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Opinion by Bob Loughman Weibur, Vanuatu Prime Minister Climate change represents the single greatest threat to Pacific Islanders and the Pacific way of life, now and increasingly into the future. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC's) most recent report confirmed once again that the global climate has changed because of human-induced activities, and that those activities will lead...

It has been a very busy time since my last column, with a lot going on, so for this week I thought I would try and fill you in on some of the highlights, writes Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown. Kia Orana, Monday, I was in Sydney, but last weekend I had just landed in Fiji, where I spent several...

China's bid to set up a security pact with Pacific Island Countries should be considered by a regional Forum, the leaders of Samoa and New Zealand said on Tuesday, weeks after the Solomon Islands sparked uproar by signing a deal with China. The Pacific Islands and their old allies, including the United States, Australia and New Zealand, were caught off...

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister has told her Chinese counterpart that Beijing's engagement in the Pacific must advance the region's priorities and support established institutions like the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). Nanaia Mahuta met virtually with Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi on Monday as Beijing's presence in the Pacific remains in the spotlight following its controversial security agreement with...

New Zealand Defence Minister Peeni Henare has revealed plans are under way to develop a maritime security plan with the Solomon Islands. It comes amid months of regional tensions and concerns after the islands signed a security deal with China, which then embarked on a regional tour to drum up support for a wider Pacific agreement. Henare met Solomon Islands national...

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta will this week meet with her Australian counterpart, Penny Wong, who is making her first official visit to Aotearoa since Anthony Albanese’ Labor government took office in May. It follows Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s one-day visit to Sydney last week to meet Albanese where climate change and security were top of the agenda. Mahuta...

Work has begun in Paris towards a new statute for New Caledonia after three referendums on independence from France failed to give the Kanak people its expected emancipation. On the UN decolonisation list since 1986, New Caledonia's quest for independence was harnessed first by the 1988 Matignon Accords and then the 1998 Noumea Accord, giving the territory three decades of...

The Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies remains the priority for the Pacific, says Minister for Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, Faiyaz Koya. Speaking during ACP Coordination Group meeting in Geneva, Koya said the Pacific would ensure that harmful subsidies are eliminated to protect the resources for our future generations. “We are at the pivotal point, whether to deliver on fisheries subsidies, after...

Minimising and addressing ocean acidification, deoxygenation and ocean warming is an Interactive Dialogue during the UN Ocean Conference held in Lisbon, Portugal from 27 June to 01 July 2022 By Tagaloa Cooper, Director of Climate Change Resilience, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) As Pacific Island people, we have a deep connection to the ocean. We are Small Islands...

Viewpoint by Carol Farbotko, Taukiei Kitara and Olivia Dun Migration is a potentially adaptive response to climate change. Adaptive migration responses do not involve only permanent movement away from a climate-vulnerable site; temporary migration, when migrants may bring or send back additional funds, new knowledge, upgraded skills and other resources, can help to build resilience among communities in climate-vulnerable...