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Pacific head rebukes Australia's focus on pre-COP costs
The head of an influential Pacific nations group has taken a swipe at Australia'...
Ben McKay (AAP) 14 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...
Joseph Guenzler 8 Oct 2026
Weather resistant: $3m fund to protect Pacific projects
Australia will spend $3 million to buffer Pacific nations against the devastatin...
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
Besieged Pacific nation warns COP31 can't be climate talkfest

The world's biggest climate event should not become "another talk shop" while Pacific nations struggle to survive rising sea levels and intensifying natural disasters.

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.

Australia backs energy as it cops heat at Pacific climate talks

A $7.3 million program to accelerate renewable energy generation in the Pacific has been launched by the federal government in response to criticism of its climate credentials.

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...

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.

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
Australia backs climate 'talkfest' despite leader snubs

Australia's climate minister has launched a spirited defence of the Pacific pre-COP meeting after hosts Fiji revealed just eight leaders or senior ministers from outside the region planned to attend.

Fiji reveals pre-COP attendees at Pacific summit

Fiji has revealed the first batch of attendees for the Pacific pre-COP climate talks in October, including leaders from four continents. Tuvalu and Fiji are hosting the event next month as part of an...

Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm moves towards community control

The Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm is set to move towards Aboriginal community control, more than two decades after Ngunnawal Elders first called for a culturally grounded residential healing centre on C...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Aug 5, 2026
Pacific calls for fairer global biodiversity reporting ahead of COP17

Pacific nations have warned the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework could undercount conservation work across small island states ahead of the 17th Conference of...

Pacific summit to put 'human face' on climate change

Foreign leaders are being urged to not avert their gaze from the impacts of climate change and witness them firsthand in the Pacific region. Tuvalu High Commissioner Samuelu Laloniu issued the plea at...

Pacific envoys appointed to push island priorities at COP31

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...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jun 18, 2026
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