“Consensus Is the DNA of the Pacific Region”- Dr Prasad

On 18 – 19 September, former Fijian Ambassador to the UN and Carnegie nonresident senior fellow Satyendra Prasad will be joining the Indo-Pacific Islands Dialogue in New York.  Dr Satyendra Prasad is a

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Small islands slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime court hearing

The heads of small island states most vulnerable to climate change have criticised “endless” climate change negotiations at the start of an unprecedented maritime court hearing. During the opening of a two-week

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Pacific economies: driven to the brink of change

FANALEI. A 2-kilometre-wide island in the Solomon Islands. Once home to 500 people. Now, almost empty. The reason a young student and her peers are taking on the world.  Just over 2000 kilometers away, a man in his

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Embattled Pacific Island States build heft for climate push

Legal and scientific experts, government officials and representatives from civil society organisations from across the Pacific came together in Fiji recently to begin the momentous task of mounting a first-of-its-kind

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China’s Shandong Province expands its footprint to the Pacific

While Japan’s discharge of nuclear-contaminated waters into the Pacific from its Fukushima nuclear plant was drawing flak right across the Pacific, a high-powered delegation of Chinese ocean and marine scientists and

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Pacific region vastly underserved by climate finance: Coral Pasisi

The Pacific region remains vastly underserved by access to climate finance, according to the Pacific Community’s (SPC) director of climate change and sustainability, Coral Pasisi. By her estimation, the region

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Drought warning in PNG

A severe drought similar to the 1997 drought is projected to worsen the situation in Papua New Guinea. Provinces currently under high risk drought watch include; Southern Highlands, Hela, Chimbu and lately some parts of

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Call for a review of the ‘regional architecture’ to address the needs of Forum Members

With so many regional plans, strategies, frameworks – and now the 2050 Strategy, some Pacific countries are concerned with how benefits are flowing to member countries.  There are now calls to review the ‘regional

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Artists set sail for Marshall Islands hoping for Climate wake-up call

A group of artists will set sail for the remote Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean hoping their trip through one of the world’s most vulnerable regions will draw attention to the impact of climate change and

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Klaemet Save: Vanuatu’s new climate brand for a resilient future

Vanuatu has a new brand identity for climate information – Klaemet Save.  The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme reports the new brand has been developed to focus attention on information products that

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FEMM endorsed re-designed Pacific Resilience Facility

The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting later this year in Rarotonga is expected to adopt and approve the redesigned Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) after it was endorsed by the Forum Economic Ministers Meeting

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Forum Chair calls for urgent rethinking of sustainable growth worries

The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mark Brown, says there is an urgent need for Pacific leaders to relook at how they have been handling sustainable growth in their

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