ANTALYA, 09 NOVEMBER 2026 (SPREP) — The Limiting Overshoot Report, by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warning that global temperature rise is set to cross 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, cannot be an excuse for surrender. “It must be a wake-up call and above […]
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What the Pacific UNGA speeches tell us about geopolitics and regionalism
Oliver Hasenkamp From 22 to 26 September and on 28 September 2026, member states of the United Nations were invited to deliver their annual high-level speeches at the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) General Debate in New York, including the 12 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that are UN members. The topics they raised in their speeches, […]
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PCIS Forum Balances U.S – China Geopolitics with Micronesian Human Security
SAIPAN/HAGATNA/MAJURO, 02 NOVEMBER 2026 (MARIANAS PRESS) —As the United States and China intensify their strategic competition across the Western Pacific, Micronesia has increasingly become the focal point of military war-gaming and defence buildup—a reality that regional scholars, diplomats, and defence analysts say demands a new approach to island security that prioritises local consent, environmental protection, […]
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An Ocean of Peace is NOT Built on Occupation: Pacific Civil questions the Pacific Forum on Israel partnership
Friday 23rd October 2026 The Blue Pacific is our oceanic home. It is held together by a weave of shared values passed from our forebears’ hands into ours: justice, peace, self-determination and respect for international law. We, the members of the Pacific Regional Non-Governmental Organisations (PRNGO) Alliance, representing our diverse constituencies and mandated by them […]
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From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach
PORT MORESBY, 22 OCTBER 2026 (UN NEWS CENTRE) —Across Papua New Guinea, water sources are drying up, crops are failing and food prices are rising months before the worst agricultural impacts are expected. Behind those warning signs is an El Niño whose Pacific Ocean temperatures have already surpassed the equivalent measurements during the historic 1997 […]
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Holding power accountable: A journalist’s journey through assaults and censorship
Written by Shalveen Chand RAROTONGA, 19 OCTOBER 2026 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS)—Exposing autocracy from military-ruled Fiji to democratic Samoa, seasoned journalist Shalveen Chand has faced cell blocks, state censorship and physical assaults for holding Pacific powers accountable. Now joining the Cook Islands News as senior journalist, Chand, the former editor of Samoa Observer, brings a relentless […]