Anger over spillage from nickel plant into PNG’s Basamuk Bay
The governor of Madang, Peter Yama, says a slurry spillage from the Ramu nickel mine is the worst environmental disaster...
Fiji, GGGI and UN organization workshop on the Electrification of the Transport Sector
On 06 August, 2019, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in partnership with...
Greta Thunberg, Climate Activist, Arrives in N.Y. With a Message for Trump
The Swedish 16-year-old sailed across the Atlantic on an emissions-free yacht to speak at the U.N. Climate Action Summit next...
Something fishy on the High Seas
It could be considered the global CSI for high seas fisheries. In two new groundbreaking studies, researchers from Dalhousie University,...
Reintroducing wind power to large container ships
There are several projects under development to reintroduce wind power to large container ships, and even for cruise ships. The...
Macron claims slow-steaming the best way to cut box ship emissions
President Emmanuel Macron chose this week’s G7 summit to reaffirm France’s commitment to slow-steaming as the best tool to tackle...
CMB: ‘Hydrogen is clearly the most promising solution for shipping emissions’
Last week Splash described Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) as “shipping’s hydrogen leader”. Today, we get the chance to speak with...
Marshalls urban centre facing ongoing power shortages
Ebeye Island in the Marshall Islands is facing an extended period of power outages after one of two rental generator...
Climate Crisis declared a critical threat to Pacific health
Parliamentarians from 20 Asian and Pacific nations have declared the climate crisis a critical threat to human health in the...
Captain of ship which grounded on French Polynesian reef convicted
The conviction of a captain whose cargo ship drifted onto a reef in French Polynesia has become final. Last year...
Mekong Delta clean-up activities now supported by solar vessels
Hanwha, a South Korean industrial construction and engineering firm, is partnering with the Global Green Growth Institute to deploy solar-powered...
“Climate Change Act will make sure we deliver climate action and ambition in Fiji” – Minister of Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s Ministerial Statement
In an address to Fiji's Parliament on the 7th of August, 2019, the Attorney General and Minister of Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum,...