‘Use science to analyse nuclear waste plan’
The head of Samoa's premier environmental organisation has called for “science-based judgement” of Japan's plans to discharge treated wastewater from a nuclear plant into...
Nuclear watchdog gets New Zealand government support amid concerns over Japan’s Fukushima plan
The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi is in Aotearoa advising the Government on the safety of treated wastewater disposal...
China’s Xi Jinping pledges economic, tech aid for Solomon Islands
Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged economic and technical aid with “no political preconditions” for Solomon Islands – Beijing’s first close security partner in...
Xi expounds on China’s policy toward Pacific island countries
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met with visiting Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare in Beijing.
Xi said as China and Pacific...
Crunch talks due on deep-sea mining controversy
Controversial proposals to allow deep-sea mining will be centre-stage at global talks in Jamaica from Monday.
It comes after a two-year ban on the practice...
Temperatures off the charts, but more records imminent: WMO
Global sea surface temperatures reached a record high in May, June, and July – and the warming El Niño weather pattern is only just...
Adapting coastal communities in the Pacific to sea level rise
Sea-level rise represents one of the most compelling consequences of climate change, as well as one of the most critical issues for Pacific Island...
80 Solomon Islands athletes bound for China
Eighty Solomon Islands athletes selected to undertake intensive training in China departed the country last week.
The athletes will spend 90 days intensive training in...
‘Ikale Tahi players train ahead of Australia A match 14 July
Tonga's national rugby team, ‘Ikale Tahi, is training hard ahead of its match against Australia A on home soil on Friday, 14 July, at...
Nauru prepares to mine deep seas in big climate controversy
Nauru is a small Pacific island 4,000km (2,485 miles) off the coast of Australia. It is so small, it has no capital city and...
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Commonwealth leaders commit to climate finance, trade and Pacific resilience
Commonwealth leaders have committed to strengthening climate finance, protecting Pacific maritime boundaries and expanding trade and investment, as they called for urgent action to...
Vanuatu no confidence in motion
The Vanuatu government led by Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat maintains that it continues to command majority support in Parliament despite a motion of...
U.S Midterm results put Pacific military and seabed plans under fresh scrutiny – experts
The midterm elections in the United States could bring closer scrutiny of Washington’s growing military footprint and push to secure seabed minerals across the...