A founding father of the Pacific climate movement on Thursday welcomed an international court's decision on global warming ...

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to ...

Pacific island nation Vanuatu has triggered a landmark court ruling that has set out the big polluters' responsibilities when ...

The island nation of Vanuatu prevailed in its landmark request to legally compel countries to cut emissions and compensate ...

The top United Nations court will on Wednesday hand down a landmark global legal blueprint for tackling climate change that ...

Trump’s dismantling of the aid agency has jeopardized U.S. commitments to the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.

Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs ...

Pacific Island Countries are sovereign and independent states and are not anyone’s ‘backyard,’” he said. Last month, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made assurances ...

The University of Hawaiʻi has received two privately funded grants totaling more than $1.5 million from The Leona M. and ...

Biden tells Pacific islands leaders he'll act on warnings about climate change Biden said his administration is requesting Congress approve $200 million in new assistance for the region, including ...

For the Pacific Islands, which have a combined GDP of about $33.77 billion – less than 1% of China’s total GDP – China has been a crucial partner during the pandemic.

The Pacific Island nations, which include relative heavyweights like Fiji, and tiny rock outcrops like Nauru, are underdeveloped and threatened by climate change and rising seas.