“You now carry responsibility for our future”: Samoan youth climate advocate Fruean
Samoan youth climate advocate Brianna Fruean has challenged Pacific leaders to turn the hospitality and welcome they received in Tuvalu and Fiji into action...
Pacific Resilience Facility puts communities in the driving seat: Fiji Foreign Minister Ditoka
Fiji has reaffirmed its support for the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF), with Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister Sakiasi Ditoka saying the Pacific-owned mechanism...
Nepal calls for mountain-Pacific alliance on climate action
Nepal has called for a stronger alliance between Himalayan and Pacific nations to confront the shared impacts of climate change, with Foreign Minister Shisir...
Automotive recycling turns old cars into new opportunities
Reporting by PACNEWS Editor, Makereta Komai in Kitakyushu
An automotive recycling company in Kitakyushu is turning old and unwanted vehicles into valuable resources while helping...
Who restores the peace of our ancestors’ resting place? What is the price of our troubled hearts? A story of Non Economic Loss and Damage
Nei Tikaeita comes from the bustling village of Rawannawi on the island of Marakei in Kiribati.
For more than sixty years, she has walked the...
Forum Chair and Palau President Whipps demands climate justice, direct grants for Pacific at Pre-COP31
Forum Chair and Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr has called on international leaders to replace slow climate finance and debt with direct, grant-based investment,...
Pacific leaders must close the gap between climate promises and action: Fiji PM Rabuka
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has challenged Pacific leaders to turn their climate commitments into action, saying the Pacific must use Tuvalu as a...
Pacific unity must turn climate concern into action: Aust PM Albanese
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Pacific cannot afford to lose sight of the 1.5°C target as rising seas, extreme weather and El...
Pacific leaders watch Tuvalu reclamation effort ahead of UN climate meet
Representatives of 30 nations watched on Tuesday as white sand dredged from an atoll lagoon was used to reclaim land from the ocean in...
Besieged nation warns COP31 can’t be climate talkfest
The world's biggest climate event should not become “another talk shop” while Pacific nations struggle to survive rising sea levels and intensifying natural disasters.
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COP31 President of Negotiations Bowen warns only 0.2 percent of climate adaptation finance reaches...
Pacific Island countries are receiving just 0.2 percent of global climate finance for adaptation, a figure COP31 President of Negotiations Chris Bowen says must...
Pacific Ocean monitoring at risk as climate observation gaps threaten El Niño tracking
Gaps in ocean monitoring across the western Pacific are threatening the region’s ability to track and predict climate events such as El Niño, prompting...
GCF urges world to follow Solomon Islands’ lead on climate finance
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Mafalda Duarte has challenged countries to follow Solomon Islands' lead in supporting global climate finance, describing its US$400,000...