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South Australian government shifts gears in its bid to host COP31
The Mandarin
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June 10, 2025
The South Australian budget has committed $8.3 million to COP31, ahead of an expected decision on who will host the next UN climate talks. SA Premier Peter Malinauskas. (AAP Image/Matt Turner) The South Australian budget will dedicate $8.3 million...
$4.1 million budget for Pa Enua participation in Te Maeva Nui
Cook Island News
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May 26, 2025
The chartered vessel Nivaga III arrives at the port of Avatiu in 2018, laden with passengers from the northern islands for Te Maeva Nui 2018. The vessel from Tuvalu will transport residents from Pukapuka, Nassau and Palmerston (Pamati) for this...
France’s “wake up call” for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty is welcome but it can only ...
WWF International
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Posted on June, 10 2025 NICE, France (10 June 2025) - Today’s call from more than 90 countries reaffirming their ambition to end plastic pollution is a welcome signal of global cooperation, but still “the bare minimum” of what is needed if the...
World edges closer to historic ocean deal as Macron predicts High Seas Treaty will take effect in January
Monaco Life
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June 10, 2025
The UN Ocean Conference in Nice opened with a decisive move toward global ocean governance, as 18 countries formally ratified the High Seas Treaty, marking the biggest single-day advancement for the agreement since its adoption. French President...
UNOC3: 49 states, EU ratify high seas treaty but still short of 60 mark
Down to Earth
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Close to 20 more countries have ratified the high seas treaty during the third instalment of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) in Nice, France, which is taking place from June 9th to 13th, 2025. This brings the total number of...
UN treaty to protect high seas gains global support, but falls short of ratification
The Globe and Mail
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June 10, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Only 1.5 per cent of the high seas is safeguarded with marine protected areas.Annika Hammerschlag/The Associated Press A landmark international treaty to protect biodiversity in international waters saw a surge in the...
Pacific Islands focus: health sovereignty, polio outbreak and regional relationships
Croakey Health Media
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June 9, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: As we wait to hear whether Australia will co-host COP31 climate negotiations next year with Pacific Islands nations, Vanuatu’s climate minister Ralph Regenvanu has expressed disappointment about the Federal Government’s...
Honolulu Civil Beat: Lifeblood for Pacific islands threatened as warming ocean drives tuna east
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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June 6, 2025
Editor’s Note: Here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, signs that climate change has arrived are all around us. We see it in our disappearing beaches, the flooding of our homes, the ever-looming menace of wildfire. For us, climate change is more...
International Student Parliament for Climate Justice held
The Hindu
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June 8, 2025
An International Student Parliament for Climate Justice, organised by the Ecological Department of the CSI Madhya Kerala, has demanded urgent action to address climate crisis. The event, held at CMS College here on Friday, saw school students...
'Pacific solutions are indeed global solutions' - Pacific Ocean commissioner heading to summit
RNZ
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June 8, 2025
Photo: AFP / Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto The third UN Ocean Conference kicks off on Monday in Nice, France. Leaders, civil society groups, scientists and businesses, including those from the Pacific region, are due to attend the week-long summit....
Pacific leaders urge Albanese to reject gas project that “threatens our survival”
Energy Live News
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May 29, 2025
Pacific Island leaders have urged Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to reject as massive gas project. The leaders claim, Woodside Energy’s proposed extension of the North West Shelf gas project, would undermine Australia’s bid to co-host...
Lifeblood For Pacific Islands Threatened As Warming Ocean Drives Tuna East
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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June 5, 2025
Residents of small Pacific island nations rely on tuna for local jobs and foreign fishing fees, which fund education, healthcare, roads and more. Amid climate change, fishermen have been working harder to catch fewer fish and it’s getting worse....
Pacific Islands say Australia must choose between Woodside carbon bomb or…
Pacific News Service
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Pacific Island countries have signalled that they will pull support for Australia to host COP31 if the government decides to extend the life of the North West Shelf Extension gas project until 2070. A decision on the six-year-old application by...
Pacific Islands say Australia must choose between Woodside carbon bomb or COP31
Renew Economy
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May 27, 2025
Pacific Island countries have signalled that they will pull support for Australia to host COP31 if the government decides to extend the life of the North West Shelf Extension gas project until 2070. A decision on the six-year-old application by...
Australia Approves 40-year Extension For Contentious Gas Plant
International Business Times
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May 28, 2025
Australia on Wednesday approved a 40-year extension to a major liquified gas plant, brushing off protests from Pacific island neighbours fearful it will inflame climate damage. The North West Shelf is a sprawling industrial complex of offshore...
Pacific leaders link Australia’s bid to co-host COP31 to North West gas project decision
RiotACT
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May 27, 2025
Pacific island leaders are calling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to deny the extension of the North West Shelf gas project. Photo: Michelle Kroll. Pacific Island leaders have banded together to call on Anthony Albanese to reject the extension...
Woodside chief Meg O’Neill accuses young Aussies of being hypocritical while waging war on fossil fuels
The West Australian
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May 27, 2025
Young Australians are hypocritical ‘zealots’, waging war on fossil fuels while indulging in fast fashion and online shopping, according to boss of the nation’s biggest energy company. Woodside chief Meg O’Neill took the broad inter-generational...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – May 30 – June 5, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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June 6, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
COP31: an opportunity to widen climate conversations to include cultural and heritage protection
Croakey Health Media
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June 5, 2025
If Adelaide is selected to host COP31, it will be an opportunity to centre the lived experience of climate breakdown, which is evident across South Australia, according to the authors below. “Climate change is not only a scientific and technical...
Solomons Joins Regional Initiative to Safeguard Financial Lifelines as Pacific Banking Project Goes Live
Solomon Star
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June 5, 2025
Solomon Islands will maintain uninterrupted access to the global financial system through its participation in a World Bank project to strengthen correspondent banking relationships in the Pacific region. Solomon Islands joins Fiji, Kiribati,...