The US oil market is facing a perfect storm as it trades in negative territory for the first time in history with around 36m barrels of Saudi crude sailing for...
New Zealand is indeed well supplied with renewable electricity. In recent years, New Zealand has averaged 83 per cent from renewable sources (including 60 per cent hydropower, 17 per cent geothermal, and 5 per cent wind) and 17per...
Commuters could one day be hitching a ride from the Wellington CBD to the airport by electric ferry. East By West ferries plans to introduce an electric ferry on the...
The number of people with Covid-19 in the Pacific continues to climb with French Polynesia hitting 40 cases, Guam now over 90 and the US state of Hawai'i suffering its...
Tropical Cyclone Harold strengthened to a category four system early this morning as it heads to northern Vanuatu, with the latest tracking map indicating it will be a monster category...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states agreed in 2018 “to reduce the total annual GHG emissions by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 2008” as part of the...
Currently, ships contribute about 2-3% of all global greenhouse (GHG) emissions—more than Germany’s entire annual emissions and thus making shipping the 6th largest emitter worldwide. Over the next 30 years,...
Fiji has restricted entry to all travellers from the United States and Europe, including the United Kingdom, because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has announced that, beginning...
Emissions from fishing are a 'grey' area in shipping decarbonisation. Is it an important area for the Pacific to be asking clarity on UN family. In recent weeks my colleagues...
Pacific countries are continuing to take active measures to counter the entry and spread of Covid-19 coronavirus, amid the global pandemic. Three people have been confirmed to have Covid-19 in Guam....
Notification to Parties and Observer Organizations by UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Further to my message to Parties, Observer States and Observer Organizations dated 6 March 2020, I would like to inform...
Wellington's Homegrown festival has been postponed because of concerns over Covid-19. About 20,000 people and more than 40 bands and DJs are part of the festival every March. In other...
