Community-driven Solutions for Environmental Stewardship: The GEF Small Grants Programme in Fiji and its Role in Shaping Global Climate Dialogue at COP
As with many Small Island Developing States, Fiji faces the starkest impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, natural disasters and biodiversity loss.
But...
PNG told address Bougainville independence affairs head-on: President Toroama
Papua New Guinea has been told to address the Bougainville Independence issue head-on and not to hide behind political correctness and overblown sensitivity.
Autonomous Bougainville...
Scientists unite to create Declaration on strong Plastics Treaty
Over 190 governments now negotiating a new treaty on plastic pollution have been urged to deliver a global agreement that will protect everyone’s health.
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INC-5 ‘moment of truth’ for plastics treaty talks
“We must end plastic pollution before plastic pollution ends us.”
With these words, the host country of the fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an...
UN Special Rapporteur on climate change to visit Vanuatu
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Elisa Morgera, will visit Vanuatu from...
How Vanuatu can return to sustainable growth after Airline bankruptcy
By Evan Papageorgiou and Maria Gonzalez
After economic shocks, it’s time for this small Pacific Island nation to proceed with bold reforms and policy decisions....
Sevens hosting golden opportunity for Solomon Islands sport tourism potential
As the Solomon Islands begins final preparations for its hosting of next month’s 2024 Oceania Rugby Sevens Tournament, Tourism Solomons has described the event...
EU Parliament votes to Permanently end Vanuatu’s Schengen Visa waiver
-The European Parliament has voted 62-1, with two abstentions, to end Vanuatu’s visa-free access to the Schengen Area.
Parliament Rapporteur Paulo Cunha notes this marks...
“We will not accept a treaty that does not recognise the special circumstances of SIDS”- Samoa as AOSIS chair
On the eve of the fifth session of the international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5), the Alliance...
COP29 Falls short: A betrayal of the vulnerable and failure of leadership
The Pacific Islands have long served as a moral compass in global climate negotiations, consistently calling for equity, ambition, and justice.
At COP29, that call...
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MCC touts Pacific, Fiji partnerships as strategic alternative to China’s Belt and Road
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has highlighted its work in Fiji and the wider Pacific as part of a broader U.S strategy to strengthen...
Vanuatu Opposition demands Gov’t apology over failed Matthew and Hunter negotiations
Vanuatu Opposition Leader Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau has called on Prime Minister Jotham Napat and Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Koanapo to apologise to the people...
Indigenous leaders tell governments ‘no more tokenism’ before COP31
As Pacific communities lose homes, coastlines and even the resting places of their ancestors to rising seas, Indigenous have delivered a blunt message to...