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PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2025 RETURNS TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 26, 2025
LAE, Papua New Guinea – Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific., July, 26. Returning to Papua...
Public Solicitor commends PNG Legal team for landmark climate justice victory at International Court
NBC PNG
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Public Solicitor Leslie Mamu. (Image: Supplied) The legal fraternity in Papua New Guinea has been commended for a job well done on the international stage. Public Solicitor Leslie Mamu highlighted this following an advisory opinion issued on...
ICJ backs climate justice, PNG hails legal victory
NBC PNG
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Secretary for Justice and Attorney General Dr Eric Kwa. (Image: Supplied) Papua New Guinea has welcomed a historic legal victory at the International Court of Justice [ICJ], which ruled that states have binding obligations under international and...
PAPUA NEW GUINEA MUST EXPORT HUMAN RESOURCE BEYOND 50th ANNIVERSARY
EMTV
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July 24, 2025
PAPUA New Guineans must export doctors, nurses and engineers in the different fields and not labourers after 50 years of independence. This was the challenge spoken by Kumul Mineral Holdings Limited (KMHL) Director and Heduru Moni Plus Limited...
Papua New Guinea receives funds to continue bringing spirit of Laudato si’ to life
Vatican News
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July 24, 2025
Boasting more than 5% of the world’s biodiversity on 1% of land area, Papua New Guinea receives payment to continue its work of conserving its forests and reducing CO2 emissions. By Kielce Gussie At the beginning of July, Papua New Guinea (PNG)...
JAPAN’S TUNA KING EYES INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
EMTV
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July 24, 2025
The National Fisheries Authority has welcomed the interest of Japanese seafood giant, Kiyomura Corporation. Kiyomura Corporation (KC), renowned for its high-end sushi restaurant chain is in talk with National Fisheries Authority to enter into two...
Climate Pressures are Redefining Macroeconomic Resilience in Asia & the Pacific
Inter Press Service
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July 25, 2025
Asia-Pacific, Biodiversity, Climate Action, Conservation, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion A mother and daughter wading through the flood waters in...
Japan strengthens longstanding Fisheries Partnership with Papua New Guinea through two new MOUs
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 23, 2025
In a significant milestone for Papua New Guinea’s fisheries sector, the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) yesterday signed two new Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Japan’s Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation (OFCF), valued at more...
Climate change forced ancient settlers in Abu Dhabi to abandon island home
The National News
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Excavations on an Abu Dhabi island have revealed that Neolithic people were forced to abandon a cluster of stone buildings when the environment turned arid more than 8,000 years ago – only for the site to be reoccupied centuries later to support...
PNG establishes key bodies to drive Climate FIRST Project
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 25, 2025
The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), in partnership with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), has officially launched a Project Management Committee (PMC) and a Technical Working Group (TWG) to steer the ambitious Climate Finance...
Marape Hails ICJ Climate Opinion as Victory for Pacific Nations, Calls for Urgent Global Action
PNG Business News
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Port Moresby, 25 July 2025 — Prime Minister James Marape has welcomed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) landmark advisory opinion on climate change, delivered on 23 July, calling it a “monumental victory for climate justice” and a major...
A New Zealand photographer's 'poetic journey' into Papua New Guinea's past
RNZ
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July 22, 2025
From A Welcome Adventure by Victoria Ginn. Photo: Supplied Forty-eight years ago, a young New Zealand photographer set off on a brief solo journey into the remote Papua New Guinea Highlands. Victoria Ginn is now in her seventies and has a gallery...
Pacific youth hail ICJ’s landmark climate ruling as a ‘lifeline’ for Island nations
Island Times
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July 25, 2025
By Sanjeshni Kumar THE HAGUE/SUVA (PASIFIKA ENVIRONEWS/PACNEWS) — The Pacific youth who initiated the historic push to take climate change to the world’s highest court have hailed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory opinion as a...
Pacific nations ‘have duty’ to address climate change
The National
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THE International Court of Justice says that Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island countries have a legal duty to address climate change issues. Justice Minister and Attorney-General Minister Pila Niningi said the decision was in response to a...
Groundbreaking ceremony to mark major upgrade of National Fisheries College
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 22, 2025
JICA’s 50th Independence Anniversary gift to Papua New Guinea A groundbreaking ceremony for the significant redevelopment of the Papua New Guinea National Fisheries College (NFC) in Kavieng is set to take place, following Prime Minister James...
Rangatahi To Lead Negotiations In International Climate Meeting Simulation
Scoop
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Kiwi young people will tomorrow come together to negotiate climate policy, find solutions and create a statement for climate action during Aotearoa Youth COP, New Zealand’s youth-led national simulation event of the UN’s international climate...
Saint for Papua New Guinea
Islands Business
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July 22, 2025
MOVES are underway to mine the Pacific Ocean under United States law. The Metals Company, in partnership with Nauru Ocean Resources Inc., (NORI) has applied for permits under US law to explore and extract minerals from the deep ocean floor in...
Climate change is creating ‘new vulnerabilities’ for disease pandemics
Carbon Brief
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July 23, 2025
Climate change is creating “new vulnerabilities” for pandemics, according to new research. The study, published in Science Advances, investigates nine zoonotic diseases – infections transmitted from animals to people – with high potential to cause...
Countries on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
The Travel Magazine
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July 26, 2025
27 For a smoother travel experience, there are three things you must have top of your mind: is your passport valid and in date? is your travel insurance still valid and covers the places you intend to visit and the activities you plan to partake...
High-Level Political Forum Concludes With Call For Accelerated Action On Sustainable Development
Scoop
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Ministerial Declaration reaffirms commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals The 2025 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) concluded this week with Member States calling for urgent, coordinated action to accelerate...