Minamata survivor calls on countries to act on mercury pollution
By PACNEWS Editor Makereta Komai in Minamata, Japan
Seventy years after one of Japan’s worst industrial pollution disasters, a survivor is calling on countries yet...
Pacific health voices call for climate finance and action ahead of COP31
Pacific health and climate officials are calling for urgent action, stronger climate finance and protection of the 1.5°C target as Pacific countries take their...
‘Funds for responding to Loss and Damage is not charity, it’s a matter of justice’
Pacific Political Champion for climate-induced Loss and Damage, Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, has a clear message to world leaders gathering in Fiji to prepare for...
Pacific demands climate action as 1.5C limit comes under threat: UN deputy SG
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called on the world to match Pacific leadership on climate change with urgent action on emissions, adaptation...
France urges big emitters to act as Pacific pushes climate agenda ahead of COP31
France has called on major emitting countries to accelerate emissions cuts and submit stronger climate plans, warning that a world heading towards 3 degrees...
EU backs Pacific as Commissioner Hoekstra warns climate impacts are already here
European Union Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has warned that the loss of land in Tuvalu is a sign of what climate change could bring...
Indonesia protests West Papua remarks at UN New Caledonia hearing
Indonesia has protested after West Papua was raised during a United Nations Fourth Committee hearing on New Caledonia, calling for the remarks to be...
Empowering Pacific-led research and data, and youth leadership to shape climate decisions
Pacific leadership requires meaningful youth influences and the resources, skills and scientific evidence needed to shape regional and international climate decisions.
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Bulikula confident of winning women’s RWLC
First timers, the Fiji Bulikula has set their sights on winning the Women's Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) after the Fiji National Rugby League...
Pacific bloc demands UN mission to New Caledonia as decolonisation debate intensifies
Pacific countries have renewed calls for a United Nations visiting mission to New Caledonia, saying an independent assessment is needed as the territory continues...
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Pacific partner pact boosts police, not military ties
Australia's recently agreed treaty with Vanuatu will step up policing partnerships but not stop foreign military from setting up shop as domestic law already...
Amid Middle East crisis, ADB supports Energy Security in the Pacific with $40.1 million
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved US$40.1 million to help Kiribati, Tonga, and Tuvalu manage fuel price volatility as the Middle East conflict...
El Nino breaks Pacific temperature record as weather pattern intensifies
An intensifying El Nino broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, in...