Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup all but over after 40-6 loss to Wales in Lyon pool match
The Wallabies are set to make their earliest exit in Rugby World Cup history after a humiliating 40-6 loss to Wales in Lyon.
Never before...
UN renewal, Security Council reform, global financing redesign needed – Nauru President told UNGA
The Pacific nation of Nauru has called on the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) for an urgent need to reform the global decision making at...
‘We are at crisis point’: Vanuatu calls on U.S, UK to do more to support climate vulnerable nations
There were notable absences from the speaker line up at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Climate Ambition Summit in New York, including the...
Tuvalu will always be a state, even if underwater, says PM Natano
Tuvalu could be one of the first nations to sink beneath the sea as a result of climate change, but that doesn't mean its...
Climate adaptation costs exceed Paris pledge- Kiribati President Maamau told UN General Assembly
Kiribati President Taneti Maamau has told the United Nations General Assembly, the island nation is experiencing intensifying severe drought and coastal inundation affecting homes,...
Climate action, not more promises- FSM President Simina told 78th UN General Assembly
Micronesian President Wesley Simina has told the United General Assembly in New York, his island nation want climate action, not promises.
“Countries like mine, and...
The existential threat climate change poses to Pacific nations presented at International Tribunal
The Pacific Community (SPC) presented compelling science to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) today that shows the existential threat...
Samoa announces theme for the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Samoa, a proud member of the Commonwealth, is honoured to announce that it will host the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in...
Fiji PM Rabuka addresses Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministerial meeting on Samoa CHOGM 2024
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, delivered a significant statement at the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministerial Meeting in New York shedding light on the preparations...
Pacific island leaders hope for less rhetoric, more substance from U.S summit
Pacific island leaders are calling for tangible outcomes from their summit next week with President Joe Biden – the second in a year –...
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Climate finance, Just Transition top agenda as World faces 1.5 overhoot
Climate finance, adaptation and the transition away from fossil fuels will dominate negotiations at COP31 in Türkiye, as developing countries demand greater access to...
Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion on Monday
Vanuatu Parliament will debate the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat on Monday next week, after Speaker Felix Stephen confirmed that...
Put the ocean at the centre of COP31
By Peter Thomson
For over 30 years, Pacific island countries have issued the same warning at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference: the warming...