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COP31: an opportunity to widen climate conversations to include cultural and heritage protection
If Adelaide is selected to host COP31, it will be an opportunity to centre the lived experience of climate breakdown, which is evident across South Australia, according to the authors below. “Climate change is not only a scientific and technical...
Owner: Croakey Health Media Ltd
Digital twins are preserving ancient sites for future generations
Imagine if we were able to recreate the Lighthouse of Alexandria: a perfect replica, block by block. Would its fire and bronze mirror illuminate the past, giving us a glimpse into a world in which one more of the Seven Wonders had survived? Or...
Owner: Michael "Mike" Danson
Pacific States, Territories Gift the World its ‘Largest Conservation Project’
Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Conservation, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Ocean Health, PACIFIC COMMUNITY, Pacific Community Climate Wire, Small Island Developing States,...
Owner: Inter Press Service (Non-profit)
Pacific Islands News Roundup – May 30 – June 5, 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,...
Owner: East-West Center & University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Cella: Time for a revitalization of the Michigan GOP
(The Center Square) – Joseph Cella, the former Trump-appointed ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu, has thrown in his bid to be the next chair of the Michigan Republican Party. Born in Michigan, Cella said he is excited for the...
Owner: The Franklin News Foundation
1.4 million face deportation in US, 151 Tongans affected as Trump’s deportation crackdown intensifies
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are putting 151 undocumented Tongans at risk of deportation as the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ramps up enforcement. As of November 24, 2024, ICE reported that 1,445,549 noncitizens...
Owner: Kalafi Moala
Live: Lambie says she is grateful to be re-elected to Senate
28m agoTue 27 May 2025 at 4:30am Analysis: Liberal insiders say Voice triumph confused Coalition's election priorities Patricia Karvelas has taken a look at how the "no" result in the Voice to Parliament referendum may have given the Coalition the...
Owner: Australian Government
How Royal Family and David Bowie fell in love with London's most iconic store
When merchant Arthur Lasenby Liberty borrowed £2,000 from his father-in-law in 1875 to set up a shop selling ornaments, art works and fabrics, on London’s Regent Street, he had just three staff. He could never have foreseen the impact his brand...
Owner: Reach PLC
From Māngere to medicine: Pacific migrant dreams big
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Pacific Media Network
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Māngere teen Selina Camillo, 18, migrated from Fiji to Māngere just a few years ago, but she's already making academic waves as she works towards becoming a heart surgeon. Since setting foot in Aotearoa for the first time in December 2022, Camillo...
Owner: New Zealand Government
President of Palau’s direct plea at Cairns Crocodiles advertising industry event
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Owner: David Hovenden & Dan Uglow
INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION (IPD) LED BY LOK SABHA SPEAKER VISITS PORTUGAL ENROUTE TO BRAZIL FOR 11TH BRICS PARLIAMENTARY FORUM
Lisbon, 03 June 2026: Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla today said that “India firmly adheres to a Zero Tolerance Policy against terrorism and all nations should come together in this global fight.” He underlined that “terrorism poses the greatest...
Owner: Manoj Kumar Mandal
Friday essay: let’s rethink Australia’s national security – and focus on fairness and climate action, not blind fealty to the US
The America we thought we knew is not coming back. America in 2028 will be different, perhaps worse. And Australians, along with much of the world, are eager for something different. In polling conducted by The Australia Institute in February...
Owner: The Conversation Media Group
UN adopts Resolution on Rights of IDPs and Refugees from Occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region
In New York, during its 79th session, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a landmark resolution initiated by Georgia alongside 63 countries from various regions worldwide—titled “On the Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from...
Owner: Giorgi Isakadze
Rising Waters, Rising Stakes: The Geopolitical Role of AOSIS in Climate Advocacy
The prospect of states disappearing is not just science fiction anymore, as five nations (the Maldives, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Kiribati) may become uninhabitable by 2100, generating 600,000 stateless climate refugees. Rising sea...
Owner: Modern Diplomacy
USP Samoa Campus Graduates More Female Than Male Students
A total of 181 students graduated from The University of the South Pacific’s (USP), Samoa Campus today, Friday 30 May 2025. Of the total graduates, 122 were females. The graduation session featured students from Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands,...
Owner: Mataeliga Pio Sioa
Landmark online programme announced for Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit
Unlike traditional summits that convene the world’s experts in a single location, often at great environmental cost, the second Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit pioneers a decentralised model that will unite people across the world...
Owner: University of Oxford
Turning Commitment into Action: SPC's First technical working group meeting on Loss and Damage
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Pacific Community (SPC)
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On 31 March 2025, the Pacific Community (SPC) hosted the first Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting for the Danish-funded Loss and Damage Project at its headquarters in Nouméa, New Caledonia, bringing together regional experts to guide project...
Owner: Pacific Community
Climate and tourism: How climate change is impacting tourism
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Financial Express
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The period between the end of February and the beginning of March this year was a difficult one for Himachal Pradesh. Incessant bouts of heavy rainfall triggered flash floods and landslides in the lower areas of Kullu district. Lahaul-Spiti and...
Owner: Goenka Family
Preparing for success: supporting school readiness in the Pacific
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Pacific Community (SPC)
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60% of Pacific countries have high enrolment rates for pre-primary education, with nine out of 10 children engaging in early learning programmes before starting primary school. However, lower enrolment rates in some countries still pose challenges...
Owner: Pacific Community