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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the governments of Solomon Islands and Tonga have signed grant and loan agreements for energy projects on the sidelines of COP29. The ADB-supported projects will help the Pacific countries to transition from dependency on diesel fuel imports to renewable energy. Solomon Islands Minister for the Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Trevor Mahaga and...

As the dangers posed by climate change become increasingly evident worldwide, the need for reliable and accurate information on the impact of the environmental crisis is more crucial than ever. To address this, the United Nations, together with the Organisation’s education and science agency, UNESCO and the Brazilian government, launched the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change on...

The Flying Fijians believe their time is now and are not shy talking about their intentions to take Ireland down. The sides have met 15 times but the Pacific Island nation have never won. While Fiji did suffer an infamous loss to Portugal at last year's World Cup, they have been claiming notable scalps over the last 14 months. They beat England...

Fiji Rugby has announced the appointment of John Sanday as the new Chairman of the Fiji Rugby Union (FRU). Sanday was recently appointed as a Board Member during the FRU’s Annual General Meeting and officially elected as Chairman at inaugural board meeting. Sanday brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise, and his appointment marks the beginning of a new...

Voters of America Samoa head to the polls today to decide who will be the territory’s Governor and Lt Governor for the next four years. The run-off election today is between the two teams that received the most votes in the gubernatorial race on 05 November Pulaalii Nikolao Pula and Pulu Ae Ae Jr who topped the polls with 4,284 votes...

In a powerful appeal to the world’s largest economies during the G20 Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called for urgent climate action and reform of international institutions, warning that current systems are failing to meet global challenges. Speaking at the G20 Summit – a forum that brings together 19 countries and the European Union, accounting for 85 percent...

As the final week of COP29 got underway, Fiji’s delegation, alongside other Pacific nations, remains steadfast in advocating for progress on critical climate issues despite the diplomatic challenges in the negotiation rooms. Ensuring team-Fiji stays the course is its Permanent Secretary for Environment and Climate Change, Dr Sivendra Michael, who also serves as the country’s lead negotiator at COP29. In virtual...

An international legal judgment on governments’ obligations to prevent human-driven climate change has become more crucial after Donald Trump’s election victory raised the prospect of the U.S again withdrawing from the landmark Paris agreement, a lawyer in the case said. The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to begin hearings on 02 December that will culminate in it...

The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio sent a clear signal to negotiating teams at stalled UN climate talks in Baku on the need to rapidly and substantially ‘scale up climate finance from billions to trillions from all sources.’ While the statement from the world’s leading economies – and biggest...

Pacific climate leaders were frustrated by the sluggish rate of progress made during the first week of the UN climate meeting in Azerbaijan. The big goal of this COP is to increase annual climate financing target from US$100 billion originally set in 2009 for developed nations to help developing countries reduce emissions and adapt to climate impacts. Now into week two...