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Practical ways to minimise your carbon footprint when travelling to Pacific islands without compromising your trip The price of paradise? Read our series on the environmental impact of tourism in the Pacific and how new approaches can make a difference…
Read MoreNew push to attract visitors focuses on environment and culture, as experts call for better monitoring of sustainability pledgesThe resort lies on the fringes of one of the world’s largest barrier reefs. Powered by solar energy, in an effort to reduce …
Read MoreWashington will look to partner with Pacific media sector, top official tells the Guardian China’s rising power in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsRegional media has emerged as a new front in the contest between the US and China in the Pacific, as W…
Read MoreSato Kilman also hits back at reports on his political alignments as western nations grapple with China for influence in PacificVanuatu’s new prime minister says the Pacific island nation will likely need to rethink a security agreement signed with Aus…
Read MoreSitiveni Rabuka says island countries must be ‘zone of non-aligned territories’ and hopes big powers will avoid military conflictThe Pacific islands should be a “zone of peace”, Fiji’s prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, has said, adding that he hopes a r…
Read MoreWeek of visits by Emmanuel Macron, Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin underlines concerns over Beijing’s growing influenceChina’s rising power in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsFrance’s president, Emmanuel Macron, took off his suit jacket and tie on F…
Read MoreSome fishers say they lack information and worry about Japan’s plan to discharge treated wastewater into the seaEvery day fisher Charlie Maleb takes his string lines and his nets out from Wala Island, Vanuatu, into the Pacific Ocean.The 54-year-old dro…
Read MoreIn one pocket of Vanuatu, Prince Philip is a central part of local folklore, and the coronation of his son is a cause for celebration The coronation of King Charles III will take place thousands of kilometres from the Pacific, but in some pockets of th…
Read MoreWashington, which has ties with the island nation but has been represented by diplomats based in New Guinea, also plans embassies in Kiribati and TongaChina’s influence in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsThe United States plans to open an embassy in…
Read MorePacific nation is sponsoring resolution that will ask ICJ to rule on consequences for climate inactionLast month, twin cyclones tore through Port Vila, the capital of the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. The category-four storms left corrugated iron roofs cr…
Read MoreCyclone Kevin passed over the capital Port Vila less than three days after Cyclone Judy cut power in the cityA state of emergency was declared in Vanuatu as category 4 Cyclone Kevin brought gale-force winds and torrential rain to the Pacific nation bat…
Read MoreWith no official sign language, the deaf community are unable to communicate widely and are more vulnerable during natural disastersTasale Edward Bule, a 45-year-old fisher from Vanuatu’s Efate island, remembers the day the world went silent.“I woke up…
Read MoreGovernment websites and email still offline, leading to delays in payments and services across the countryOne month after a cyber-attack brought down government servers and websites in Vanuatu, frustrated officials were still using private Gmail accoun…
Read MoreTwo countries said their police chiefs were unable to attend video meeting chaired by Chinese and Solomon Islands ministersChina said it held a video meeting to discuss police cooperation with a group of Pacific island nations on Tuesday, however at le…
Read MorePacific countries have fought for fund to provide assistance to poor nations hit by climate disasters for three decadesPacific leaders and climate activists are celebrating the establishment of a loss and damage financing mechanism in the Cop27 agreeme…
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