RC Blog: Who’s willing to pay for sustainability in the Pacific?
Written by Simona Marinescu, Isabella Massa, Guillaume Lafortune
After major setbacks to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Pacific needs fairer access to financing...
The Commonwealth Games are an opportunity to promote inclusion and advance human rights through sport
As the 2022 Commonwealth Games opens in Birmingham today and the Commonwealth Decade of Sport commences, the Commonwealth Secretariat is working to leverage the...
Sports ministers set human rights and health targets at Commonwealth Games’ meeting
Trinidad and Tobago announce they will host Commonwealth Youth Games in Summer 2023 at the 10th Commonwealth Sports Ministerial Meeting.
Sports ministers from across the...
Pacific Climate Roundtable hears solidarity call from three COP Presidencies
Pacific Island nations have received resounding support from the hosts of the world’s climate negotiations in the lead up to COP 27 this November.
With...
NZ PM Ardern, Luxon and ministers to visit Samoa for treaty anniversary
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon, and a slew of ministers are set to visit Samoa next week to commemorate...
Greenpeace urges alliance against ‘rush to open deep-sea mining’
Greenpeace is urging the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to halt plans the environmental group claims will allow destructive deep-sea mining to begin – starting...
COP26 president highlights urgency of climate action in the Pacific
By Sanjeshni Kumar
The rest of the world is now waking up to what the Pacific has been warning about for decades.
This statement was...
Nauru confirmed as host of 2026 Micronesian Games
The Micronesian Games Council (MGC) confirmed Nauru will host the 2026 Micronesian Games during a virtual meeting held Saturday, 23 July.
The MGC voted unanimously...
New Zealand’s new far, far north? Tokelau set to decide its future
By Samson Samasoni
Since 1925, Tokelau has been a New Zealand ‘colony’. That’s set to change – but this trio of atolls 500km north...
Pacific forced to deal with consequences of climate change: COP26 President
The Pacific is forced to deal with the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions generated largely by emerging countries that are a long way from...
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ADB procurement reform lifts competition and quality in Pacific infrastructure projects
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
A new procurement approach introduced by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is increasing competition, widening bidder participation,...
Fiji and Australia deepen Pacific partnership with Vuvale Union, tackle fuel crisis and security...
Fiji and Australia have reaffirmed their deepening partnership, announcing progress toward a landmark “Vuvale Union” while pledging closer cooperation on security, climate action and...
ADB outlines new Pacific resilience push to counter rising external shocks
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says its new Pacific Approach of 2026-2030 will focus heavily on building...