Column - This week's United Nations General Assembly marks nearly 20 years since the body first resolved to restrict bottom trawling on the world's seamounts, submarine mountains that rise thousands ...

submarine mountains that rise thousands of feet above the sea floor and comprise some of the most biologically rich marine ecosystems on the planet. Led by Palau and other small island nations with ...

Whipps Jr., president of the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, wants more countries ... economic benefits for Pacific nations dealing with sea level rise and other impacts of climate change.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a global SOS on Tuesday, saying ocean temperatures were rising in ...

If global emissions are not reduced, Guterres warned that the Pacific Islands can expect an additional sea level rise of 15 cm (5.9 inches) by 2050 and 30 days a year of coastal flooding.

Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Australia and New Zealand are among the larger nations in the bloc, with some countries ...

Leaders from Tonga, Fiji, Palau and Papua New Guinea backed the idea as "Pacific-led", pointing to unmet needs as Pacific nations deal with a rise in transnational crime like drug trafficking ...

Russia has been forced to start storing gas from Vladimir Putin’s flagship Arctic project, in a sign that western sanctions ...

Pacific nations are in a fight for survival, and cutting climate pollution is key to their future.” Surrounded by millions of square kilometers of tropical ocean, the South Pacific is uniquely ...

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres ... and a dramatic and accelerating rise in sea levels.” The UN secretary-general also called on major emitters to “step up and lead, by ...

for Caribbean and Pacific Island leaders to make more informed decisions for their nations. The Secretary of the Navy personally delivered the capability to Palau, and it will soon be shared with ...

Under the plan, a corps of about 200 officers drawn from different Pacific Island nations could be dispatched to regional hot spots and disaster zones when needed and invited. Palau has reported that ...