, and keeping the focus on a global 1.5 degrees climate journey
U.S needed in the Paris Agreement implementation work, because it takes a a collective effort, says Pacific COP champ Dr Maina Vakafua Talia.
Last week's...
2025 general elections: Tongatapu 6 sends Tonga’s only woman MP to new Parliament
For the second election in a row, Tongatapu 6 has delivered Tonga’s only woman MP, while every other constituency elected men.
Fane Fangufangu Fituafe won...
‘No moment for self-congratulations at COP30-step up and deliver real-world climate results’: Stiell
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has warned countries at COP30 that “this is no moment for self-congratulations,” urging governments and non-state actors...
NGOs lament missed ‘COP opportunity’ for SA and climate
South Australia, climate advocates and the Pacific have united in their disappointment after Australia's failure to secure the 2026 UN climate conference.
Anthony Albanese's government...
Fair seas ahead: FFA and ILO join forces to improve working conditions for Pacific fishers
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) have formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthening the protection of...
Joint Letter from the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)
To: The Honourable La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
Prime Minister of the Government of Samoa
Apia, Samoa
Cc: - Agafili Shem Leo, CEO of the Ministry of the...
Negotiations update: Just Transition in the final days of COP30
After burning the midnight oil in the run to the final hours of COP30 in Belem Brazil, delegates spent most of Wednesday and Thursday...
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COP31 President of Negotiations Bowen warns only 0.2 percent of climate adaptation finance reaches...
Pacific Island countries are receiving just 0.2 percent of global climate finance for adaptation, a figure COP31 President of Negotiations Chris Bowen says must...
Pacific Ocean monitoring at risk as climate observation gaps threaten El Niño tracking
Gaps in ocean monitoring across the western Pacific are threatening the region’s ability to track and predict climate events such as El Niño, prompting...
GCF urges world to follow Solomon Islands’ lead on climate finance
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Mafalda Duarte has challenged countries to follow Solomon Islands' lead in supporting global climate finance, describing its US$400,000...