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Pacific Elders call halt to seabed mining
Pacific News Service
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Pacific Elders’ Voice (PEV) calls for a halt in seabed mining until “proper regulatory instruments can be put in place,” and recommends a regional expert body be created to provide expert advice to Pacific Island countries. A statement issued by...
How Tuvaluans Can Relocate With Dignity Under the Falepili Union
The Diplomat
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August 21, 2025
In July 2025, the International Court of Justice recognized the “existential threat” that climate change-induced issues like rising sea levels pose to countries worldwide. Among the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change are...
Australian government moves to axe legal rights for mass deportations to Nauru
World Socialist Web Site
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August 30, 2025
Yesterday, for the second time this week, the Australian Labor government launched previously unannounced measures to overturn basic legal and democratic rights. Its immediate aim is to consign up to 400 former immigration detainees to the...
Tuvalu Introduces New Offshore Gaming License To Attract Global Operators
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) VAIAKU VILLAGE, TUVALU / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / As one of the first nations to digitize core aspects of its government and civil systems, Tuvalu's regulatory philosophy is founded on transparency, agility, and...
How to leave a sinking nation: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
The Guardian
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August 14, 2025
In November 2022, Simon Kofe, then foreign minister of the island nation of Tuvalu, announced a sensational plan for his country’s survival. Climate breakdown poses an existential threat to small island-nations in the Pacific, but Tuvalu’s...
International plastic pollution treaty talks stall over production cap
NHK
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The international community is struggling to reach a consensus on the world's first-ever treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution. The United Nations adopted a resolution in 2022 to convene the meetings of the Intergovernmental Negotiating...
Friends to all: Falepili Union Treaty sets Tuvalu’s security, Australia must deliver
The Strategist
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August 12, 2025
The signing of the Falepili Union Treaty in 2023 marked an unprecedented level of commitment and security unity between Australia and Tuvalu. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described it as ‘the most significant agreement between...
World’s first industry-wide climate mandate could be launched with shipping vote
Mongabay
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August 7, 2025
Shipping could become the first industry governed by a global treaty that sets enforceable decarbonization standards. In October, more than 100 nations will gather at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London to...
Fiji and Tuvalu engage in fisheries talks to secure Tuna supplies
Pacific News Service
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Fiji’s Ministry of Fisheries held productive discussions with Tuvalu Fisheries last Friday to explore access arrangements that will secure tuna raw materials essential for Fiji’s processing industry. The bilateral meeting aim to address the...
Pacific Islands focus: health, environmental, security and geopolitical updates
Croakey Health Media
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August 28, 2025
Calls to tackle violence against women in the Pacific region, efforts to alleviate the impacts of extreme heat, new guidelines to assist in protection of whales, and concerns about deep sea mining are among the topics covered in the latest edition...
Pacific Island Nation Of Tuvalu May Go Under The Waves In 25 Years
StratNews Global
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August 1, 2025
Home Asia Pacific Island Nation Of Tuvalu May Go Under The Waves In 25... While the pacific island nation of Tuvalu is at a risk of being submerged, countries like Maldives and India are also feeling the heat of climate change and rising sea...
USP’s cool shift to ocean energy
The Fiji Times
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July 31, 2025
THE University of the South Pacific( USP) has embarked on a pioneering project to integrate ocean-based renewable energy systems into its infrastructure. It is specifically the Seawater Air Conditioning (SWAC) system combined with desalination,...
What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?
The Conversation
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August 28, 2025
Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Rising seas, stronger storms, freshwater shortages and damaged infrastructure all threaten their ability to support...
These countries are sinking into the sea. What happens when they disappear forever?
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments
Banking Dive
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Coast Guard, partners conclude Operation Ika Moana in Samoa
Seapower Magazine
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August 25, 2025
Boats crews comprising Samoan Police Maritime Wing officers, U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Training Team members, and Operation Ika Moana participants conduct training offshore Apia, Samoa, Aug. 12, 2025. During Operation Ika Moana, patrol boat crews...
New Kiribati Humanitarian Warehouse strengthens national disaster response capability
Pacific Community (SPC)
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When Kiribati is next affected by a disaster, communities will have significantly improved access to immediate emergency relief supplies. A new national humanitarian warehouse opened today in Betio, stocked with prepositioned supplies, ensuring...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 22 – August 28, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 29, 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,...
The World's Least Visited Country is Sinking into the Sea
Explorersweb
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August 27, 2025
The most popular tourist destinations are, unsurprisingly, large, well-known countries. France, Spain, and the United States see hundreds of millions of visitors annually. Nations at the bottom of the list are a little more obscure, but Tuvalu is...
The capitalist climate crisis: Sea levels rise past the point of return
Counterfire
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August 28, 2025
As the global impact of climate change intensifies, we are experiencing the ironic situation where sea levels are rising dangerously while, at the same time, large portions of the earth are experiencing increased heatwaves, worsening droughts and...