‘Not sitting on our laurels’, says Pacific Ocean Commissioner Manoni
In the lead-up to the Commonwealth Leaders’ Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa this month, Pacific Ocean Commissioner Filimon Manoni asserts that Pacific Island countries and...
Marshall Islands wins UN Human Rights Council seat with climate, nuclear justice agenda
Marshall Islands was elected on Wednesday to sit on the United Nations Human Rights Council from next year, with climate change and nuclear justice...
Fiji beats Solomon Islands at home
By Tony Hiriasia Jr
Fiji defeated the Solomon Islands 1-0 in a hard-fought Oceania Football World Cup qualifiers match at the national stadium in Suva...
Below average cyclone season tipped for Pacific region
The Pacific's eastern islands can expect an usual or below-par cyclone season, according to New Zealand's climate and forecasting agencies.
On Wednesday, NIWA and MetService...
Role of Indigenous communities recognised at world’s first-ever ‘nature positive’ summit
The critical role of Indigenous peoples in addressing the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution was recognised at the...
IMF approves US$265 million for PNG Climate resilience
Papua New Guinea has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new US$265 million loan aimed at strengthening the...
France’s new overseas minister to visit New Caledonia next week
French Overseas minister François-Noël Buffet will travel to New Caledonia next week, from 16 - 18 October.
Buffet, who was recently appointed to the position...
China’s Pacific ally Kiribati criticises Beijing missile launch
The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has issued rare criticism of China over last month's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, saying the Pacific...
Tuvalu PM Teo slams UN as ‘hypocritical’ in excluding Taiwan
Visiting Tuvaluan Prime Minister Feleti Teo criticised the United Nations' exclusion of Taiwan as a “hypocritical” act during a meeting with President Lai Ching-te...
No oil spill assures Acting Samoa PM
Acting Samoan Prime Minister, Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio, says there is no evidence of oil spillage in the area where the New Zealand naval ship...
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“We are doing more than most” — GCF on adaptation finance
By Pita Ligaiula
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) says half of its climate finance is directed to adaptation, but Executive Director Mafalda Duarte acknowledges the...
“We need to make Pacific economies more resilient”: Green Climate Fund
By Pita Ligaiula
Climate change is already threatening key Pacific economic sectors, but the Green Climate Fund (GCF) says its investments are being designed...
Forum Leaders endorse Kava declaration, fisheries fund review and regional labour ministers
By Pita Ligaiula
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have endorsed new regional measures on kava, fisheries and labour, including the establishment of a dedicated Regional Labour...