Taiwan says President Lai to visit Pacific allies
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will visit three Pacific Island nation allies from the end of this month in his first overseas trip since taking office, the presidential office said Friday. Presidential spokeswoman Karen
Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans
Pacific governments at the UN climate summit are criticising Australia’s plans for a massive gas industry expansion in Western Australia, saying it could result in 125 times more greenhouse gas emissions than their
Slavery ship masts reminder of horrors of slavery in the Pacific
The installation, Cry of the Stolen People, tells part of the little-known history of “blackbirding”, of how Peruvian slave ships kidnapped more than 250
COP29: Pacific climate finance needs top $2billion
Economic modelling released at the COP29 climate conference on Thursday revealed Pacific nations need at least US$1.5 billion (AUD$2.3 billion) per year in climate
What these Pacific youth leaders want to see come out of COP29
Pacific Island youth leaders say the stakes couldn't be higher at this year's United Nations climate
Trump, 1.5 C breach weigh on UN COP climate finance talks
Pacific delegates fear the implications of a Trump presidency and breach of the 1.5-degree Celsius warming target will overshadow negotiations on climate
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COP29 – Action, Not Talk
PACIFIC leaders head for Azerbaijan and COP29 in November, buoyed by recognition at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa of the dangers of climate change to the region and the
Where does climate change finance go?
IN 2020, the New Zealand government pledged NZ$150 million for Pacific-focused climate change
Briefs
News in brief from American Samoa, Fiji, and around the Pacific Islands region in the month of October
Giant clams rapidly vanish from the Pacific: IUCN
Giant clams have rapidly been disappearing from the world’s oceans, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature
