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How to watch Chelsea vs Ajax: live Champions League 2025/26 game, free streams, team news
The Chelsea vs Ajax live stream sees the home side aiming to secure their fourth straight win in all competitions against a Dutch side that has just one win from their last six games. After a slow start to the season that saw Chelsea suffer losses...
WHO launches first climate-health strategy in Fiji to protect lives and secure the future
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its first-ever regional strategy for climate and health action. The landmark plan was unveiled this week during a major health summit in Fiji, one of the Pacific island nations most acutely...
OPINION | Beyond aid: A change of tone on debt
This is the second post in the four-part Beyond aid: new directions in development finance series on the key debates at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), which was held in Seville, Spain during June 2025. One...
Bjorn Lomborg: Media reef madness a great barrier to good policy
Breadcrumb Trail Links FP Comment Coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef fluctuates — a lot. But world media only seem to report when it declines, even if from record highs This photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows tourists snorkelling above...
Il Vietnam raggiunge uno storico traguardo diplomatico stringendo relazioni con tutti i membri dell’ONU
La missione del Presidente vietnamita all’ONU ha confermato l’impegno di Hà Nội per un multilateralismo efficace e orientato ai risultati. In parallelo, l’apertura delle relazioni con Tuvalu colloca il Việt Nam tra i rari Paesi con legami...
Pacific doctor urges dialogue as 100,000 workers prepare for major strike action
A senior Pacific doctor is urging the government to sit down with workers, as more than 100,000 public sector staff prepare for Thursday’s nationwide megastrike. Dr Anae Neru Leavasa, a clinical director and general practitioner based in South...
Pacific officials criticise New Zealand's weaker methane targets
The New Zealand government announced on 12 October that it would be cutting biogenic methane reduction targets to 14-24 percent below 2017 levels by 2050. Photo: Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life Pacific climate leaders have expressed disappointed...
Pacific voices urge experts to 'decolonise' adaptation at New Zealand's largest climate forum
Talia told RNZ Pacific he feels adaptation is generally presented in a Western lens. Photo: Supplied: Hall Contracting Pacific leaders believe climate experts are missing an opportunity to incorporate indigenous knowledge into adaptation measures....
Digital ID Black Pill Moment?
Authored by Patti Johnson via The Burning Platform blog, For those unclear on what a Black Pill Moment means, I’ll share my take on the definition: Black Pill Moment: A “Black Pill Moment” is when someone grasps a harsh, pessimistic truth about...
RC Blog: Who’s willing to pay for sustainability in the Pacific?
Written by Simona Marinescu, Isabella Massa, Guillaume Lafortune After major setbacks to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Pacific needs fairer access to financing as it fights to overcome climate challenges. Crises in climate, geopolitics...
Will the IMF US$961m windfall rescue Zim?
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Covid-19 has caused substantial long-term global macroeconomic environment change, and the pandemic inflicted long-term scars on the global economy. By Learnmore Nyamudzanga According to the...
Sustainable Tuna fishing talks with Kiribati to happen this month
[File Photo] To support its domestic processing industry, Fiji is nearing a deal for fishing access to tuna-rich waters in the exclusive economic zones of Tuvalu and Kiribati. Responding to questions in parliament, Minister for Fisheries Alitia...
Pacific represented at the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting in London
The second Extraordinary Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) opened Wednesday at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Headquarters in London. The Pacific is represented by the 6PAC+ alliance, which has...
Future Sea-level Rise Is Certain, but the Amount and Speed Are Uncertain
The WMO co-sponsored World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)1 is at the forefront of sea-level change research. At the request of WMO Members and other United Nations entities, WCRP has developed a status brief on current and projected sea-level...
Pacific voices urge experts to ‘decolonise’ adaptation at NZ’s largest Climate Forum
Pacific leaders believe climate experts are missing an opportunity to incorporate indigenous knowledge into adaptation measures. The call has been made as hundreds of scientists, global leaders, and climate adaptation experts around the globe...
Battlefield 6 vs Call of Duty: Sales Comparison
Even before the release of Battlefield 6, the series had long been considered a direct competitor to Call of Duty, despite the two filling different niches within the military shooter genre. Battlefield is known for its open sandbox gameplay,...
Amnesty International chief Agnes Callamard calls on New Zealand to lift its game
Responsible for Amnesty’s global strategy and leading its human rights work, Callamard is visiting New Zealand next week for the first time since taking up the role in 2021. As an activist dedicated to holding those in power to account, she’s...
Discriminatory Migration System Fails Pacific People Facing Climate Change And Disasters – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand are failing people most at risk of climate-related harm in the Pacific islands, subjecting them to discriminatory migration policies that tear families apart and disregard children’s rights, Amnesty...
Climate hysteria in the media has really got to stop
Reading the news, you would believe that the Great Barrier Reef -- the aquatic wonder off Australia's coast -- is on its deathbed, bleached beyond recognition by climate change. Recent headlines shouted in unison: "Great Barrier Reef suffers worst...
Not nothing, not enough: is the Paris climate agreement working?
PARIS - Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal's safer warming limit. With climate change already causing dangerous...