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Climate goal of 1.5C is ‘gasping for breath’, says UN head

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The goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C is “gasping for breath”, the UN secretary general has said as he announced a “climate ambition summit” for September. António Guterres said the summit would challenge leaders of governments and businesses to come up with “new, tangible and credible climate action to accelerate the pace of change” and confront the “existential threat”...

If the Marshall Islands can support green shipping, so should everyone

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Our economy depends on it but, as rising ocean levels threaten our home, tightening regulation is key By David Kabua, Marshall Islands President For my country and people, climate change is not a theoretical issue — it is a real and present danger. About 98 percent of the Marshall Islands’ territory is composed of water — one of the largest...

Sitiveni Rabuka back as Prime Minister of Fiji in a three-party coalition

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By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor After 16 years of the FijiFirst Government rule in Fiji, the country will have a new Prime Minister who will lead a three party coalition. Former Prime Minister and leader of the People’s Alliance Party (PAP), Sitiveni Rabuka is expected to be sworn in as the country’s sixth elected Prime Minister when Parliament convenes 14 days...

Guterres announces ‘no nonsense’ climate action summit; calls for practical solutions

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The UN chief said on Monday he was determined to make 2023 “a year for peace” and a “year for action”, highlighting the need for practical solutions to a raft of pressing problems facing all regions of the world. “We owe it to people to find solutions, to fight back, and to act”, said Secretary-General António Guterres. “At times, discreetly...

Cuban FM praises relations with Pacific Islands

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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Monday highlighted bilateral relations with small island States of the Pacific Ocean. On Twitter, Rodriguez celebrated the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands, a nation which Cuba has outstanding relations with based on friendship, cooperation and solidarity. He added Cuba is presently celebrating two decades of diplomatic relations with...

Samoa Supreme Court to rule if three resigned MPs need to go back to by-elections

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The three former Samoa Opposition MPs, who resigned from Human Rights Political Party (HRPP) last month, will go to court arguing the unconstitutionality of the 2019 Electoral Amendment Act that now stops them from becoming Independent MPs. Former Cabinet Minister, Tuuu Anasii Leota of Siumu and Ale Vena Ale of Faleata 4 resigned on 4 November claiming breach of their...

Fiji should know today which party will form government: Gavoka

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Fiji should know by later today who will be forming the next government. Social Democratic Liberal Party’s (SODELPA) representative Viliame Gavoka has confirmed this to the media as the countdown to the 2pm Management Board meeting continues. The top most hierarchy from FijiFirst and The People’s Alliance are expected to be part of the last-minute presentation teams who will front the...

Hiroshima survivor pleads for halt of radioactive waste dump in Pacific Ocean

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Japan is standing its ground over the planned discharge of treated radioactive waste from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean in 2023 despite strong opposition from Pacific leaders. The country said in April that the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) would discharge more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water in stages after treatment and dilution, starting around spring 2023. The contaminated...

Opinion: Climate justice delayed is justice denied

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By Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC and Dr Nazia Mintz Habib FRSA, Founder of the Centre for Resilience and Sustainable Development. At COP27 there was a multitude of competing interests and voices that sought the world's attention. But one thing that became clear was the chorus of small and often vulnerable states demanding justice now and at scale to address...

UN conference concludes with ‘historic’ deal to protect a third of the world’s biodiversity

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The UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, concluded early on Monday in Montreal, Canada, with a landmark agreement to protect 30 percent of the planet’s lands, coastal areas and inland waters by the end of the decade. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework also aims to cut food waste in half. COP15 was originally set to be held in Kunming, China, in October 2020...

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