The president of Palau has pledged to maintain recognition of Taiwan, but warned that small countries needed to demonstrate ...

The U.S. is harming Pacific Islanders, destroying its relationships in the region, and letting China win the competition for ...

The most severe global coral bleaching event ever recorded is underway, with most of the world's reefs hit by damaging heat ...

The president of Palau has taken a thinly veiled swipe at Peter Dutton's decade-old quip about climate change, saying rising sea levels are not a "punchline" for the Pacific.

An unprecedented coral bleaching crisis is gripping the planet, with approximately 84 percent of the world's coral reefs now ...

UN chief António Guterres and President Lula da Silva of Brazil held a closed-door meeting with heads of state to discuss reaffirming the Paris Agreement.

The President of Palau has described his tiny Pacific Island nation’s relationship with Taiwan as a “marriage until death us do part”, in defiance of an ongoing influence campaign by Beijing to have ...

Surangel Whipps Jr, the visiting Palau President, has admonished Australia for its fossil fuel exports but backed the government's bid to host COP31.

President Surangel Whipps Jr fully supports a Australia-led Pacific United Nations climate change conference (COP31) next ...

Australia's relationship with its regional neighbours could be in doubt under a Coalition government after two Pacific leaders challenged Opposition Leader Peter Dutton over his weak climate stance.