FFA commends Solomon Islands for strengthening fisheries management with new Noro office

Fiji, Nov. 14 -- The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has commended the Solomon Islands Government for its continued investment in fisheries development following the opening of a new Mini... Read More

Deforestation in West Papua is out of control: Global MPs warn at COP30

Fiji, Nov. 14 -- As COP30 gets underway in Belem, a group of international parliamentarians has issued a stark warning that West Papua is facing accelerating deforestation, rights abuses and environme... Read More

UNDP calls for Peace-Positive Climate Action as global risks deepen

Fiji, Nov. 13 -- UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Bureau Director Marcos Neto have urged countries to align climate finance with peacebuilding efforts, warning that the world is entering "a new... Read More

Western Pacific marks 25 years Polio-free, WHO urges vigilance to sustain gains

Fiji, Nov. 12 -- The Western Pacific region is celebrating 25 years since being declared free of indigenous wild poliovirus, but the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned countries not to become ... Read More

Global emissions projected to fall by 12 percent by 2035, says UN Climate Chief

Fiji, Nov. 11 -- UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell says the latest update to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Synthesis Report shows the world is finally bending the emis... Read More

Climate Change is a social crisis and an existential threat: Tuvalu PM

Fiji, Nov. 11 -- Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo told world leaders at the Second World Summit for Social Development that climate change poses the single greatest threat to his country's survival an... Read More

1.5degC limit 'almost inevitable', IPCC Chair warns as COP30 opens in Brazil

Fiji, Nov. 11 -- The world is "almost inevitably" set to surpass the 1.5degC global warming limit unless countries urgently ramp up emissions cuts and strengthen adaptation, the Intergovernmental Pane... Read More

Climate crisis is a health crisis, warns WHO regional director Piukala

Fiji, Nov. 11 -- World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific, Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala, has warned that the climate crisis is also a health crisis, urging stronger global coo... Read More

Fiji PM Rabuka to visit Japan for bilateral talks with PM Takaichi

Fiji, Nov. 10 -- Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will pay an official working visit to Japan from 12 to 15 November at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae. During the visit, ... Read More

Paris Agreement working, but not fast enough: UN Climate Chief Stiell

Fiji, Nov. 10 -- UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has warned world leaders that while the Paris Agreement has bent the curve on global heating, the pace of action remains too slow to... Read More

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