China announces new climate goals, pledges to slash emissions by 2035

With China leading the way by announcing its first emission cuts, world leaders said Wednesday they are getting more serious about fighting climate change and the deadly extreme weather that comes with it. At the United Nations' high-level climate...

How will the US government shutdown affect Pacific?

President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine, and President of the Federated States of Micronesia David Panuelo, US President Donal Trump and President of the Republic of Palau Tommy E. Remengesau. Photo: Faceook/ US Embassy...

'History will not judge us by our words' - Pacific leaders' climate call at UNGA

Photo: LEONARDO MUNOZ The president of Nauru has told world leaders small island developing states still face unacceptable barriers to climate finance. Speaking at the United Nations General Debate in New York, David Adeang said climate change is...

As China and EU disappoint, prospects of meeting 1.5C climate target fade

This week’s pledges by the EU, China and other large countries for emissions cuts by 2035 are not ambitious enough to get global climate targets back on track, climate experts say. With the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and President...

Sinking islands, vanishing forests: World leaders call for urgent climate action

Their appeals, sharpened by rising seas, failed harvests and disappearing ecosystems, echoed Secretary-General António Guterres’s warning at a climate summit that the world is already in the “dawn of a new energy era” – one where clean energy must...

At a New York Times event, opposing views on climate change collide

NEW YORK – US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sept 24 that other countries should “absolutely” follow the lead of the United States and withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Speaking at The New York Times’ Climate Forward live...

Global leaders intensify climate action commitments at UN Summit. Here's what happened

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China, the world’s largest carbon-polluting nation responsible for over 31% of global carbon dioxide emissions, aims to cut emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035, according to Associated Press. In a video...

China, world’s largest carbon polluting nation, announces new climate goal to cut...

The announcement came as more than 100 world leaders gathered to talk of increased urgency and the need for stronger efforts to curb the spewing of heat-trapping gases. With major international climate negotiations in Brazil 6½ weeks away, the...

‘Science demands action’: world leaders and UN push climate agenda forward despite Trump’s attacks

World leaders have unveiled new targets to cut planet-heating pollution at the United Nations, in a bid to spur fresh impetus to the beleaguered climate effort a day after Donald Trump called the crisis “the greatest con job ever perpetrated upon...

Pacific leaders launch memorandum for investors to climate fund

Pacific leaders meeting on the sidelines of the UNGA for a PRF Partners Roundtable Talanoa. 23 September 2025 Photo: Supplied / Finau Soqo Pacific leaders have met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to launch a...

Six months out from COP30, only 21 countries have submitted updated climate targets

So far, the 21 countries that have submitted 2035 climate targets are: Zambia, Cuba, Maldives, Montenegro, Japan, Canada, Marshall Islands, Singapore, Zimbabwe, Ecuador, Saint Lucia, Andorra, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Uruguay,...

UNGA: Are other nations bowing to Trump’s ‘climate hoax’ declaration?

The letter also called on all countries to submit 1.5C-aligned Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The High Ambition Coalition (HAC), an informal group of countries within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dedicated to...

Palau, Kiribati, Vanuatu and Marshall Islands Urge Action on ICJ Climate Opinion

At the Pacific Islands Forum, leaders from Kiribati, Palau, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands said the ICJ climate ruling must be more than symbolic. They called for urgent policy changes to safeguard sovereignty, secure justice, and ensure Pacific...

ICJ ruling strengthens Pacific Climate leadership: Marshall Islands envoy

By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara, Solomon Islands Marshall Islands Climate Envoy Tina Stege says the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change reinforces Pacific leadership and regional solidarity in the global fight for...

ICJ ruling gives Pacific ‘legal clarity’ on climate obligations: Marshall Islands…

By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara, Solomon Islands Marshall Islands Climate Envoy Tina Stege says the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change delivers the legal clarity Pacific nations have long sought in the fight...

The World Comes to New York for a Very Different Climate Week

It’s the busiest week of the year in New York City. The United Nations General Assembly this week draws world leaders and their delegations from around the globe, heightening security, sparking protests and snarling traffic. (Pro tip: always walk...

Fiji, Marshall Islands strengthen bilateral ties

AS Pacific Islands Forum presidents and prime ministers hold their annual leaders retreat this Thursday, they’ll be briefed on regional engagement with donors and partners by a group of regional veterans – the High-Level Political Talanoa....

Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia, on Getting Past Climate Partisanship

The Marshall Islands, scattered in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Papua New Guinea, consists of five main islands and 29 atolls — small low-lying islands formed by coral reefs. The total land mass is roughly the size of Washington, D.C., and...

Senator advocates for Marshall Islands nuclear accountability at Taiwan summit

Sen. Telo Taitague returned to Guam last week after representing the island at a Pacific parliamentary gathering in Taiwan, where she championed a resolution calling for renewed U.S. accountability for nuclear testing damage in the Marshall...

Marshalls biggest budget endorsed, quarterly resident payments begin

BY GIFF JOHNSON Marshall Islands Correspondent MAJURO, Marshall Islands — The Marshall Islands Nitijela (parliament) approved its largest-ever national budget in September, setting in motion plans to spend $769,342,435 during the fiscal 2026 year...