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President Joe Biden will host Pacific Island leaders for a summit at the White House starting next Monday, marking one year since the first-ever such summit in September 2022. These high-level meetings signify the increasing level of attention that the U.S. government is paying to the region as its concerns about China’s activities there grow.
A group of former Pacific leaders want the UN agency mandated to regulate international shipping "to take meaningful strides" to end the industry's reliance on dirty fossil fuels.
Pacific Elders Voice also called for Australia to end gas and coal developments ahead of Pacific Islands Forum
The Pacific Elders’ Voice is deeply concerned about reports of human rights abuse in West Papua.
Some recent developments in the South Pacific have focused on tensions involving the United States, China and Australia. But some former leaders of Pacific nations say that situation does not address the region’s most significant threat: climate change. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in today’s Pacific News Minute.