Fishing boat burns in Marshall Islands lagoon
There were no reported injuries and the cause of the fire was not immediately known. The Koo's 102 purse seine...
The European Union (EU) Delegation for the Pacific issues the following press release following the 50th Pacific Islands Forum and Related Meetings held in Tuvalu from 13-16 August.
On 13 – 16 August, Deputy Secretary-General of the European External Action Service, Christian Leffler led the EU delegation to...
UN Trade Forum convenes to tackle climate emergency
The climate crisis will be far-reaching for all people and nations, but Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are at the forefront...
Shell Leads Big Oil in Race to Invest in Clean Energy
By Timothy Abington and Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) –Major oil companies are poised to do a record number of clean-energy deals...
Monthly Forecast September 2019: A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must Win
With school back in session and agendas quickly filling up after the late Northern summer hiatus, September is often one...
Chinese-owned Ramu Nickel plant spills 200,000 litres of ‘toxic’ slurry into the sea
A Chinese nickel mine operator has apologised after accidentally spilling an estimated 200,000 litres of toxic slurry into a bay...
Oil spill and lifeboat from missing Indonesian bulker found
The search and rescue teams for the missing bulk carrier Nur Allya found signs of the ship over the weekend, 10 days...
Making maritime dispute resolution more efficient: what the Singapore Convention may mean for the shipping community
Litigating maritime claims can cost P&I clubs, and vessel and cargo interests, millions of dollars in legal costs per year....
Climathon onboard ‘Sail to the COP’
On 2 October, 36 young climate change agents will depart from Scheveningen (Netherlands) to sail to the COP25 in Chile. During Sail...
Cheap, easy and endless: The big lie about plane travel
They scream, they whistle, they growl, they roar. Even through the blameless night an occasional flight thunders in - freight,...
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...