Amnesty chief says NZ 'failing Tuvalu' amid climate crisis

Amnesty International’s Secretary General has accused New Zealand of "failing Tuvalu” and "reneging on its climate commitments”, warning the Government is neglecting its global responsibilities as rising seas threaten to swallow Pacific nations....

‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels

Heat waves, extreme drought and deadly wildfire smoke are just some of the climate-related health hazards that have reached record levels of harm, according to the latest report from a global collaboration of leading scientists and public health...

Tuvalu Minister delivers strong message on relocation

CHRISTCHURCH (SPREP) — Tuvalu’s Minister of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment delivered a powerful message during a guest lecture hosted by the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at the Adaptation Futures Conference, affirming...

Tuvalu Minister delivers strong message on relocation: ‘We will not leave…

Tuvalu’s Minister of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment delivered a powerful message during a guest lecture hosted by the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at the Adaptation Futures Conference, affirming that Tuvaluans will not...

A call for justice and survival – ambitious blueprint launches for climate and health action across the Western Pacific

Jason Staines writes: When health ministers from across Asia and the Pacific gathered in Nadi this week, the message from the World Health Organization was that climate change has become the region’s defining health emergency. Launched in Fiji,...

WHO launches first climate-health strategy in Fiji to protect lives and secure the future

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its first-ever regional strategy for climate and health action. The landmark plan was unveiled this week during a major health summit in Fiji, one of the Pacific island nations most acutely...

Tuvalu PM hails Taiwan’s democracy and partnership at National Day celebration

Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has praised Taiwan’s innovation, compassion, and democratic spirit, saying they continue to inspire the world. “May Taiwan’s innovation, compassion, and democratic spirit continue to inspire the world,” Teo said...

100 Countries Committed To Climate Action For Health

With 100 UN Member States committing to climate and health action and sharing knowledge, the Alliance is working towards securing and greening the future of global health. ATACH is a voluntary network of countries, areas and partners working to...

‘We don’t want to disappear’: Tuvalu fights for climate action and survival

Tuvalu’s Minister of Climate Change Maina Talia has told Al Jazeera that his country is fighting to stay above rising sea levels and needs “real commitments” from other countries that will allow Tuvaluans to “stay in Tuvalu” as the climate crisis...

Biogas: A clean energy alternative that can also empower women – Lessons learnt from Tuvalu

Telei feeds the biogas system at her home in Funafuti. By Therese Johnson For dinner tonight in Funafuti, the main coral atoll of Tuvalu, a typical family meal might involve boiling some rice, preparing some breadfruit and frying a locally caught...

East-West Center and Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Extend MOU on Pacific Islands Leadership Program

The East-West Center (EWC) and Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) signed a five-year memorandum of understanding on the Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan (PILP) Sept. 17 in Taipei, reaffirming a shared commitment to...

UN report: Five charts which explain the ‘gap’ in finance for climate adaptation

That is according to the latest adaptation gap report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which calculates that developing nations will need more than US$310 billion annually between now and 2035 to prepare for the impacts of climate change....

Integrating DNA Sequencing and AI for AAV Genome Integrity

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The Pacific Islands Challenge

As the strategic rivalry between China and the United States intensifies across the Indo-Pacific, the Taiwan Strait is often seen as the key flash point. Yet whether the regional balance holds or tips into conflict will also be shaped by choices...

Timing, Targeting, & Technology: Your New Collections Playbook

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Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025

Ranked: 35 Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...

Albanese calls on Turkey’s Erdogan to break impasse on hosting COP31

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has written to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to break an impasse and allow Australia and the Pacific to host the COP31 in 2026. As it stands, Australia and Turkey have been locked in an ongoing stand-off...

Pacific news in brief for 28 October

Angau Memorial Hospital (file image) Photo: RNZI Papua New Guinea Power outages in Papua New Guinea is affecting Angau Memorial General Hospital in Lae, Morobe province, the regional hospital's chief executive says. The National newspaper reports...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 24 – 30, 2025

Political Leadership and Regionalism, Peace and Security ‘Real Action’: Pacific voices growing louder over West Papua’s escalating crisis (PMN) China backs Fiji’s Ocean of Peace vision (Fiji Sun) Cook Islanders confront US-funded vessel over...

Closing the Gap: Managing Journal Entry Risk in the Record-to-Report Process

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