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Unsafe to Hold UN Climate Session in 'Toxic' Australia — Expert
Sputnik News
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April 1, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250401/unsafe-to-hold-un-climate-session-in-toxic-australia--expert-1121724292.html Unsafe to Hold UN Climate Session in 'Toxic' Australia — Expert Unsafe to Hold UN Climate Session in 'Toxic' Australia — Expert Sputnik...
The UN in RMI, the nuclear legacy, climate justice and the way forward
Pacific News Service
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A year ago, on 1st October 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed the first Resident Coordinator Micronesia, Jaap van Hierden, to head the UN’s newest Multi-Country Resident Coordinator’s Office. Based in the Federated States of...
Chinese FM meets Nauruan counterpart
Pacific News Service
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday met with Nauruan Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Lionel Aingimea, who came to China for the opening ceremony of the Nauru Embassy in China. Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the...
Chinese FM calls for deepened cooperation with Nauru
CGTN
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Nauruan Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Lionel Aingimea in Beijing, China, March 26, 2025. /Chinese...
Creative workshop dealing with environmental pollution underway in Auki
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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March 27, 2025
A three-day workshop aiming to empower 30 young students from Auki’s surrounding communities in Malaita to creatively engage with environmental issues. Facilitated by Dreamcast Theatre Solomon Islands, it encourages creativity to deal with...
Climate change discussed at Miss Pacific Islands Pageant platform
Pacific News Service
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The contestants of the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) 2025 have discussed climate change as its impacts as one of the pressing issues affecting the Pacific region. During a press conference on Sunday at the Honiara Hotel Campus the...
TMC Pushes For 'The Fastest Pathway To Commercial Production' Despite Environmental Risks
Benzinga
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The Metals Company TMC, a deep-sea mining exploration company, has announced a pre-application consultation with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and has engaged with White House officials. If the Trump administration...
Climate change discussed at MPIP platform
Solomon Star
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February 3, 2025
The contestants of the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) 2025 have discussed climate change as its impacts as one of the pressing issues affecting the Pacific region. During a press conference on Sunday afternoon at the Honiara Hotel Campus room...
Nauru introduces citizenship by investment program
ARY News
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January 25, 2025
Nauru has launched the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program (NECRCP), a unique initiative combining economic development with climate protection. The announcement was made during the United Nations Climate Change Conference...
Paradise island sells passports to foreigners from £81k in bid to tackle climate change
GB News
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March 18, 2025
Nauru, a tiny Pacific island nation, is selling passports to foreigners for £81,000 to fund its climate contingency plans. Rising sea levels are rapidly eroding the country's coastline, forcing leaders to plan a mass inland relocation. The scheme...
Business : Climate Finance Report Calls For Investment Migration To Fund Resilience
Bernama
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March 19, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 (Bernama) -- Henley & Partners and the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) released a groundbreaking climate finance report that highlights failures in funding urgent climate action and explores how investment migration can...
“Fossil fuel behemoth:” The climate cost of Australia’s bipartisan addiction to coal and gas
Renew Economy
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March 13, 2025
Political bipartisanship across successive Australian governments has overseen a massive expansion of oil, gas and coal production despite promises to act on climate change over the last three decades, a new report suggests. The report, Exporting...
Palau President Invites Trump To Go Snorkelling To Understand Climate Change Impact
News18
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March 12, 2025
Last Updated:March 12, 2025, 16:26 IST Trump has called climate change a scam, pulled US out of the key Paris Agreement for a second time, and ended US participation in leading climate initiatives and research Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr....
Snorkel With Me To Understand Climate Change, Palau President Tells Trump
International Business Times
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March 12, 2025
The leader of climate-vulnerable Palau wants US President Donald Trump to come snorkelling with him to understand the "slow death" caused by climate change, he told AFP in an interview on Wednesday. "I think it's good if we go snorkelling and look...
World’s third-smallest country, Nauru, sells citizenship to tackle climate crisis; here’s what we know
The Times of India
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Nauru is offering citizenship for USD 105,000 under its Economic and Climate Resilience Programme to fund climate change mitigation and population relocation. With just 21 square kilometers of land, Nauru faces significant environmental...
Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal
The New Zealand Herald
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July 4, 2025
The airlines said the programme would include “rigorous training, structured mentorship, and professional development to produce a pilot workforce trained to operate in complex and remote Pacific environments”. The two airlines said they would...
Japan Contributes $3 mil. to Climate Change Fund for Pacific Islands Forum; Foreign Minister Conveys
The Japan News
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March 11, 2025
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The Foreign Ministry in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo The Yomiuri Shimbun 2:00 JST, March 12, 2025 Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya informed the secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) of the Japanese government’s...
Nauru to Charter Flight to Miss Pacific Pageant 2025
Tavuli News
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January 10, 2025
Nauru will charter a flight to Honiara for the highly anticipated Miss Pacific Pageant, scheduled to take place from February 1 to 8, 2025. This prestigious event will bring together contestants from across the Pacific, all competing for the...
Japan to Set Up Framework with Pacific Island Nations; Japan, PIF Expected to Talk Climate Change, Regional Affairs in Framework
The Japan News
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March 8, 2025
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya The Yomiuri Shimbun 18:27 JST, March 8, 2025 The government plans to establish a framework for dialogue with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat, a group mainly comprising Pacific...
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Can golden visa save this tiny island nation from climate change devastation?
Firstpost
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March 6, 2025
The Pacific island nation of Nauru, one of the world’s smallest countries, is facing an existential crisis as rising sea levels threaten its future. In response, the government has launched a controversial “golden visa” initiative to raise funds...