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Call for decarbonisation as Pacific convene for energy and transport meeting

Posted on 11 May 2023

This week, the 5th Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers’ Meeting (PRETMM) began in Port Vila, bringing together ministers, officials and technical specialists to speak to this years theme “Accelerating decarbonisation in the…
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Food aid suspended to Ethiopia's Tigray region

Posted on 11 May 2023

The World Food Programme and USAID have both “until further notice” suspended their food aid deliveries in the Northern Ethiopia region of Tigray. This comes after it was revealed there had…
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Commonwealth Secretary-General makes post-cyclone visit to Vanuatu

Posted on 11 May 2023

At the end of last month, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, visited Vanuatu to discuss climate impact and action.
 
The visit comes as the nation still reels from…
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Australia and New Zealand extend Pacific commitment through increased World Bank funding

Posted on 11 May 2023

Australian and New Zealand governments have together committed US$ 90 million to the PNG and the Pacific Islands Umbrella Facility (PPIUF), which will support World Bank initiatives across the Pacific region.
 
The…
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New report reveals "unconscionable" realities of global food insecurity

Posted on 11 May 2023

The 2023 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) has just been released, a collaboration of UN and government agencies aiming to inform humanitarian and development work.

The report reveals that 258 million people (22.7%…
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Pacific youth delegate attends nuclear summit

Posted on 03 May 2023

The Hiroshima G7 Youth Summit took place in Japan last week, and among attendees was Māohi, indigenous French Polynesian, Tamatoa Tepuhiari. The event bought together around 50 young people to help make progress in…
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Concern for millions of children unvaccinated in the Middle East and North Africa

Posted on 03 May 2023

A recent press release from UNICEF reveals that between 2019-2021, over 4.3 million children in North Africa and the Middle East did not receive a single measles vaccine dose, and 3.8 million…
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Pacific nations unite to tackle violence against women

Posted on 03 May 2023

Last week, the Pacific Islands Forum Pacific Prevention Summit commenced at which attendees collaborated on combatting gender-based violence in the region. The event bought together over 100 delegates from governments, civil…
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Haiti on the verge of civil war as fighting escalates

Posted on 03 May 2023

Mercy Corps have expressed deep concern for the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Haiti, particularly following the clash on April 24, in which 14 suspected gang members were killed.
 
Although the conflict has…
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Forecasted El Niño conditions could have severe impacts on Pacific region

Posted on 03 May 2023

El Niño, the oceanographic phenomenon involving the warming of global surface waters, is expected to return in June after three years of the opposite La Niña phase.
 
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of…
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