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A year since Japan announced plans to dump treated Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific Ocean starting in 2023, a group of five independent experts wants those plans to be put on hold while more information is shared. One of the five experts, Dr Robert Richmond of the University of Hawaii said, “There is this time element that’s being pushed over...

Fiji's Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde has filed an application seeking orders that the Russian superyacht Amadea be restrained from leaving Fijian waters. This is until the finalisation of an application to register a warrant to seize the property and that a U.S warrant to seize the Amadea be registered. The ODPP filed an ex parte Originating Summons under the...

Actions from Denmark, the United States, and the Marshall Islands doubled the number of signatories to the Declaration on Zero Emission Shipping by 2050. Actions in the form of new plans to develop zero-emission shipping routes in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Many nations to commit new resources to the fight against IUU fishing, with nearly US$250 million pledged via policy,...

The U.S will urge Australia to increase its 2030 emission reduction pledge this year, with a senior official declaring it was “a long time ago” when the Abbott government set the target the Morrison government says is “fixed”. The assistant U.S secretary of state for environmental affairs, Monica Medina, said the U.S was “determined that everyone raise ambition” in tackling...

East Timor's citizens head to the polls on Tuesday to choose either a Nobel laureate or a former guerrilla fighter - the incumbent president - as their next leader. Polling stations in South-east Asia's youngest country open at 7am for what is a rematch of a 2007 election won handily by former revolutionary hero and peace prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta. Nearly...

The United States has warned a proposed security pact between Solomon Islands and China may destabilise the Pacific Island nation and set a "concerning precedent" for the region. State Department spokesman Ned Price made the comment as the White House confirmed reports that top U.S official Kurt Campbell would visit Solomon Islands later this week. Campbell, the Indo-Pacific coordinator of the...

UBS Australia could face a ten-year ban from doing business in Papua New Guinea over its role in a controversial US$1.3 billion (US$956 million) loan to the Pacific nation, which has been the subject of a royal commission. Counsel assisting the commission has recommended the Swiss Bank’s Australian unit, law firm Norton Rose and certain individuals involved in the 2014...

By Amy Gunia John Kerry is a lifelong ocean lover and a long-time advocate for their protection. It’s this passion which led the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate to start the Our Ocean conference in 2014 during his time as Secretary of State in the Obama Administration. The annual meeting brings together countries, civil society, and businesses to cooperate...

White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell and the U.S State Department's top official for Asia will travel this week to the Solomon Islands amid concerns that the Pacific country is making a security pact with China. Campbell and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Kritenbrink, will lead a delegation to the Solomon Islands, Fiji and...

A policy advisor for the Opposition in the Pacific nation has spoken out against a deal with China which would allow the Communist power to build a military base on the Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands Prime Minister agreed to a controversial security pact with China to cement his political power, a policy advisor for the Opposition in the Pacific...