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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
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...
Besieged Pacific nation warns COP31 can't be climate talkfest
The world's biggest climate event should not become "another talk shop" while Pa...
Pacific friends to suffer from fossil-fuel 'hypocrisy'
Australia needs a firmer plan to transition away from fossil-fuel production to...
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.

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...

Tarona Taafaki earns tiny Tuvalu first-ever Games medal

Tarona Taafaki has put Tuvalu on the sporting map by winning the tiny South Pacific nation's first-ever medal at the Commonwealth Games. And the beauty of it all is the 20-year-old southpaw, who compe...

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...

'My bloodline': teen boxer brings Tuvalu fire to Games

Pasoni Taafaki's Commonwealth Games ended way too quickly and he was in no mood to talk about it. So a few hours after the 18-year-old lost his debut Games bout to Mauritian veteran Merven Clair in th...

Tuvalu calls for stronger UN support to tackle Pacific security threats

Tuvalu has called for stronger United Nations support to address growing security threats facing Pacific-island countries. The tiny state which consists of three reef islands and six atolls told the U...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 21, 2026
Images show gruesome extent of illegal Pacific fishing

The interception of a Chinese vessel accused of illegal fishing highlights the technical lengths many use to remain undetected across millions of square kilometres of open ocean.

Marshall Islands talks tough to Chinese government over Pacific missile testing

The Marshall Islands has condemned China's recent submarine-launched missile test nearby in the Pacific Ocean, adding that its Micronesian region cannot be treated as a site for military signalling.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 10, 2026
Vanuatu, Australia to continue negotiating revised Nakamal agreement after Pacific visa omission

Vanuatu intends to sign a revised Nakamal agreement on a government visit to Canberra this week after its council of ministers approved an updated version of the pact between the Pacific nation and Au...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 29, 2026
Tuvalu insurer pays out historic high tide weather event claims to affected island communities

Tuvalu has distributed its first inclusive climate-risk insurance solution payouts for extreme tidal weather events which exceed predefined safeguard thresholds.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 15, 2026
Pacific declaration urges end to age of fossil fuels

Carbon capture and storage, geoengineering and other technologies that justify ongoing fossil fuel production have been denounced by Pacific nations in a landmark declaration.

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Poppy Johnston Apr 17, 2026
Pacific partner offers additional support for Tuvalu's Coastal Adaption Project

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...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Apr 3, 2026
Threatened island nation to host pre-climate meet talks

One of the nations most vulnerable to sea level rise will host leaders as part of the Pacific's international climate conference duties. The main consultations for the pre-COP31 event will take place...

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Poppy Johnston Feb 26, 2026
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