Category: Pacific News

BONN, 22 JUNE 2026 (PICAN)—The outcomes of the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany (SB64) is marked by delay, division and a dangerous weakening of ambition at a time when climate impacts are accelerating across the Pacific.  Across the major negotiating tracks, Parties failed to reach meaningful agreement, pushing critical decisions on mitigation, adaptation, finance […]

SUVA, 19 JUNE 2026 (FIJI TIMES) —Fiji and other Pacific Island nations are increasingly vulnerable to cybercrime as criminals exploit weaknesses in cybersecurity systems, according to the newly released INTERPOL Asia and South Pacific Cyber Threat Assessment Report 2025/2026.  The report highlights that while digital connectivity has brought major economic and social benefits to the […]

SUVA, 19 JUNE 2026 (ISLANDS BUSINESS)—Pacific Islands Forum (PIFS) leaders are trying to redesign the region’s political and security machinery to better protect unity, manage outside pressure and give the 2050 Strategy the institutional backing it needs to work.  Esala Nayasi, the Forum’s Deputy Secretary-General – Strategic Policy & Programming, said the long-term strategy was […]

KOROR, Palau — Energy experts from across the Pacific sounded an urgent call June 17 for island nations, including Palau, to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels, warning that the current regional fuel crisis was both foreseeable and preventable. Speaking at the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue — the region’s largest security gathering, convened […]