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Forum Leaders demand warning after China missile test over Pacific, Nauru dissents

Fiji, Sept. 4 -- Pacific Islands Forum leaders have demanded at least 24 hours' advance warning of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests after raising concerns over China's recent missile te... Read More


Pacific Leaders lock in Forum hosts to 2031

Fiji, Sept. 4 -- Pacific Islands Forum leaders have locked in the hosts for the next five annual leaders' meetings, with New Zealand, Nauru, the Marshall Islands, Vanuatu and French Polynesia set to w... Read More


Pacific leaders put women at centre of climate action

Fiji, Sept. 4 -- Pacific Islands Forum leaders have adopted a new Pacific Pact on Gender and Climate Action, committing to increase women's influence in climate decisions, strengthen gender-based clim... Read More


MSG puts Indonesia on notice over UN rights visit to West Papua

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders have warned that Indonesia's Associate Member status could be reviewed in 2027 if Jakarta does not facilitate a long-standing request for a vi... Read More


Kanaky Groups urge Forum Leaders to back decolonisation action

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- Kanaky New Caledonia civil society groups have called on Pacific Islands Forum leaders to take stronger action on decolonisation, human rights and self-determination, accusing France ... Read More


ADB pushes Pacific-led finance as climate and debt pressures grow

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- The Asian Development Bank says it is working to expand access to affordable climate and development finance for Pacific Island countries without adding to their already heavy debt bu... Read More


'Pacific is at the centre': ADB President pledges new push for regional investment

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda has pledged a new push to connect the Pacific through digital infrastructure, private investment and country-specific development p... Read More


The Ocean is at risk': Pacific Leaders demand urgent action to keep 1.5 alive

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- Pacific leaders have warned that the region's ocean, livelihoods and low-lying communities face escalating risks if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius, calling on major emitte... Read More


Pacific Tuna and food security at risk as 1.5degC overshoot looms

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- A global temperature overshoot beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius could trigger an economic and food security crisis across the Pacific, pushing tuna stocks out of Pacific Island countries' e... Read More


Green Climate Fund cuts climate funding approval time to nine months: Duarte

Fiji, Sept. 3 -- Pacific Island countries could gain faster access to Green Climate Fund (GCF) financing under reforms that have cut project approval and accreditation processes from years to a target... Read More