Cop27 gets off to delayed start after tussle over agenda for talks
The Cop27 UN climate summit has made a delayed start after delegates tussled late into Saturday night and on into Sunday morning over what...
Loss and damage must be at heart of Cop27 talks, experts say
Cop27, the UN climate summit beginning Sunday in Egypt, could fail before it even starts if countries do not agree to put the loss...
Why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis
Emily Wilkinson, Co-director, Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Matt Bishop, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University...
China and Australia must not turn Solomon Islands into a gun state again
By Dorothy Wickham
My country once lived in fear of the gun. Thousands of weapons, many stolen from police armouries, fuelled the years of violence...
Toa Samoa advance to semi-finals with thrilling win over Tonga
Toa Samoa are through to the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in history, after emerging 20-18 winners over arch-rivals Tonga in an...
Kiwis handed ‘crazy’ penalty in ‘cruel’ end to Fiji’s tournament
New Zealand scraped to 18- 22 victory over Fiji in a tight World Cup quarterfinal after the Kiwis were awarded a controversial penalty for...
Australia break Fiji hearts to win Hong Kong Sevens
Australia clinched a thrilling final 20-17 to claim the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens crown and bring to an end Fiji’s dominance that had...
Scotland survive Fiji fright in Autumn Nations Series
Scotland saw off Fiji 28-12 at Murrayfield on Saturday in unconvincing fashion as they recorded their first win of this year's Autumn Nations Series...
Six-try Italy sweep aside Samoa in opening Autumn Test
Italy kicked off their Autumn Nations Series campaign with a thumping 49-17 win over Samoa on Saturday, their fourth victory in their last five...
Ishmael Kalsakau is Vanuatu’s Prime Minister elect
After more than six hours of the first sitting of the new Vanuatu Parliament, former Vanuatu Deputy PM Ishmael Kalsakau was elected by an...
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Iran crisis shows fossil fuels-based energy system ‘is inherently volatile and unstable’
Senior UN climate leaders are getting behind countries mobilising this week for a transition away from fossil fuels at a groundbreaking event in Colombia.
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Fiji Parliament ratified PRF in uninanimous vote, pushes debt free-climate funding
Fiji’s Parliament has unanimously approved the ratification of the agreement to establish the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Wednesday, marking a significant step toward strengthening...
Fiji Government split on Emergency Powers; Polls won’t be automatically delayed
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says a State of Emergency is “very seriously” being considered to tackle Fiji’s growing drug crisis, even as his own...