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Pacific Leaders Rally For Climate-Resilient Fisheries At Third UN Ocean Conference
Scoop
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NICE, FRANCE, 11 JUNE 2025 – Pacific leaders have issued a unified call for urgent global action to protect the world’s largest tuna production region from the accelerating impacts of climate change. This message was reinforced at the 3rd UN...
Oil Tanker Explodes Off Libyan Coast
Oil Price
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June 30, 2025
An oil tanker has suffered an explosion off Libya’s coast, without causing any injuries or pollution, the vessel operator said on Monday, adding that the cause of the explosion is not clear yet. The ship that carried about 1 million barrels of...
Climate research around Pacific falls victim to U.S federal grant loss
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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June 3, 2025
A three-year effort to support Pacific Island communities with climate data for resilience planning has been upended by the termination of a grant overseen by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology...
Climate research around Pacific falls victim to federal grant loss
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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June 3, 2025
Reading time: 2 minutesSOEST research team at a workshop in Palau. A three-year effort to support Pacific Island communities with climate data for resilience planning has been upended by the termination of a grant overseen by the University of...
United States: SEC reconsiders foreign private issuer framework
Lexology
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In brief The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") recently published a concept release soliciting public comment on a new definition of foreign private issuer ("FPI"). The release reviews the background and regulatory purposes...
Pacific leaders rally for Climate-Resilient Fisheries at UN Ocean Conference
Matangi Tonga Online
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June 11, 2025
Pacific leaders have issued a unified call for urgent global action to protect the world’s largest tuna production region from the accelerating impacts of climate change. This message was reinforced at the 3rd UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France...
Pacific Leaders Call for Bold Climate Action in Ocean Conference
Inter Press Service
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June 11, 2025
Asia-Pacific, Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Environment, Europe, Headlines, PACIFIC COMMUNITY, Pacific Community Climate Wire, Small Island Developing States, TerraViva United Nations Pacific...
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...
Saipan hosts concurrent environmental events
Marianas Variety
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THE 2nd CNMI Green Growth Convening and the 32nd Pacific Islands Environmental Training Symposium or PIETS were two environment-focused events held concurrently at the Crowne Plaza Resort on Monday, June 9. The PIETS was organized by the CNMI...
Oil tanker explosion off Libya: Russian port stops raise strategic concerns
Tunisie Numerique
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June 30, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp An oil tanker carrying nearly one million barrels of crude oil was rocked by an explosion on Friday, June 27, 2025, about 80 nautical miles off the coast of Libya, according to maritime security firm Vanguard....
Fear and speculation mount after another tanker is hit by unexplained blast
Lloyd's List
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INSIDE the flooded engine room of Vilamoura (IMO: 9529293), crew members have documented several shrapnel holes left in the deck after an explosion ripped through the tanker on Friday. The blast left the suezmax, operated by George Economou’s TMS...
1M barrel tanker explodes off Libyan coast
Shafaq News
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2025-06-30T15:46:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Tripoli An explosion struck the oil tanker Vilamoura off the coast of Libya while it was carrying around one million barrels of crude, according to operator TMS Tankers. The...
Abandonment of Soft Power, Neglect of Climate Change, and the Shifting Geopolitical Landscape of the Pacific
Pacific Islands Report
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June 6, 2025
The start of President Donald Trump’s second term has been turbulent. In just a few months, the United States’ position in the Pacific has sadly been weakened, widening the arena for strategic competition that inevitably puts peace and security in...
Report on South West Pacific climate prompts plea to public, governments
RNZ
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June 5, 2025
South West Pacific region includes New Zealand. Photo: AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD A new report into the climate of the South West Pacific - including New Zealand - shows "shocking" changes, World Meteorological Organisation's director for the...
Helen Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’
The Daily Blog
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June 29, 2025
David Robie also blogs at Café Pacific From: Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of its independent foreign policy in the face...
Lai welcomes Marshallese president
Taipei Times
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June 3, 2025
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday welcomed Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine to Taiwan with full military honors, and expressed the hope that both sides would deepen their cooperation for coprosperity. Heine was greeted with a 21-gun...
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...
St. Kitts and Nevis: A Strategic Hub for Climate Action following GSIS 2025 hosting
Win Media SKN
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June 2, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)—The Global Sustainable Island Summit 2025 concluded on May 29, 2025. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and territories most vulnerable to the climate crisis came together to chart a path forward in...
St Kitts and Nevis’ Sustainable Island State Agenda Shines at GSIS2025
Win Media SKN
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June 2, 2025
June 2nd, 2025; BASSETERRE – The Global Sustainable Islands Summit (GSIS) 2025 came to an end on Friday, following six successful days of high-level panels, workshops, and knowledge-sharing that highlighted the twin island federation’s commitment...
Are Countries’ New Climate Plans Ambitious Enough? What We Know So Far
World Resources Institute
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2025 is a pivotal moment for climate action. Countries are submitting new climate commitments, otherwise known as "Nationally Determined Contributions" or "NDCs," that will shape the trajectory of global climate progress through 2035. These new...