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Climate change is robbing Pacific islands of another resource: Tuna
Pacific News Service
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Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive US$107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes the fish farther from their shores, the Green Climate Fund announced Tuesday. The fund’s largest grant-only project to...
Earth Observation technologies for Pacific sustainability
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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April 14, 2025
Earth Observation (EO) technologies are proving vital in advancing environmental sustainability and resilience across Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). That was the key takeaway message for participants of the “Integrating Earth...
Climate change impacts food resources
FBC News
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[Photo Credit: aad] As climate change intensifies, the Pacific Islands face a growing food security crisis. Small island nations, including Fiji, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands, are experiencing increasingly unpredictable food sources. Pacific...
Tourism Authority of Kiribati Embarks on Key Initiatives for Sustainable Tourism Growth
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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April 9, 2025
From February 24 to June 6, 2025, the Tourism Authority of Kiribati (TAK) will lead a series of transformative initiatives aimed at enhancing the nation’s tourism sector, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting sustainable economic growth....
IMO Climate Summit: UN approves carbon pricing regulations for global shipping
Premium Times
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April 12, 2025
The United Nations International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has agreed on an ambitious climate policy aimed at making the global shipping industry more environmentally friendly. This new policy is part of a larger effort to create a set of...
Pacific nations demand stronger climate action as IMO vote approves carbon pricing for ships
Pacific Media Network
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The International Maritime Organisation, a United Nations body that oversees shipping regulations, recently announced that most of its member countries have voted to implement a global pricing system and reduce carbon emissions from ships. Pacific...
Fly Fishing Tourism Surges on Fanning Island, Boosting Local Communities and Sustainable Growth
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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April 9, 2025
Kiribati has long been recognised as the leading fly-fishing destination, particularly Kiritimati Island (Christmas Island), which is renowned for its expansive flats, crystal-clear lagoons, and an impressive range of fish species including...
Division Update: Spotlight on Kiribati – March 2025
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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April 9, 2025
Mauri from the SPTO Division of Sustainable Tourism! March proved to be a dynamic and productive month, with several key sustainable tourism initiatives gaining momentum across the region. In this edition of the Newsbeat, we spotlight Kiribati and...
Church’s sustainability manager on the sacred responsibility to care for the earth
KSL NewsRadio - Utah
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April 6, 2025
Listen at 12:00 p.m.👇 for KSL NewsRadio’s conference special, “Sacred Stewardship: The Church Cares for the Earth” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints works to be a good steward of the earth — believing that caring for the earth is a...
Kiritimati Island Welcomes Minister Reete and Miss Kiribati for Celebrations and Official Visit
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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April 9, 2025
Kiritimati Island, Kiribati – March 3–10, 2025 — The Tourism Authority of Kiribati (TAK) Kiritimati branch played a pivotal role in coordinating the official visit of the Minister of Tourism, Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives (MTCIC), Tangariki...
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...
Kiribati responds to NZ aid review, calls for diplomatic dialogue
Pacific Media Network
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The Kiribati government has officially addressed New Zealand’s review of its $102 million development programme for the Pacific island nation. This is the first time Tarawa has responded officially. Several Cabinet ministers have defended their...
Cases of organ-destroying tropical virus being diagnosed in Britons have TRIPLED-are YOU at risk of catching chikungunya?
Daily Mail
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August 14, 2025
Health officials have issued an urgent warning following a surge in cases of an organ-destroying virus—and warned that holidaymakers need to take extra caution. Chikungunya is classed as a tropical disease, and for the majority of people infected,...
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...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade', as disease kills 18 people
Samoa News
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August 14, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dengue fever has struck countries across the Pacific, where health authorities have recorded 23,500 suspected cases and 16,000 laboratory confirmed cases this year. The mosquito-borne illness has killed 18 people,...
Pacific Islands focus: sustainable fishing, nuclear legacy, foreign aid and development
Croakey Health Media
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April 9, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: In the lead up to COP30 in Belem, Brazil, an alliance between the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon in Brazil, the Pacific Islands and First Nations people of Australia articulated a declaration to seek Indigenous...
Military takes an abrupt turn after decades of climate change research
USA Today
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Every other winter, the U.S. military gathers with allies on the Arctic for Operation Ice Camp as the warming region becomes increasingly accessible, raising concerns about borders and peace. At the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, a $37...
Climate Migration: A Multidimensional Challenge Requiring Global Action
Earth.Org
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January 27, 2025
As the world grapples with the escalating effects of climate change, a silent crisis is unfolding: millions of people are being uprooted from their homes, not by war or persecution, but by rising seas, devastating droughts, and extreme weather...
Last country on Earth without a national football team are ready for debut
The Times
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The final resistance to football’s global dominance is set to fall in the early hours of Friday, when the self-proclaimed “last country on Earth without a team”, the Marshall Islands, play their first international match. Led by a former...
Annual Social Justice Convocation focuses on climate change
The Boston Pilot - Massachusetts
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April 4, 2025
DORCHESTER -- Jesuit Father Andrea Vicini, chair of the Boston College Theology Department, describes the crisis of climate change in a way that may be familiar to the Boston area. He calls it "a wicked problem." "Wicked problems are characterized...