Pacific leaders call for stronger action on climate
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to take a leadership role on climate change at a Commonwealth summit that is splitting over who should pay to cut
Commonwealth leaders and climate experts call for additional climate finance
The 2024 Commonwealth Climate Breakfast this year focused on building consensus for climate finance targets in the run-up to COP
Commonwealth leaders urged to work harder to leave no woman behind
Commonwealth leaders are being urged to work harder to get rid of the barriers and biases that continue to hold back women and girls.
Important milestones at CHOGM
More than 4,000 delegates and leaders from 56 Commonwealth countries will gather in Apia, this week for the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Opinion: Samoa rolls out red carpet for post-colonial family function
When Commonwealth heads of government gather in Samoa next week it will be their first in the Pacific islands region and the first time with a British
Climate-hit Pacific Islands plot landmark UN Court case
Five Pacific nations on Thursday plotted how to prosecute a pivotal UN court case that aims to hold climate-polluting countries to
Nauru uses high-profile UN address to press case for sea-bed mining
Nauru’s President David Adeang declared in a speech to the United Nations that the international community must not let “fear and misinformation” block the exploitation of sea-bed
‘Financial insecurity the biggest threat to pacific media freedom’ says PIMFI report
Financial constraints are the most formidable challenge to media freedom in the Pacific Islands, according to the Pacific Islands Media Freedom Index (PIMFI) released at the 2024 Pacific Media Summit today. Robert
Forum debates French colonialism, China and climate change
As Presidents, Prime Ministers and Premiers assembled in the Kingdom of Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM), the region’s Blue Pacific agenda was overshadowed by geopolitical jousting and
Pacific artists collective focuses on cultural recovery
Rako Pasefika, a collective of Pacific Island artists from the island of Rotuma, is emerging as a powerful force of cultural
Briefs
American Samoa American Samoa's Senate has passed a bill that will increase fees paid to jurors for the first time in 44 years. The bill acknowledges the “important role in the criminal legal system” jurors play and
