UN climate chief urges COP31 to turn climate promises into action
The UN’s top climate official says COP31 must focus on turning climate commitments into real-world results as countries face mounting economic costs from climate...
Pacific leaders call for urgent climate action in Taku Pakasoa Declaration
By Pita Ligaiula
Pacific leaders and partners have called for faster emissions cuts, greater access to climate finance and stronger protection of vulnerable island...
Pacific Pre-COP puts 1.5°C, climate finance and ocean at centre of COP31
By Pita Ligaiula
The Pacific Pre-COP in Fiji has ended with Pacific priorities set to shape negotiations at next month’s COP31 climate summit in Türkiye,...
350.org urges COP31 to turn Pacific climate commitments into action
By Pita Ligaiula
Pacific climate advocates have called on Australia and Türkiye to deliver concrete action at COP31, warning that keeping the 1.5°C target within...
Tuvalu urges COP31 to deliver action, not procedural debates
By Pita Ligaiula
Tuvalu has urged countries heading to COP31 in Türkiye to move beyond negotiations and procedural disputes and make firm commitments to...
Pacific Pre-COP puts small Island states at centre of COP31: Bowen
By Pita Ligaiula
Australia says the Pacific Pre-COP31 has provided a strong starting point for COP31 in Türkiye, with small island developing states’ priorities pushed...
Pacific needs climate action, not more promises: Tabuya
By Pita Ligaiula
Fiji has called on countries heading to COP31 in Türkiye to turn climate commitments into action, warning that Pacific communities cannot...
Turkey says Pacific Pre-cop built momentum for COP31
By Pita Ligaiula
Türkiye says the Pacific Pre-COP31 has built important momentum for COP31, with the incoming presidency promising to carry the spirit of...
With the Taku Pakasoa Declaration, Pacific countries look to turn political momentum to delivery at COP31
As the curtains fall on pre-COP31 and Fiji celebrates the successful hosting of more than 3,000 delegates, the attention immediately turns to Türkiye, and...
New Zealand Rugby takes the Australian Rugby League Commission to court over NRL using the Chiefs brand for its Papua New Guinea expansion side
The battle for the NRL’s Papua New Guinea expansion side to be called the Chiefs is set to be decided by a judge after...
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Fiji's Acting Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Siromi Turaga has resigned from Cabinet.
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