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Pacific news in brief for 11 July
RNZ
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July 10, 2025
The prestigious titles of Turaga Tui Nayau, Sau Ni Vanua Ko Lau and Tui Lau are being be bestowed upon Ratu Tevita this week. Photo: Facebook / Ministry of itaukei Affairs Fiji - donation China's Ambassador to Fiji Zhou Jian has handed over a...
Ecocide: Should destroying nature be an international crime?
Context
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What’s the context? As world warms and extreme weather disasters multiply, Pacific island states join fight to make ecocide a crime under ICC Pacific islands urge international recognition of ecocide Campaigners hail progress, but hurdles remain...
Sheraton resort in Samoa reopens after $13.3 million renovation
Spice News
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December 9, 2024
Marriott International has revealed its Sheraton resort in Samoa has reopened following a $13.3 million redevelopment. Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Hotel & Bungalows on the South Pacific island’s capital, Apia, has officially reopened, boasting...
Vanuatu’s Youth-Led Movement on Climate Change Heads to the ICJ
Pass Blue
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December 2, 2024
Odo Tevi, ambassador of Vanuatu to the UN, photographed at the country’s mission, Nov. 14, 2024. The first day of oral hearings at the International Court of Justice begins on Dec. 2 to seek an advisory opinion on the legal obligations of...
Sikaiana people’s resilience helps for time as climate change threatens livelihoods
Pasifika Environews
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December 12, 2024
The Sikaiana atolls just could be the world’s top tropical tourist destination. Four islets conjoined by a barrier reef encircling a lush blue lagoon perforated with thriving corals teeming with marine life. Glistening white sandy beaches...
Samoa Hands Over New Wing of One UN House to UN During Secretary-General Guterres’ Visit
Government of Samoa
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August 23, 2024
24 August, 2024 – The Government of Samoa officially handed over the new wing of the One UN House at Tuanaimato to the United Nations on Friday, to coincide with the visit to the country by the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. The United...
Samoa PM Fiame Mata’afa announces Cabinet reshuffle and new Ministers
Pacific News Service
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has announced a Cabinet reshuffle and the appointment of new Cabinet Ministers, the first in her two-year-old Government. Having clocked 25 months in public office, since the FAST administration came into...
With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal
WPRL - Mississippi
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November 24, 2024
Negotiators at a global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, struck a last-minute deal for wealthy countries to help their poorer neighbors deal with global warming, saving the annual meeting as it verged on collapse. From the outset, the focus...
President Xi Jinping says China will prioritise Climate Change for Pacific Island Countries
Samoa Global News
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November 30, 2024
Samoa Prime Minister Hon Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has concluded her first official visit to the People’s Republic of China with the fight against Climate Change placed high on the priority list. A press release by the Samoa Government press...
‘We understand what is coming for us’: The Caribbean outlook after the UN Climate Summit
News Room
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November 29, 2024
By Danielle Swain danielle@newsroom.gy In the brightly lit corridors of the convention centre in Baku, Azerbaijan, a senior Caribbean climate negotiator paused, coffee in hand, and promised a blunt assessment of this year’s United Nations Climate...
Leadership or lip service? Australia's unkept climate promises hurting the Pacific
ColyPoint Observer
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December 6, 2024
The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, established in 2019, aims to "accelerate a transition to renewable energy for everyone, end the expansion of coal, oil and gas, and equitably phase out existing production in keeping with what science...
Japan to procure a new Drilling Rig Truck for the Samoa Water Authority
Talamua
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December 5, 2024
Apia, Samoa – 05 December 2024 – The Governments of Japan and Samoa today signed and exchanged notes to formalize Japan’s grant assistance of JPY390, 000,000 (approximately SAT6, 900,000) to procure a new drilling rig truck and related equipment...
How Do You Define Climate Adaptation? Here Are 10,000 Ways.
The Good Men Project - California
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December 3, 2024
By Jake Bittle, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Editor’s note: Grist is hosting a free virtual event on January 9, 2025, at 2 p.m. EST / 11 a.m. PST to analyze the progress and...
‘False solutions and empty promises’: COP29 ends with no meaningful climate agreements
Green Left
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November 28, 2024
Despite COP29 overrunning by 33 hours to finalise negotiations, the United Nations Conference of Parties on climate change ended without any agreements to meaningfully confront the climate crisis. The choice of Azerbaijan as the host country for...
June advocates for climate change
Samoa Observer
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Miss House of Wakanda June Catriona Peseta is an advocate for climate change and the environment and will champion that during the Miss Fa'afafine Samoa pageant on Friday. June is 28-years-old and hails from Sinamoga and represents the African...
Deepening frustrations among Pacific Island nations over climate inaction
World Socialist Web Site
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November 29, 2024
The UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, held in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11-22, took place as 2024 heads towards the hottest year in human history. Temperatures are expected to be 1.5 ºC (2.7 ºF) above pre-industrial levels this year, which...
Vanuatu elevates draft resolution to UNGA requesting an advisory opinion from ICJ on climate change
Pacific News Service
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Vanuatu’s special climate envoy and Permanent representative to the United Nations, Odo Tevi says together with a core group of states he will take a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) requesting an advisory opinion from the...
Samoa’s Darius Visser rewrites history with record-breaking 39-run over in T20 World Cup Qualifier game
CricketAddictor
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August 20, 2024
In a dramatic twist of fate at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier A, history was rewritten on a sunny Tuesday in Samoa. The Garden Oval No.2 in Apia witnessed an unforgettable spectacle during the qualifier match...
Crew's mistakes sank New Zealand navy ship off Samoa, inquiry finds
Big News Network
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A New Zealand navy ship, HMNZS Manawanui, ran aground and sank off the coast of Samoa in October due to crew errors, according to preliminary findings from a military Court of Inquiry. The crew failed to realize the ship's...
Seasonal worker from Samoa dismissed after assault
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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December 5, 2024
A 25-year-old seasonal worker from Samoa has been terminated and will be flown home after assaulting a coworker in Marlborough. Zenus Lance, who arrived in New Zealand under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme to work in vineyards,...