Climate Change
The collective strength of the Pacific will gather at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, as Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa, Centre for Pacific and Global Health prepares to host its 2026 Research Sym...
Kristina Eonemto Stege from the Marshall Islands, Inia Seruiratu from Fiji and Ruel Yamuna from Papua New Guinea have been formally appointed as Pacific COP31 Envoys to push the region's climate prior...
Tuvalu has distributed its first inclusive climate-risk insurance solution payouts for extreme tidal weather events which exceed predefined safeguard thresholds.
The AIATSIS Summit on the Gold Coast has heard Pacific leaders call for traditional knowledge to be treated as a living system for governance, education, climate response and leadership.
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution to enforce the legal obligations on its member states to combat climate change, marking a diplomatic victory for Pacific islands in their fi...
Fiji is moving to link national climate targets, Pacific-led funding and on-ground adaptation through a USD $5.7 million project supporting 14 vulnerable coastal communities.
Australia and Fiji have jointly announced the formal ratification of the Pacific Resilience Facility Treaty, which they describe as a "landmark" agreement that places Pacific communities "in control o...
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy will this week travel to Fiji as part of what the federal government describes as its "efforts to deepen ties and strengt...
The Fiji Government has secured a $37.3 million grant to strengthen climate resilience in vulnerable coastal communities facing rising seas, erosion, saltwater intrusion and extreme weather.
Safeguarding Tuvalu's future against rising sea levels has come some way to fruition after New Zealand/Aotearoa pledged an additional $20 million towards developing flood resilience works on the small...
The Kimberley Land Council and Traditional Owner Water Working Group say they are "underwhelmed" by the WA government's draft plan for managing the Fitzroy River catchment and the Derby Peninsula, whi...
Funding for fighting climate change across the Pacific is not keeping up pace with the urgency of the crisis amid complex systems, slow approvals and further risks that block access to its vital finan...
Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa (Centre for Pacific and Global Health) at Waipapa Taumata Rau (University of Auckland), has been designated a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable D...