Indigenous Peoples from 34 nations call for total ban on deep sea mining
Indigenous activists have made clear that they don’t give their consent to deep sea mining.
In a petition presented Monday to the International Seabed Authority...
Global inertia on climate change is creating severe gap for development of Small Islands Developing States
The Synthesis of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Cycle confirms life-threatening risks to small island developing States, and challenges to sustainable development, if warming is...
Solomons to send 80 athletes to China for Pacific Games training
Dozens of athletes from the Solomon Islands will train in China for three months to sharpen their competitiveness for the Pacific Games in November,...
Call it the ‘Pacific Games’
Solomon Islands will host the region’s biggest ever sporting event, the 17th edition of the Pacific Games in Honiara this year (2023).
The Pacific Games...
Pacific leader calls for European Union-style free movement across the region
Australia and New Zealand should make good on their rhetoric of being part of a “Pacific family” by creating a European Union-style common market...
Panuelo gears up for leadership transfer; candidates for FSM president named
After losing his bid for another term, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President David Panuelo has begun preparing for the leadership turnover to his...
Vanuatu’s existential climate threat: “Losing my country is not an option”
In the wake of the latest warning from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Pacific island nation renews calls for a global phaseout...
PNG Fisheries Minister calls on Forum Leaders to unite and stand firm against Japan’s plan to dump nuclear wastewater in Pacific Ocean
Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources Jelta Wong has asked all Pacific Forum Leaders of the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) to...
Pacific Leader criticises U.S and allies’ new strategic language
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has criticised the United State for changing its strategic language around the Pacific without consulting the region, adding...
Final UN climate report an emergency siren: Greenpeace Pacific
The final report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s Sixth Assessment Cycle is the final-hour warning before the clock runs out...
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Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion against PM Napat Friday
Vanuatu leader of the Opposition and President of the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP), Ishmael Kalsakau, welcomed Wednesday's decision of the Court of Appeal...
Australian diplomacy must be principled, agile and proactive: DFAT Secretary Adams
Australia’s top diplomat says Australian diplomacy is being reshaped to meet a more dangerous and complex world, with a sharper focus on the Indo-Pacific,...
Global health is out of balance: WHO’s Dr Piukala
WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala has warned that global health systems are fundamentally out of balance, despite major...