Filipinx and Marshallese Hip Hop: Manifesting a Decolonized Future

Image description: A record shaped like a globe spins on a retro turntable. Design by Ayesha Ashraf Art has long served as a key component of cultural expression across a myriad of regions. However, as increased globalization continues to...

WHO pushes for safer, affordable surgeries across the Pacific

Surgery is meant to save lives, but in the Western Pacific, it can lead to financial hardship, long delays, or preventable deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging health ministers to prioritise safer surgical practices within the...

The World Court just ruled countries can be held liable for climate change damage – what does that mean for the US?

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that...

Counting down to zero: the final warning from a climate diplomat

On 15 March 2022, I was on a video call with a dear friend when I experienced a twitching on the left-hand side of my face and a slurring of my speech. My wife, Fiona, took me to hospital because we both thought I was having a stroke, and I spent...

Driving Change: The Jimor Wodejipel Initiative in Sustainable Tourism

What began as a preparatory effort for the 2024 Micronesian Games has blossomed into a powerful movement for environmental stewardship and sustainable tourism – The Jimor Wodejipel Community Clean-up Initiative. Launched in June 2024, this...

Bollinger Shipyards Delivers FRC 1161 Olivia Hooker to U.S. CoastGuard 

USCGC Olivia Hooker is the second of three FRCs to be homeported in St. Petersburg, FL From Bollinger Shipyards, Oct. 23, 2025 LOCKPORT, La., — (October 23, 2025) – Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”) today announced the recent delivery of the USCGC...

The impact of nuclear testing on health and the environment: history and consequences

Over 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted in the last 80 years, and their legacy continues to affect the environment and people’s health around the world. The regions most affected – the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region – have...

SPTO Division of Sustainable Tourism Updates – Issue 66

Iōkwe from the SPTO Division of Sustainable Tourism! This issue provides a recap of sustainable tourism developments from across the Pacific region during July, highlighting initiatives and updates that are shaping the region’s tourism landscape....

Climate crisis to legal battles

| IUCN IN A quiet courtroom in the Hague, history stirred. A legal ripple, as gentle as a sigh from the Pacific, reached the shorelines of global governance. The International Court of Justice declared, in an advisory fashion though, that one...

Voices of Resilience: Youth Lead the Way in Climate Adaptation through Art

In the heart of the Pacific, where the tides carry stories of survival and strength, a new generation is rising—armed not with protest signs or policy papers, but with brushes, lenses, lyrics, and woven threads. The Climate Change Adaptation Art...

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine to keynote UOG's 2025 sustainability conference

Marshall Islands President Hilda C. Heine will be the keynote speaker for the 2025 Conference on Island Sustainability to be held at Hyatt Regency Guam from April 7 to 12, the University of Guam said on Monday. With her Pacific homeland in...

U.S. Coast Guard deploys band to Republic of Marshall Islands, raises awareness of boating safety

MAJURO, Republic of the Marshall Islands — The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a successful engagement strengthening partnerships and promoting boating safety in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, from June 1 to 11, 2025. As part of Operation...

World's major courts take growing role in climate fight

World's major courts take growing role in climate fight By Kelly MACNAMARA Paris (AFP) July 21, 2025 The world's top court is poised to tell governments what their legal obligations are to tackle global warming, and possibly outline consequences...

Climate ‘state of play’

This year marks 10 years since the historic signing of the Paris Agreement. A decade on, the need for action has only grown more urgent, said Marshall Islands climate advocates who provided the following update to the Journal. The climate meetings...

Vulnerable nations demand funding for climate losses, fearing UN ‘talk shop’

The surging costs of climate change-driven destruction have made vulnerable nations poorer by about one-fifth, 55 such countries said on Wednesday, as fears grow that UN discussions on money for states to repair and avoid harm could become a “talk...

Republic of the Marshall Islands joins IUCN as newest Pacific…

Situated in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, the Marshall Islands is a nation of over 1,000 islands and atolls, renowned for its rich marine biodiversity, including extensive coral reefs, seagrass beds and vital fish stocks. The country faces...

The search for heat-resilient corals moves forward in the Marshall Islands

In April, partners in the Scaling up identification, protection, and local management of coral reefs resistant to future climate stress project gathered in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), to continue ongoing efforts to identify...

Island states say fund for climate disaster victims must be created by Cop27

Vulnerable island states say they cannot wait another three years for a funding mechanism to help victims of climate disasters. Developing countries demanded the creation of a fund to respond to the losses and damages caused by increasing climate...

Marshall Islands trials out new first low carbon cargo ship, ADB interested in the RMI ground-breaking initiative

By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Milan, Italy MILAN (PACNEWS) — One of the world’s ground-breaking low carbon sailing cargo ship, the SV Juren Ae, is now operating in the Republic of Marshall Islands, after the government took delivery of the...

Marshall Islands trials out new first low carbon cargo ship, ADB…

By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Milan, Italy One of the world’s ground-breaking low carbon sailing cargo ship, the SV Juren Ae, is now operating in the Republic of Marshall Islands, after the government took delivery of the vessel in July...