Beijing, China, Sept. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A refreshing early autumn breeze arrives as expected in September. Inside a classroom in Liaocheng, East China's Shandong Province, a miniature "United Nations" has taken shape. From Samoa in the...
The Kingdom of Tonga and TMC’s subsidiary, Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd (TOML), signed a revised Sponsorship Agreement, updating the terms of their agreement signed in 2021 The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga welcomes the new agreement which will...
Samoa becomes one of the first Pacific nations to legally protect 30% of its ocean, ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference. APIA, CA, UNITED STATES, June 13, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Samoa became one of the first Pacific Island nations to adopt...
(MENAFN) The 2022 Hunga volcano eruption in Tonga unleashed an extraordinary steam plume, causing unprecedented climate effects, primarily driven by water vapor rather than sulfur, according to New Zealand and Tongan scientists. In a collaborative...
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, March 17, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Panama, PVBLIC Foundation, and Global Resilience Partners proudly announce the Nature Summit – an exclusive, high-level forum bringing...
New York, Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recently, the leading digital asset trading platform RexoSwap announced its formal support for Tonga's Bitcoin payment pilot project, helping the country establish a more modern digital payment...
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (20 November 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the governments of Solomon Islands and Tonga have signed grant and loan agreements for energy projects on the sidelines of COP29. The ADB-supported projects will help the...
Screenshot from LEAP: Emissions variations by location. The countries eligible for free LEAP licenses now include all upper-middle-countries and most Small Island Developing States (SIDS), making the tool freely available to governments,...
BEIJING, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- President Xi Jinping on Wednesday unveiled China's 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), pledging to reduce economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by 7 percent to 10 percent from peak...
His Majesty King Tupou VI officially commissioned the upgraded Queen Salote International Wharf today, marking a milestone for Tonga’s economy and national resilience. The newly upgraded facility, part of a three-year project accumulating over one...
The kingdom will observe the sesquicentennial of its constitution with a five-day national celebration. The Office of the Prime Minister of Tonga has announced that Tonga will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Constitution of Tonga (first...
University of Queensland colleagues share different cultural idioms for teamwork as a fresh lens for addressing global sustainability challenges, including the energy transition, plastics pollution and the UN SDGs Quick read Collaboration is...
On 21st October 2025, Pacific leaders, policymakers, and tourism professionals gathered at the Pacific Sustainable Tourism Leadership Summit (PSTLS 2025) in Tonga to celebrate a major milestone in the region’s sustainable tourism journey — the...
The Solomon Islands won the bid to host the 2026 Council of Tourism Ministers Meeting. The outcome was finalised at the 34th Council of Tourism Ministers Meeting convened in Vava’u, Tonga, reaffirming regional commitment to sustainable tourism and...
With its general election just weeks away, the government of the Kingdom of Tonga has quietly approved a new trade‑services partnership framework with China, aiming to convert large parts of the island nation’s subsistence agriculture into...
His Majesty King Tupou VI today launched the ground-breaking ceremony at Folaha for the multi-million-dollar Fangaʻuta Lagoon Bridge project on Tongatapu. The planned infrastructure includes a 720-metre two-lane bridge, plus access roads and...
Introduction Countries and international institutions are increasingly focused on adaptation to climate change in light of rising temperatures, longer-term droughts, severe flooding, and other impacts. Currently, however, financing for adaptation...
By Dr Satyendra Prasad Pacific’s leaders and civil society have been actively preparing for the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil (COP30) for months now. Its leaders were clear at the recently concluded Pacific Islands Forum Meeting in...
Ads are appearing daily across online job boards for development roles in the Pacific – whether on Eco-Consult Pacific or LinkedIn. And most notable is the encouragement for regional and national candidates to apply. The reason is simple. Locals...
