IRL World rankings updated ahead of RLWC26 draw release
Toa Samoa has leapfrogged Tonga into fourth place in the IRL World Rankings after reaching the final of the Pacific Cup, while Fetu Samoa...
Türkiye maintains COP31 bid as Australia rejects co-hosting proposal
Türkiye is continuing its bid to host next year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) as tensions persist with Australia over which country will be...
Nations hit by natural disasters tell ministers at climate talks to act
Battered by last month’s ferocious climate-fueled hurricane, Jamaica joined other small island nations and impoverished countries at Monday’s United Nations climate talks to implore...
Albanese puts deals with Vanuatu and Fiji next on the agenda
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is moving to lock in a security pact with Fiji, as well as resuscitate a security deal with Vanuatu...
France to support Solomon Islands in ocean security
The French Government will assist Solomon Islands in combating drug trafficking, illegal fishing and demining operations in the country’s waters.
French Ambassador to the...
No time for tactical delays as COP30 enters final stretch: UN climate Chief Stiell warns leaders
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has told world leaders at COP30 that negotiations must accelerate immediately, warning that slow progress in the...
‘When finance flows, ambition grows’: COP30’s call for action
In Belém, Brazil, as the world turns its eyes to the Amazon where COP30 has been underway for the past week, one question looms...
COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for solutions
Climate change is already fueling a global health emergency, killing more than half a million people each year through extreme heat and threatening hospitals...
PM bans Samoa Observer, says will extend ban to cabinet ministers
Samoa Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt banned the Samoa Observer from attending any future press conferences and warned that he would be telling cabinet...
Minister’s New Caledonia tour leaves unanswered questions
By Nic Maclellan
When France’s new Overseas Minister Naïma Moutchou toured New Caledonia last week, New Caledonians hoped that her visit would end uncertainty...
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Pacific leaders seek US$500m resilience fund as climate impacts worsen
Pacific leaders are calling on governments, development partners and private investors to help raise US$500 million for the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF), warning that...
Forum Chair backs Australia’s COP31 role as Albanese defends conference spending
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended the cost of hosting and participating in COP31, saying climate action is a matter of Australia's national...
Multilateral Development Banks commit US$103 billion in climate finance as COP31 pushes implementation
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) provided US$103 billion in climate finance to low- and middle-income countries in 2025 and mobilised a further US$35 billion in...