South Pacific Defence Ministers meet in Auckland
Partnership and looking to the future are key themes as Defence Ministers from across the South Pacific discuss regional security challenges in Auckland today,...
Kiribati calls for UN reform and collective action to face global crises
Kiribati’s Permanent representative to the United Nations, Teburoro Tito, used the platform of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly to call for...
OACPS rallies for financial sustainability, appoints Botswana’s President Masisi as champion for Resource Mobilisation
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) recently concluded a high-level meeting in New York, combining the Troika Summit with a gathering...
Paris Agreement, a failure: Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Agovaka
Solomon Islands believes, the Paris Agreement is failing humanity and so the world needs a stronger legally binding framework on Climate Change.
The Paris Agreement...
More arrests in besieged New Caledonian pro-independence stronghold
Five individuals wanted by French authorities have surrendered in besieged New Caledonia's pro-independence stronghold of Saint Louis.
The village, which is part of the town...
Road to COP29: Call to act in hope as Pacific countries gather to advance push for climate ambition
The death toll from floods and landslides across Nepal, which has claimed more than 150 lives and counting, is a reminder of the devastation...
Australia’s ‘immoral’ coalmine decision akin to drowning its Pacific neighbours, Tuvalu’s climate minister declares
Tuvalu’s climate minister says Australia’s decision to approve three coalmine expansions calls into question its claim to be a “member of the Pacific family”,...
Pacific Islander elected to COP29 Presidency Scientific Council
Leading Pacific Islands academic Dr George Carter has been appointed to the COP29 Presidency Scientific Council.
He joins an elite group of scientists from around...
Pacific and Caribbean SIDS demand Global Shipping emissions levy at MEPC82 to protect survival
Leaders from the Pacific and Caribbean nations of the 6PAC+ coalition are leading the charge at the Marine Environment Protection Committee(MEPC82), calling for bold...
Bringing COP31 Down Under will be an unprecedented opportunity
Australia could co-host the global climate meeting in 2026 well on the way to emissions targets, and ready to drive fresh momentum.
Opinion Kerry Schott...
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Aust PM to host series of Pacific leaders’ meetings in Queensland
After returning from Fiji and the Solomon Islands and signing historic agreements with Fiji and Vanuatu, Prime Minister Albanese will host Pacific leaders from...
CROP heads discuss 2050 strategy, energy crisis and COP31 preparations
The 66th Heads of Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) Meeting convened at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat on Tuesday, focusing on...
Southwest Pacific’s last tropical glacier could vanish within months
The Southwest Pacific is facing mounting climate risks as its vast ocean expanse becomes hotter, more acidic and more dangerous for coastal communities, the...