Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders back Fiji’s proposal for extraordinary CEDAW Session in 2025
The Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders meeting supports Fiji's proposal to host an extraordinary session of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms...
Reduced visa processing time a good start: Australian foreign Minister Wong
The Australian government has reduced the visa processing time for Fijians visiting Australia.
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong said this is a good...
Forum Chair Brown sends well wishes to Pacific rugby team at RWC in France
Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown has sent his well wishes to the Pacific teams competing at this year's...
For Pacific regionalism to work, we must be willing to work together: Forum Chair Brown
Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown has emphasised the importance of member states to ‘work together’ as Forum Foreign...
Climate inaction puts lives on the line: WMO
Insufficient progress towards climate goals is slowing down the global fight against poverty, hunger and deadly diseases, according to a report released on Thursday...
USAID Climate Ready project mobilises US$562 million for Pacific Island countries’ climate resilience
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Climate Ready project has mobilised US$562 million from Climate Finance Organisations to support Pacific Island countries...
Cook Islands PM Mark Brown meets with Samoa PM in Fiji ahead of Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown met with Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa in Suva this week ahead of the upcoming Forum Foreign...
Cook Islands and Nauru discuss Pacific partnerships for prosperity
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown met with his Nauru counterpart Russ Kun Thursday ahead of today’s Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting (FFMM) to be...
Australia extends climate assistance
Fiji will be one of the eight Pacific Island countries to benefit from the Climate Finance Experts that will be funded by the Australian...
Urgent action needed for sea turtle conservation in Fiji
New preliminary research findings highlight persistent and alarming rate of ongoing sea turtle harvesting, which directly contradicts the well-defined regulations prohibiting this practice. A...
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“We are doing more than most” — GCF on adaptation finance
By Pita Ligaiula
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) says half of its climate finance is directed to adaptation, but Executive Director Mafalda Duarte acknowledges the...
“We need to make Pacific economies more resilient”: Green Climate Fund
By Pita Ligaiula
Climate change is already threatening key Pacific economic sectors, but the Green Climate Fund (GCF) says its investments are being designed...
Forum Leaders endorse Kava declaration, fisheries fund review and regional labour ministers
By Pita Ligaiula
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have endorsed new regional measures on kava, fisheries and labour, including the establishment of a dedicated Regional Labour...