Forum Chair Frank Bainimarama statement at Global Launch of 2050 Pacific Strategy
Our thoughts this afternoon are with our island sisters and brothers in the Caribbean in the crosshairs of Hurricane Fiona. We know from experience...
Drowning Island Nations: ‘This is how a Pacific Atoll dies’
Heads of state from Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands have launched a “Rising Nations Initiative” as they race toward solutions to a rising ocean...
Final RWC 2021 warm-ups offer chance for movement in World Rugby Women’s Rankings
With only a fortnight to go until Rugby World Cup 2021 kicks off in Auckland, the final two warm-up matches will take place this...
OFC U-19 Championship 2022: Four teams to battle for two FIFA U-20 World Cup slots
A place in Saturday’s OFC U-19 Championship 2022 final is not the only reward on the table for the four remaining nations in this...
SG Puna welcomes inclusion of all Forum Leaders at Biden summit
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has welcomed the inclusion of all Forum members to the inaugural White House meeting with President Biden...
Pacific atoll nations launch global plan to preserve heritage
Pacific atoll nations on Wednesday launched a new global partnership to preserve their sovereignty and heritage as their countries disappear under rising seas triggered...
Former Opposition MP Salote Radrodro to serve 24 months in prison; remaining six months suspended
Former Fiji Opposition MP Salote Radrodro has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment by the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court in Suva.
Radrodro was...
Youths amplifying Pacific voices at UN meeting
By Sanjeshni Kumar
Pacific youths have amplified their efforts to save their island homes and are calling on the world’s biggest emitters to commit...
1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders during frank exchanges
During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government, held on Wednesday at UN Headquarters in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called...
Samoa Government scraps COVID-19 travel requirement
It's official. All health restrictions for travelers including mandatory COVID-19 testing have been scrapped, allowing anyone to enter Samoa freely effective today, Thursday 22...
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COP31 President of Negotiations Bowen warns only 0.2 percent of climate adaptation finance reaches...
Pacific Island countries are receiving just 0.2 percent of global climate finance for adaptation, a figure COP31 President of Negotiations Chris Bowen says must...
Pacific Ocean monitoring at risk as climate observation gaps threaten El Niño tracking
Gaps in ocean monitoring across the western Pacific are threatening the region’s ability to track and predict climate events such as El Niño, prompting...
GCF urges world to follow Solomon Islands’ lead on climate finance
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Mafalda Duarte has challenged countries to follow Solomon Islands' lead in supporting global climate finance, describing its US$400,000...