23 January 2024
New Caledonia’s Congress has endorsed the postponement of provincial elections that are now no longer to be held in May 2024 as initially scheduled, but not later than 15 December this year. The endorsement was acted earlier this week: 38...
23 January 2024
The Papua New Guinea government announced a late night Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, with six new MPs coming into the executive. It comes during a two week state of emergency, established after rioting and looting left up to 22 people...
23 January 2024
Fiji’s three-party coalition government is at risk of collapse after just over 12 months in power following the dismissal of a Cabinet minister on Friday, with calls for Sitiveni Rabuka to step down as prime minister. Rabuka announced the sacking...
9 December 2023, Dubai UAE – Papua New Guinea (PNG) has used climate change’s biggest global platform to remind world leaders that the “era of global boiling has arrived” and unless urgent and meaningful climate actions are taken, humanity faces a...
10 December 2023, Dubai, UAE – An inter-regional exchange between youth from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was held today at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion, bringing together youth from the Pacific region, Caribbean, and Asia to share their experiences and...
The breakthrough establishment of the Loss and Damage Fund at the opening of this year’s COP28 was a momentous win for Pacific Islanders who have been championing Loss and Damage action since 1991. Reverend James Bhagwan, Secretary-General of the Pacific...
Written by Sinivar Kasimani With negotiations for climate change underway at COP 28, many side events are held for deliberation with Climate Finance as a key topic of discussion. At the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion, a panel discussion centred on...
9 December 2023, UAE – Consisting of six major islands and approximately 992 small islands, atolls and reefs in an EEZ of 1.58 million square kilometers, Solomon Islands called for serious treatment of the ocean in the bodies and processes of...
9 December 2023, UAE – Hard-hitting truths were put before over 100 world leaders and ministers today at the UN Climate Conference in Dubai. The Federated States of Micronesia held global attention as H.E Andrew Yatilman, the Minister of Environment, Climate...
9 November 2023, Dubai UAE – Vanuatu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change and disasters. This year alone, the Pacific nation has been hit by two Category 4 cyclones in the space of a...