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Fiji’s electrification challenge
FBC News
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July 28, 2025
[Source: UNDP] Rural electrification in Fiji faces major challenges beyond just building infrastructure. UNDP Project Manager Vineil Narayan said communities must understand that electricity is not free but a user-based system requiring ownership...
ICJ’s Advisory Opinion Compels Wealthy Nations To Be Held Accountable To Climate Treaties
The Organization for World Peace
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July 29, 2025
On 23 July 2025, the United Nations’ highest court, the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, determined that wealthy countries must comply with global climate treaties or risk having to pay compensation to nations most...
Climate issues and gender in focus for World Bank in aid-reliant Pacific Islands
The Malaysian Star
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July 28, 2025
THE PACIFIC (Reuters): The World Bank has maintained its focus on climate change and gender equality issues in the Pacific, managing director of operations Anna Bjerde said on a visit to Australia, even as its largest shareholder the United States...
Fiji: Abandoned baby discovered in FNU Lautoka campus toilet
Samoa Global News
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July 28, 2025
By Anish Chand Fiji Times Lautoka. The Fiji Times has confirmed the newborn baby boy found abandoned alive in a toilet sanitary bin was at the Fiji National University (FNU) Natabua campus in Lautoka.A video obtained by Fiji Times shows the moment...
International study shows tourism operators need to be mindful of cultural differences when marketing sustainable facilities
Australian Leisure
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A new international study led by Hong Kong Shue Yan University and the University of South Australia, surveyed 800 people from 37 countries to examine how cultural values, age and education levels influenced tourists’ acceptance of environmentally...
Climate, gender in focus for World Bank in aid-reliant Pacific Islands
WKZO - Michigan
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July 28, 2025
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -The World Bank has maintained its focus on climate change and gender in the Pacific, managing director of operations Anna Bjerde said on a visit to Australia, even as its largest shareholder the United States...
Captain Jonathan Smith Fund launched to address long-standing marine pollution and derelict vessels
Fijivillage
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Captain Jonathan Smith Fund launched to address long-standing marine pollution and derelict vessels Restoration of Suva Harbour and addressing long-standing marine pollution and derelict vessels has begun following the launch of the Captain...
Fijiana coach speaks of cup hopes
Islands Business
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July 28, 2025
THE World Council of Churches has called for unity in the church community in opposition to nuclear issues. This stand comes on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. A statement from...
Fiji becomes first Small Island State to launch forecast-based cyclone action plan
Fijivillage
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Fiji becomes first Small Island State to launch forecast-based cyclone action plan Fiji has made history as the first Small Island Developing State in the Pacific to adopt a fully approved Simplified Early Action Protocol for Tropical Cyclones — a...
How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world's highest court. And won.
RNZ
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July 29, 2025
By Jamie Tahana for RNZ Pacific It was 2019 when a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific’s campus in Port Vila, the harbourside capital of Vanuatu, were set a challenge in their tutorial. They had been learning about...
Fiji unites Pacific leaders for climate victory
Pacific News Service
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Fiji is stepping up regional climate talks after the United Nations’ top court agreed to rule on countries’ legal duties to fight climate change. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said Fiji was now working with the UN office in Suva to break down the...
Fiji Rugby Union AGM charts new path with growth, reform and renewal
Pacific News Service
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The Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) convened its 2025 Annual General Meeting last Saturday, where member unions, trustees, and the executive team gathered to reflect on the past year, present their FInancial report for the year ended 31st December 2024 and...
Janet Mason used Fiji inquiry role to delay NZ suspension ruling, NZ High Court reveals
The Fiji Times
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July 28, 2025
It has emerged Janet Mason used her engagement with the Commission of Inquiry in Fiji to seek a delay in a penalty ruling against her in New Zealand. A High Court ruling in New Zealand also reveals she was undergoing a Tribunal hearing in NZ while...
Global hunger falls but conflict and climate threaten progress
FBC News
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July 28, 2025
[Source: Reuters] The number of hungry people around the world fell for a third straight year in 2024, retreating from a COVID-era spike, even as conflict and climate shocks deepened malnutrition across much of Africa and western Asia, a U.N....
World Bank Prioritises Climate And Gender In Pacific Islands Aid
StratNews Global
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July 28, 2025
Home Australia World Bank Prioritises Climate And Gender In Pacific Islands Aid To better oversee its $3.4 billion Pacific aid programme, the World Bank is relocating a regional vice president to Singapore and directors to Fiji and Papua New...
Fiji’s growth slow | Global uncertainty weighs on Pacific economies
The Fiji Times
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July 27, 2025
Fiji’s post-pandemic economic rebound is losing momentum, with growth forecasts downgraded and tourist arrivals on the decline, according to the World Bank’s latest Pacific Economic Update. The report, released on June 17, paints a sobering...
Prioritizing the Pacific’s polycrisis
Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
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July 30, 2025
From 14 to 16 July 2025, the Pacific Regional and National Security Conference was held at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji. As Pacific Islands Forum leaders prepare to review the Boe Declaration on Regional Security Action Plan...
PACER Plus: NZ backs Fiji’s ambitious push for membership
Pacific Media Network
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New Zealand is ramping up its support for Fiji’s inclusion in the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus. PACER Plus is a trade and development agreement between Australia, New Zealand, and eight Pacific Island countries,...
Environment Dept alleges unauthorised construction at Great Han Site, defence disputes claim
Fijivillage
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Environment Dept alleges unauthorised construction at Great Han Site, defence disputes claim The Department of Environment has raised concerns that Great Han Pte Limited is continuing construction work along Princes Road in breach of a partial...
Fiji leads fight against pollution and climate damage
FBC News
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July 27, 2025
file Photo Pacific Island countries face an urgent threat of environmental collapse if decisive action is not taken now. Permanent Secretary for Environment and Climate Change Sivendra Michael reiterated this call and also described the Jaipur...