Samoan PM to push Australia on climate, fossil fuels during visit to Canberra
Australia and Samoa are set to sign a new deal on education and health, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomes the Samoan PM Fiamē...
IPCC highlights rich nations’ failure to help developing world adapt to climate change
Vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by global warming are being given ‘insufficient’ funds to help adapt to extreme climate impacts, the latest report from the...
Solomon Islands receives visits from U.S, China and Japan as ‘friends to all, enemy to none’ policy proves popular
You could call it a Switzerland-like foreign relations policy — just in the Pacific.
“Friends to all, enemy to none” is how Solomon Islands Prime...
Row erupts over deep-sea mining as world races to finalise vital regulations
Michael Lodge, a British lawyer and the head of the UN-affiliated body responsible for governing mining in the high seas, has been criticised by...
Why it’s time to give back to the ocean
By helping the ocean to recover, we can create a healthier, more sustainable and prosperous future for all.
By Marco Lambertini, Special Envoy to...
World on ‘thin ice’ as UN climate report gives stark warning
Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of...
AOSIS: Small island states facing life-threatening risks
The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is calling on the international community to assist vulnerable countries by closing the gap between climate promises...
U.S envoy slams disinformation over Solomons ‘plot’
A White House envoy on Tuesday decried “disinformation and smears” about the United States' motives in the Solomon Islands, after his meeting with the...
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...
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OACPS SG Batraki pushes shift from talk to action at Malabo Summit
The 11th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) opened on Saturday with Secretary-General...
‘GNUT is a minority government’ as Solomon Islands Opposition claims numbers to govern
Solomon Islands Opposition MP Peter Kenilorea says the current government has lost its majority, insisting a coalition of 28 MPs is ready to take...
UN appoints Jean Arnault as envoy, warns Middle East conflict ‘out of control’
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has named veteran French diplomat Jean Arnault as his personal envoy to lead UN efforts on the Middle East...