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...
Tonga’s Pacific Championships success raises questions about International Rugby League’s tier system
For decades, there was an understood hierarchy in men's rugby league that went something like: Australia, New Zealand, England, a bit of daylight, then...
Tonga-Samoa clash ‘could draw 50,000’ in right venue
Rugby league officials must decide whether to host next year's Tonga-Samoa blockbuster at Accor Stadium, in a bid to push for the biggest Test...
Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu sworn in as new Fiji President
Turaga Bale Na Tui Cakau Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu has been sworn in as the seventh President of Fiji.
Ratu Naiqama, the former Speaker of Parliament,...
Eminent, illustrious and well-respected’, Fiji PM lauds new Speaker of Parliament
Retired President of the Fiji Court of Appeal, Justice Filimoni Jitoko, was today elected Speaker at a special sitting of the Parliament of Fiji.
Jitoko...
Time to show global cooperation rising to this moment: UN Climate Chief
At the opening of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called on global leaders to intensify their efforts in...
COP29 countries endorse global carbon market framework
Countries at the two-week COP29 climate summit gave the go-ahead on Monday to carbon credit quality standards which are critical to launching a UN-backed...
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World must quadruple electrification pace to keep 1.5°C alive – Bowen
The world must increase the pace of electrification more than four-fold to have any chance of keeping global warming within the 1.5-degree Celsius limit,...
COP31 must deliver results, keep 1.5°C goal alive – Kurum
COP31 President Murat Kurum has called on countries to keep the 1.5-degree Celsius temperature limit within reach and deliver concrete climate action, warning that...