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...
USP student pleads to COP26 President on the future of the Pacific people
University of the South Pacific (USP) student Salote Nasalo has pleaded to COP26 President Alok Sharma about the future of the Pacific people as...
Monkeypox vaccine: WHO urges countries to share data on effectiveness
As Monkeypox cases reach over 18,000 in 78 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO)on Wednesday, recommended targeted vaccination for those exposed to someone infected...
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Aust PM to host series of Pacific leaders’ meetings in Queensland
After returning from Fiji and the Solomon Islands and signing historic agreements with Fiji and Vanuatu, Prime Minister Albanese will host Pacific leaders from...
CROP heads discuss 2050 strategy, energy crisis and COP31 preparations
The 66th Heads of Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) Meeting convened at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat on Tuesday, focusing on...
Southwest Pacific’s last tropical glacier could vanish within months
The Southwest Pacific is facing mounting climate risks as its vast ocean expanse becomes hotter, more acidic and more dangerous for coastal communities, the...