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The Pacific Atoll countries country climate and development report
PreventionWeb
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October 22, 2024
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) explores the unique climate change challenge faced by the Pacific Atoll Countries (Pacific Atolls), the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Tuvalu. It explores...
Fire rages on cargo ship with smoke and ‘burning plastic’ smell engulfing Hull
The Independent
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June 27, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Analysis: New COP29 Climate Finance Goal Text
Scoop
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As we approach COP29 in Baku, the latest draft version of the wording for the new climate finance goal (https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma2024_09a01.pdf), known as the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), has been released. This...
Green climate fund direct access accreditation a milestone: Bank of the Cook Islands
Islands Business
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November 1, 2024
UNSW Sydney has received a $25.9 million (US$16.98 million) donation from the Swire Group. The funds will allow Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney to screen thousands of women in seven Pacific countries for cervical cancer. UNSW Sydney has received...
Cook Islands submits national target for biodiversity conservation
Cook Island News
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October 24, 2024
The Cook Islands delegation is led by National Environment Service environmental stewardship manager, Elizabeth Munro, NES biodiversity coordinator Jessie Nicholson and Moana Tetauru, digital and communications coordinator. SPREP/ 24102312 /...
The best (and worst) countries for nature conservation, ranked
Time Out
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If you’re an environmentally-minded traveller (as we all should be) knowing as much as possible about how hard our destination of choice is working to do its part in saving the planet can only be a good thing. Across 180 different countries, the...
Regional judicial symposium underway
Solomon Star
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June 19, 2025
The judicial Symposium 2025 got underway on Wednesday at the Pacific Forum Agency Fisheries (FFA) Conference Centre. It brought together Chiefs Justices from Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tuvalu, alongside other senior...
Shocking! Maldives and 9 other countries that could vanish sooner than you think
The Times of India
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Rising sea levels caused by climate change present an existential threat to many low-lying countries, particularly small island nations and coastal states, as highlighted by reports from the World Economic Forum and the Lowy Institute. These...
88 Countries Will Present Oral Arguments In International Court’s Climate Change Opinion
Forbes
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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 09: A general view of the hall at the International Court of Justice ... [+] (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands on April 09, 2024. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu via Getty Images On...
Oil supply growth outpaces demand as fossil fuel phaseout could fall short ahead of COP30
Energy Knowledge - Energy Institute
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Global oil supply increase is set to far outpace demand growth in the coming years, says the IEA Photo: Adobe Stock/Cherylvb With intensifying geopolitical strains and heightened uncertainty about global economic prospects, oil markets are...
Japan can help the Pacific become more resilient
The Strategist
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June 30, 2025
Australia’s 2024 national defence strategy describes Japan as an ‘indispensable partner’ for achieving regional peace and security. But the prominence of the growing defence relationship between Japan and Australia, while vital, risks obscuring...
Vanuatu’s landmark Climate Change case advances with 100 oral statements now scheduled at ICJ hearings
Islands Business
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October 16, 2024
The upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, or CHOGM, set to take place in Samoa from 21 – 26 October, is a significant moment for the Pacific. Not only is this the first time the biannual event will be held in a Pacific island nation,...
Reinforcing the links between the law and Pacific fisheries' sectors
RNZ
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June 18, 2025
The Judicial Symposium 2025 opened on Wednesday in Honiara, bringing together Regional Chief Justices of Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. Photo: Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency Justice experts and fisheries...
Sandra (Sandy) Frederick
Idaho Mountain Express
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January 22, 1940—June, 21, 2025 Sandra (Sandy) Frederick passed away peacefully on June 21 at the age of 85 in Monroe, Washington. She was a wonderful mom, grandma and friend to many and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. She is survived...
Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:
Island Times
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July 1, 2025
By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...
RMI ‘no’ to deep sea mining
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 19, 2025
The Marshall Islands has joined a growing number of nations saying “no” to deep sea mining. At the Oceans Conference last week in Nice, France, President Hilda Heine announced that the RMI would join the countries calling for a moratorium on all...
Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...
Stay or go? Pacific Islanders face climate’s grim choice
Digital Journal
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September 26, 2024
A photo taken on December 6, 2021 shows high-tide flooding and debris covering the road to the airport in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro - Copyright AFP/File Chewy Lin Issam AHMED Rising waters are slowly but steadily swallowing Carnie...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week
Marianas Variety
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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center in Majuro on Monday. Photo by Giff Johnson MAJURO — The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials...
COP29 Official: Raising climate finance target to $1 T is essential for effective global action
AzerNews
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October 1, 2024
Azerbaijan is stepping up as a key player in the global fight against climate change, taking on the role of chair for COP29, which will be hosted in Baku this November. With climate change posing a significant threat to humanity, the country is...