Tag: The Blue Pacific
Apia Ocean Declaration to be ‘crown jewel’ of CHOGM climate ‘fight...
By Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi in Apia
The Ocean Declaration that will be agreed upon at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this week will...
Pacific unity crucial in ‘crowded geopolitical landscape’, says Fiame
RNZ Pacific
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa has urged her fellow Pacific leaders to stop paying lip service to regionalism and walk the talk...
Pacific leaders call on world to take urgent climate action for...
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Climate change remains the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific, as leaders concluded the biggest diplomatic regional meeting...
Pacific Islands Forum launches new 2050 strategic blueprint
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum has launched a new longterm strategy to address present and future challenges faced by Pacific peoples.
The "2050 Strategy for...
Dan McGarry: A new day in the Pacific – but will...
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry
With the Australian general election largely done and dusted, and with a clear (if still-to-be-quantified) mandate, Anthony Albanese faces...
Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need...
COMMENTARY: By Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama in Suva
Fiji Islands Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is the current Chair of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum. Addressing the...
AUKUS pact strikes at heart of Pacific nuclear-free regionalism
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific reporter
Australia's new security pact with the US and the UK has touched a nerve at the core of Pacific...
Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum...
RNZ Pacific
The world is on the brink of a climate catastrophe, with just a narrow window for action to reverse global processes predicted to...
Forum chair welcomes Biden’s ‘Blue Pacific’ climate priority for Paris pact
By RNZ Pacific
The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has welcomed the re-entry of the United States to the Paris agreement over climate change.
Within...
Vanuatu walks the talk – and becomes first country to ban...
By Jilda Shem in Port Vila
It's a Pacific island nation that has beaten the global community across the finish line with Vanuatu officially becoming...
‘Shared stewardship’ of ocean key to Pacific Forum strategy
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Leaders from across the Pacific are meeting in Apia, Samoa, this week to discuss the future of the region’s oceans.
Under the...