Kumar: We want to show the world our Fijian style

Fiji may well be heading to their first-ever FIFA U-17 World Cup™ but they’re not about to depart from the up-tempo, attack-minded, brand of football that secured their historic qualification for Qatar 2025. As head coach Sunil Kumar explains to...

Climate Investment Funds endorses US$27 million to boost resilience through nature…

The governing board of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Monday endorsed Fiji’s US$27 million Nature, People, and Climate (NPC) investment plan. The plan sets out a mountain to ocean approach, prioritising climate resilience and ecosystem...

Top Hotels and Talent Celebrated at 2025 HM Aotearoa-Pacific Awards Gala

The winners from Aotearoa and the South Pacific for the 2025 HM Awards have been announced at a gala black tie dinner in Auckland last Friday (Oct 31) attended by over 200 leading industry executives. Over 45 winners from across New Zealand and...

Australia and Fiji rewrite economic playbook

FIJI Airports is executing a major $2 billion infrastructure investment plan through 2033 to modernise ageing facilities and expand capacity. The plan covers diverse assets, including pavements, buildings, IT systems, and equipment, reflecting the...

Climate Investment Funds backs Fiji nature financing plan

LONDON (Reuters) -Multilateral lender the Climate Investment Funds said on Monday its board had agreed on a plan to help restore Fiji’s natural ecosystems and bolster the island’s ability to withstand the impacts of global warming. The move comes...

UAE allocates $10m to boost community resilience to natural disasters in Asia, the Pacific

Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE has announced the allocation of $10 million to enhance the resilience of communities across Asia and the Pacific to deal with natural disasters. The...

Fiji to receive $61M from Climate Investment Plan

The governing board of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has endorsed Fiji’s FJ$61 million (US$27 million) Nature, People, and Climate (NPC) investment plan — a major step in strengthening the country’s climate resilience and ecosystem...

Prasad to champion Pacific’s climate finance agenda ahead of COP30

[ Source: Fiji Government / Facebook ] The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has officially announced the appointment of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad, as the Pacific Political Climate Champion for Climate...

Lautoka prioritizes climate resilience

Lautoka is strengthening its focus on climate resilience and disaster preparedness through the implementation of its first Voluntary Local Review (VLR) Report. The report, launched today, aligns Lautoka’s local development plans with the United...

Prof. Prasad appointed Pacific Political Climate Champion for Climate Finance

Prof. Prasad appointed Pacific Political Climate Champion for Climate Finance Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad has been appointed as the Pacific Political Climate Champion for Climate Finance by the Pacific...

Climate change threatens farmland

Rising sea levels and poor drainage systems are threatening agricultural lands, according to the Minister for Agriculture and Waterways, Tomasi Tunabuna. Tunabuna says saltwater intrusion has become one of the most serious challenges for farmers...

Plastics found in Fiji fish

MORE than 70 per cent of fish surrounding Viti Levu have been found to contain microplastics. This was revealed in a 2025 study titled ‘Microplastic occurrence in 21 coastal marine fish species from fishing communities on Viti Levu, Fiji’ that...

Fiji Labour Party calls on parents to dwell on the tale of Valmiki this Diwali

As Fiji celebrates Diwali this year, the Fiji Labour Party calls on everyone, particularly parents, to dwell on the values and virtues embodied in the epic tale by Valmiki. Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry emphasizes that Ramayan shows...

We could lose our status as a state’: what happens to a people when their land disappears

Small island countries press for guarantees as rising sea levels risk leaving their citizens stateless By Jonathan Watts Small island nations would rather fight than flee, but rising sea levels have prompted apocalyptic legal discussions about...

Fiji’s exclusive side revealed

Private islands and 5-star luxury, closer than you think. For decades, Kiwis have flown to Fiji for family holidays. What’s less known is that just three hours from Auckland lies some of the world’s most exclusive luxury: private islands,...

UAE issues $10m in funding for natural disaster defences in Asia and the Pacific

The UAE has allocated $10 million towards efforts to build resilience to natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region. Announced under the directives of President Sheikh Mohamed through the UAE International Aid Agency, the funding will go to...

Fijians urged to stop festival waste

[File Photo] With Diwali tomorrow, the Pacific Recycling Foundation is warning that festival waste continues to threaten the environment. Founder Amitesh Deo states homes may look clean during Diwali but much of the debris ends up in rivers,...

A call for justice and survival – ambitious blueprint launches for climate and health action across the Western Pacific

Jason Staines writes: When health ministers from across Asia and the Pacific gathered in Nadi this week, the message from the World Health Organization was that climate change has become the region’s defining health emergency. Launched in Fiji,...

Fiji finalizes priorities for global climate stage

[Photo Credit: Fiji Government] The government has finalized its national priorities ahead of COP30, aiming to present a united and forceful stance on the global climate stage. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change wrapped up its second...

Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5°C global-warming limit

This hypothesised scenario would see global temperatures initially “overshoot” the Paris Agreement’s aspirational limit of 1.5°C, before they are brought back down through techniques that would remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.On the...