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PACRES project builds capacity of Pacific media to cover climate change negotiations

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A factsheets kit to assist the Pacific media report on the ongoing UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) process has been launched by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). The launch of the Media Mana Factsheets Kit for Pacific Media took place at the Pacific Partnerships for Prosperity (PPfP) Pavilion at...

EU signs agreements for €21.8 million with Pacific Island nations

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The European Union signed three Financing Agreements worth €21.8 million (US$23.2 million) with Pacific Island nations. These agreements mark the EU’s and its partners ongoing commitment to combat climate change and promote essential infrastructure development in the fields of water, sanitation, and hygiene. The primary objective of this budget support is to foster climate-resilient communities and ensure safe and healthy...

Pacific Civil Society: A historic outcome mired by aspirational rhetoric

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As the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leader’s Meeting concludes in the Cook Islands, the 2023 Leader’s Communique offers us great insight as to what leaders have decided are our key regional priorities, and the steps that need to be taken to achieve these priorities. Unfortunately, while we celebrate progress on several fronts including the historic language on a just transition...

Samoa and Fiji secure Olympic qualification in Brisbane

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  Samoa’s men and Fiji’s women have secured their tickets to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship 2023 in Brisbane. Brian Lima’s Samoa will make their Olympic debut in France next year after they capped a supremely impressive weekend with a 24-0 defeat of Papua New Guinea in the men’s Olympic final on Sunday. Earlier at Ballymore...

Saudi Arabia pledge US$50 million to kick start the Pacific Resilience Facility

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Saudi Arabia has announced US$50 million to kick start the Pacific Resilience Facility This was confirmed Friday by Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown after their meeting with Forum Dialogue partners one the sidelines of the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Cook Islands. "The announcement by Saudi Arabia for US$50 million to start seeding the Pacific...

Forum outcomes cover environment, security and gender

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By Nic Maclellan in Rarotonga, Cook Islands Meeting in Cook Islands, Pacific Islands Forum leaders confirmed former President of Nauru Baron Waqa as the next Secretary General of the Forum Secretariat, taking over from Henry Puna in 2024. A major focus of the annual summit, hosted by Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, was the endorsement of a detailed implementation...

Fifty second Pacific Islands Forum communique

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The Fifty-Second (52nd) Pacific Islands Forum was held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands from 6 – 10 November 2023, and was attended by the Heads of State, Government, and Territories of Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Samoa, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu. New...

Forum Leaders appointed Baron Waqa as next Forum Secretary General, endorse the 2050 Strategy

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Pacific Island Forum Leaders have reaffirmed the decision taken under the Suva Agreement with the appointment of former president of Nauru Baron Waqa as the next Secretary General. This was announced by Forum Chairman and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown at the end of the Leaders Retreat in Aitutaki. Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka defended Waqa’s appointment, in an effort...

Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens

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Australia has offered refuge to citizens of Tuvalu because of the catastrophic impacts of climate change, in a landmark new pact. Tuvalu - a series of low-lying atolls in the Pacific - is among the nations most at risk from rising seas. It is home to 11,200 people and has repeatedly called for greater action to combat climate change. Australian Prime Minister...

Fiji PM disappointed with Nauru President for not turning up at the Leaders retreat in Aitutaki

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Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has expressed disappointment at Nauru’s President David Adeang failure to attend the Leaders retreat in Aitutaki today. Adeang walked out of the Forum Leaders Plenary Wednesday when the nomination of Baron Waqa as the next Secretary General was on the agenda for the Leaders deliberation. In an interview with journalists in Aitutaki on their way to...

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