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World's first global Indigenous clean energy fund makes a commitment to Country
Four Directions Fund (4DF), the world's first global Indigenous clean energy fun...
Giovanni Torre 20 Oct 2026
World Bank Group report warns billions needed to climate-proof Fiji's future
Fiji's government faces the challenge of raising billions of dollars for strengt...
Andrew Mathieson 20 Oct 2026
Solomon Islands' first weather radar on track for completion in 2026
Solomon Islands' first weather radar is expected to begin operating by the end o...
Joseph Guenzler 15 Oct 2026
'Long memory': Pacific faces decades of global warming
The Pacific Ocean could feel the effects of global warming for centuries after t...
Pacific leaders call for stronger health systems as climate risks grow
Pacific community leaders have set out six climate and health priorities ahead o...
Joseph Guenzler 9 Oct 2026
Tuvalu’s fight to stay echoes across the seas

Tuvalu has been raising land to protect its communities from rising seas, as new research warns sea levels will continue climbing even if global temperatures eventually fall.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 8, 2026
Weather resistant: $3m fund to protect Pacific projects

Australia will spend $3 million to buffer Pacific nations against the devastating effects of climate change as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls on more nations to help the region.

Pacific can't be a 'sacrifice zone', as advocates urge action to end fossil fuels era

The Pacific cannot be a "sacrifice zone" for the impacts of climate change, Indigenous leaders have told political leaders and dignitaries at a climate summit in Fiji.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 7, 2026
Lead the room in Antalya: why Australia should own loss, damage and adaptation finance at COP31

Australia should use its COP31 presidency of negotiations to continue to lead on loss and damage and adaptation finance, starting with our own front line in the Torres Strait.

What the world can learn from the Pacific

Many of the challenges Pacific peoples have navigated for generations are now becoming global challenges. As the world confronts climate change, environmental degradation, food insecurity and growing...

$3 million backs First Nations-led research putting Country at the heart of health

A 100 per cent First Nations research team will lead a new $3 million national project examining how climate change is affecting Country and the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Oct 5, 2026
Australia to face Pacific heat on fossil fuels at climate talks

Australia's climate credentials will face renewed scrutiny at an international summit in Fiji as the federal government considers approval for a major coal mine expansion.

Climate change legal precedents begin to unravel Pacific culture's emerging rights

Rising seas and environmental degradation are disrupting traditional Pacific practices, eroding Indigenous cultural connections and severing their relationships with ancestral lands and oceans accordi...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 28, 2026
Pacific leadership elevates regional priorities onto global agenda

Pacific Islands Forum leaders travelled to New York to stand together as a unified regional voice at the 81st session of the United Nations general assembly this week.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 25, 2026
Pacific nations unite ahead of global biodiversity talks

Fourteen Pacific Island countries have come together in Fiji to develop a coordinated regional position ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 23, 2026
Traditional Owners leading research on how Cultural Fire and Indigenous Knowledge Systems can strengthen climate resilience

Traditional Owners across Queensland are leading research on Country to better understand how Cultural Fire and Indigenous Knowledge Systems can strengthen climate resilience, support healthier grazin...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 22, 2026
Pacific friends to suffer from fossil-fuel 'hypocrisy'

Australia needs a firmer plan to transition away from fossil-fuel production to help protect Pacific nations from the effects of climate change, according to a new report.

Slashing fossil fuels is 'life and death' for Pacific

Major fossil fuel-producing nations including Australia must stop expanding coal and gas developments to prevent climate change devastating Pacific nations and forcing people to leave their homes.

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