TMC sets June 2025 for Nauru-backed seafloor mining application
TMC, the metals company focused on seafloor battery metal exploration, has set 27 June 2025, as the target date for submitting its ISA exploitation...
U.S Defence Chief Austin heads to Indo-Pacific, marking historic first visit to Fiji in push for regional security
U. S Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III will depart this week for a trip to Australia, the Philippines, Laos and Fiji to...
Climate crisis is an economy killer: UN Climate Chief warns World leaders at COP29
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell Tuesday urged world leaders at the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan to view the climate crisis not just...
Guterres urges countries to ‘get serious’ on loss and damage funding
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for countries to step up contributions to a financial mechanism to assist developing countries affected by climate...
What these Pacific youth leaders want to see come out of COP29
Pacific Island youth leaders say the stakes couldn't be higher at this year's United Nations climate summit.
Even as Donald Trump threatens to pull out...
Climate finance promises must be kept, Commonwealth Secretary-General tells COP29
Commonwealth countries must unite and use their collective voice to demand that climate finance promises are kept preventing human suffering, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia...
Leaders urge global backing for PRF: Forum SG
Pacific Leaders and youth called on the world to commit to funding for the Pacific-led, owned and managed initiative, the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF).
This...
Tuvalu seeks climate finance justice for SIDS at COP29
The Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Feleti Teo and his Climate Change and the Environment Minister, Dr Maina Talia, are at COP29 to advocate for...
‘Pay up or humanity will pay the price’, Guterres warns at COP29 climate summit
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take immediate steps to cut...
Australia and the Pacific are in prime position to host landmark COP31 summit
By Professor Ben Newell and Dr Wesley Morgan
An announcement about who will host the 2026 UN climate summit is expected during COP29 discussions in...
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Pasifika AI creator warns AI cannot speak for Pacific communities without a mandate
By Pita Ligaiula
The creator of Pasifika AI says the biggest risk in developing Pacific-focused artificial intelligence without formal community ownership is that the...
UN rapporteur flags nuclear legacy, climate threats to Marshallese rights defenders
By Pita Ligaiula
Marshallese human rights defenders continue to face the long-term impacts of nuclear weapons testing, climate change, displacement, discrimination and limited access...
Climate finance must leave stronger Pacific communities and institutions beyond the funding cycle
Australia and New Zealand have used a climate finance dialogue at the 5th Pacific Oceans Pacific Climate Change Conference (POPCCC), in Honiara, to emphasise...