'Pacific is at the centre': ADB President pledges new push for regional investment

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda has pledged a new push to connect the Pacific through digital infrastructure, private investment and country-specific development p... Read More

The Ocean is at risk': Pacific Leaders demand urgent action to keep 1.5 alive

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- Pacific leaders have warned that the region's ocean, livelihoods and low-lying communities face escalating risks if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius, calling on major emitte... Read More

Pacific Tuna and food security at risk as 1.5degC overshoot looms

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- A global temperature overshoot beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius could trigger an economic and food security crisis across the Pacific, pushing tuna stocks out of Pacific Island countries' e... Read More

Green Climate Fund cuts climate funding approval time to nine months: Duarte

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- Pacific Island countries could gain faster access to Green Climate Fund (GCF) financing under reforms that have cut project approval and accreditation processes from years to a target... Read More

Palau takes charge as Forum Leaders begin talks

Fiji, Sept. 2 -- Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr has told regional leaders that the challenge facing the Pacific is no longer simply agreeing on priorities but deliv... Read More

'This is the moment to invest': Cook Islands PM backs Pacific Resilience Facility

Fiji, Sept. 2 -- Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has called on development partners, philanthropies and institutional investors to back the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF), saying the region'... Read More

Australian PM Albanese signals push on Tonga, Solomon Islands Agreements

Fiji, Sept. 2 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will continue discussions with Tonga and Solomon Islands on key regional agreements, while stressing that Canberra wants prog... Read More

Pacific risks becoming a 'fortress' under new security deals: PANG

Fiji, Sept. 2 -- The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has warned Pacific Islands Forum Leaders against approving negotiations on two proposed regional security agreements, arguing they could fo... Read More

Political will needed to break intelligence-sharing barriers: Pacific Leaders told

Fiji, Sept. 2 -- Pacific governments must provide stronger political backing, funding and legal frameworks to break persistent barriers to intelligence sharing and strengthen the fight against transna... Read More

China's missile test 'not the act of a friend': Aust PM Albanese

Fiji, Sept. 2 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says China's recent ballistic missile test in the Pacific was "not acceptable" and "not the act of a friend," as Pacific leaders prepare for... Read More

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