DOC NYC Announces 2025 Main Slate Lineup, with Subjects Ranging from Rock and Roll to Competitive Whistling

It’s almost DOC NYC season, and when New York’s premiere nonfiction film festival returns this November, an eclectic lineup promises that there will be something for documentary lovers of all stripes to enjoy. The festival, for which IndieWire...

2050 strategy to be endorsed in the Cook Islands, Tonga to be the next host for PIF Leaders Meeting

The implementation plan for the 2050 strategy is being finalised and will be endorsed by Forum leaders during their convening in the Cook Islands next month. Pacific Islands Forum Director of Governance and Engagement, Sione Tekiteki said the 52nd...

NZ discriminatory migration system fails climate-affected Pacific People: report

Authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand are subjecting people in the Pacific islands of Tuvalu and Kiribati at risk of climate related harm to discriminatory migration policies that tear families apart and disregard children’s rights, Amnesty...

‘A matter of survival’: Amnesty International calls for urgent reform of Aotearoa's visa rules

Amnesty International warns that Pacific people facing climate-related challenges are being blocked from migrating to Aotearoa New Zealand due to discriminatory visa rules. The organisation’s new report, Navigating Injustice, highlights how...

How Clean Energy Just Overtook Coal — And Why It’s Under Threat

Renewables overtake coal as fossil fuels fall Ember For the first time in history, renewables have generated more electricity than coal globally. But as science powers this breakthrough, it’s come under attack — and in a twist few saw coming, the...

Adaptation a matter of survival for Pacific communities, Solomon Islands negotiator

Adaptation to the devastating impacts of climate change for Pacific communities is not an option, it is a matter of survival. As Pacific climate change negotiators gather in Samoa, a negotiator from the Solomon Islands, Ms Melissa Horokou, says...

Discriminatory Migration System Fails Pacific People Facing Climate Change And Disasters

Press Release – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand Amnesty Internationals recommendations to the Aotearoa New Zealand Government are to help people to migrate with dignity or, if they choose, to stay on their islands with dignity....

Biogas: A clean energy alternative that can also empower women – Lessons learnt from Tuvalu

Telei feeds the biogas system at her home in Funafuti. By Therese Johnson For dinner tonight in Funafuti, the main coral atoll of Tuvalu, a typical family meal might involve boiling some rice, preparing some breadfruit and frying a locally caught...

This Canadian island has a dire warning: small islands may be losing their water lifeline

Aerial photo of ponds amongst the dynamic dune landscape. Image credits: Dalhousie University. Throughout centuries, Sable Island, a remote sand island near Canada, has provided sanctuary to rare seabirds, wild horses, plants, and insects, all...

Tuvalu to negotiate new treaty with Taiwan, calls for global recognition: PM Teo

Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has reaffirmed the country’s unwavering ties with Taiwan, saying both nations are committed to elevating their partnership while calling for Taiwan’s inclusion in the United Nations and other international bodies....

Vanuatu leads Pacific ocean protection as expedition sets sail

The National Geographic Pristine Seas (NGPS) team is leading a month-long expedition across Vanuatu’s waters, which aims to combine deep sea science with community knowledge to update the nation’s marine spatial plan. The project follows an...

Aotearoa New Zealand: Discriminatory migration system fails climate-affected Pacific People

Alieta, 55, is a teacher and mother from Tuvalu with a visual impairment. In 2016, she was left with no choice but to remove her name from her family’s PAC visa application to enable her husband and six-year-old daughter to go to Aotearoa New...

Pacific makes powerful impact at World Expo

The Pacific region is making a strong impression at this year's World Expo in Japan. Countries represented include Papua New Guinea, Sāmoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, the Solomon...

Palestine and the Pacific

Why have island nations been so prominent among supporters of Israel? By Nic Maclellan Standing beside Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on 17 September, Fijian prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka declared that “the people of Fiji share a very close...

Experts warn of communities at high risk for natural disasters: 'Forced to stay exposed'

A new study shows that coastal living is undergoing a shift, as residents relocate in response to rising seas and extreme weather threats unique to coastlines and disproportionately impacting low-income and marginalized communities. What's...

On Road to Belem, Pacific countries raise their voice on 1.5…

Pacific countries at the forefront of the climate crisis, described as a “ticking time bomb”, have vowed that their One Pacific Voice on keeping 1.5 alive, is heard loud and clear at the Thirtieth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework...

Jaishankar holds bilateral talks with Mexico, Cyprus and Pacific Island nations at UNGA

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Mexico, Cyprus, and several Pacific Island nations on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, reaffirming...

We are watching you, and we will get you – Rabuka

CLIMATE change and sea level rise are Tuvalu’s greatest security threats, and major polluters must enter legally binding obligations on the matter, Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo said. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Teo stressed that...

Pacific news in brief for 2 October

Photo: Aleksandr Shyripa Papua New Guinea - drugs Papua New Guinea's deputy police commissioner Donald Yamasombi says the country is sitting on a dangerous stockpile of illegal drugs - as much as three tonnes. The Post-Courier reported Yamasombi...

World News | India Hosts FIPIC Foreign Ministers Meeting in NY, Strengthens Ties with Pacific Island Nations

New York [US], September 25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hosted the Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMM) of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) in New York, highlighting the progress of a 12-point action plan...