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  Fisherman urges people to eat species once known as 'garbage fish': 'One of the best tasting fish out there'
"The more that we eat, the better it is." by Veronica BoothSeptember 27, 2025 A few fishermen go diving in Hawai'i to catch and cook fish, but they're specifically targeting invasive species. Island Catch and Cook (@islandcatchandcook) posted the...
 
    
  Te Ipukarea Society: Composting workshop teaches sustainable living
Consultant Chris Purchas shares his insights on composting at the community workshop, with the compost pile towering behind. TIS/24121340 Te Ipukarea Society participated in a hands-on composting workshop hosted by New Zealand consultant Chris...
Pacific leaders join forces ahead of landmark climate summit
Pacific leaders Thursday (08 July) met COP26 President Alok Sharma to set out their priorities for the major climate change summit in November. Underscoring what is at stake for the Pacific, leaders and Ministers from 11 countries across the...
The climate crisis is this century’s biggest threat. We need a global finance pact that reflects the task ahead
By Chris Bowen, Steven Guilbeault and James Shaw The science is clear. The climate crisis is the biggest single threat we face as a global community. In turn, meeting the goals of the Paris agreement and realising the opportunities of climate...
 
    
  The Gauguin’s Grand Makeover: Sustainable Enhancements and Luxurious Upgrades
Guest Contributor Contributors are not employed, compensated or governed by TDM, opinions and statements are from the contributor directly Paul Gauguin Cruises, known for its expertise in French Polynesian voyages and winner of the 2024 Condé Nast...
NZ chips in $10m from existing funds to pay for climate losses
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is attending the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone New Zealand has chipped in $10 million to a global fund to help pay for losses suffered by poorer countries because of climate...
 
    
  ‘We were ready to leave climate summit’ – negotiator
A key negotiator for the group of small island nations who walked out of the UN climate talks on Saturday, pushing them close to collapse, has told BBC News that the group was ready to leave the summit altogether. Michai Robertson, finance...
 
    
  Letters to the Editor | October 5, 2025
Ratu Asaeli’s pursuit! Ratu Asaeli Eden Uaniceva Vosavakadua, 23, whose inspirational story hit the People column (FT: 04/10), had an enriching, simple yet profound message for environmentalists, “Do not limit yourself to the four walls of your...
 
    
  Fiji joins the High Ambition Coalition to end plastic pollution as treaty talks intensifies
Fiji has officially joined the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) to End Plastic Pollution, becoming its 67th member. Fiji’s membership comes at a critical time as the fifth and final session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) takes...
 
    
  Challenging Future For Children In 2050 Transformed By Extreme Climate Crises, Population Shifts, And Tech Disparities
Saturday, 30 November 2024, 11:07 pm Press Release: UNICEF NEW YORK/SUVA, 20 November 2024 – The future of childhood hangs in the balance if urgent action is not taken to safeguard children’s rights in a changing world, UNICEF warned in its...
 
    
  Small islands use big platform to warn of climate change
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the map, their homes are tiny specks in a vast sea of blue, rarely in the headlines and far removed from the centers of power. But for a few days each year, the leaders of small island nations share a podium with...
 
    
  Comap S.E. Asia Was Granted Green Innovation Award For Excellence In Sustainable Energy Solutions Media Outreach Newswire APAC
(MENAFN- media OutReach Newswire) BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach Newswire - 21 November 2024 - ComAp S.E. Asia, a leader in sustainable energy solutions, has been honoured, together with dozens of other companies, with the Green Innovation...
ComAp S.E. Asia Was Granted Green Innovation Award for Excellence in Sustainable Energy Solutions
BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach Newswire - 21 November 2024 - ComAp S.E. Asia, a leader in sustainable energy solutions, has been honoured, together with dozens of other companies, with the Green Innovation Award at the prestigious Asia...
 
    
  Women Over 50 Are Leading On Climate Action
Women Over-50 Have Led Climate Action For DecadesGetty Images When I first met Body Shop founder, Anita Roddick, she was definitely over 50-years-old. To my 25-year-old eyes, she was one of the most vibrant, powerful, beautiful and very...
 
    
  BCI signs with the Green Climate Fund
Bank of the Cook Islands signs the accreditation master agreement with the Green Climate Fund. From left, Jennifer Henry, BCI chief executive officer, Tessa Vaetoru, Wayne King, Tatiana Burn, Eileen Story. SUPPLIED/24110605 Bank of the Cook...
 
    
  Celebrating Wāhinetanga: Qiane Matata-Sipu Launches My First Ikura / Taku Ikura Tuatahi
Press Release – Qiane Matata Sipu Illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Ngti Kahungunu, Ki Tahu) and translated into te reo Mori by Stacey Morrison (Ngi Tahu, Te Arawa), the book emphasises aroha, family support and ancestral wisdom....
 
    
  Labour mobility key to addressing workforce shortages and climate challenges - experts
The seventh Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) has wrapped up in Brisbane, bringing together employers, unions, and representatives to tackle workforce challenges. Dr Alisi Holani, labour mobility specialist at the PACER Plus...
 
    
  Scenic Hotel Group: A Year of Celebrations, Sustainability, and Strategic Growth
James Shilton, left and Brett Inkster. The Scenic Hotel Group has once again demonstrated its commitment to excellence, sustainability, and innovation with a series of remarkable achievements in 2024. From being recognised at the prestigious HM...
Strategic Minerals and the False Promise of Seabed Mining
By Drake Long On April 29, a small seabed mining enterprise known as The Metals Company (TMC) formally submitted an application to NOAA to commence commercial-scale mining in an area of the ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. This followed...
 
    
  We Have No Land, We Are The Land. We Have No Sea, We Are The Sea Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East make us forget that climate change has also long since claimed its victims. Its geographical effects are inevitably fueling social stress, political…
Thirty years ago, two years after the Rio Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, a joint research project by Swisspeace and ETH Zurich came to the following conclusion: "The dramatic intensification of global, regional and local...