Whipps challenges high-income classification, calls for Global Support in Climate Crisis

GENEVA (AP) — Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. delivered an address at a United Nations dialogue on disaster risk reduction, highlighting the existential threats facing his Pacific nation and condemning the “profound injustice” of Palau being...

RELEASE: Brazil and France Launch New Global Challenge to Put the Ocean at the Center of Climate Action

Eight inaugural countries already committed to challenge Nice, France (June 9, 2025) - Today at the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), Brazil and France launched a landmark international initiative to dramatically scale up ocean-focused climate action....

Palau offers visa-free entry to Indian tourists, opening new travel corridor to the Pacific

Image credit - Stock photo ID:539247323The Republic of Palau has introduced a 30-day visa-free entry scheme for Indian citizens, marking a major development in bilateral relations and tourism diplomacy. The announcement is expected to...

Security support for Mini Games as Team Palau confirmed

Team Palau welcomed at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara. 19 November 2023 Photo: RNZ Pacific/Junior Maealasia A team of regional police officers will assist Palau police during the Pacific Mini Games, which the country...

Palauan delegation advances bilateral cooperation and sustainable ocean management at Tokyo Forum

Saipan hosts concurrent environmental events

THE 2nd CNMI Green Growth Convening and the 32nd Pacific Islands Environmental Training Symposium or PIETS were two environment-focused events held concurrently at the Crowne Plaza Resort on Monday, June 9. The PIETS was organized by the CNMI...

Is the tide turning for ocean protection? UN conference ends with record attendance and momentum for high seas treaty

Co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, the UN Conference convened to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 – to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources – drew over 15,000 participants from 120...

'Act responsibly for humankind' - Palau president on deep sea mining order

Surangel Whipps Jr, left, wants US President-elect Donald Trump to see firsthand the impacts of climate change. Photo: RNZ Pacific / PICRC Palau's president says the US order to fast-track deep sea mining is not a good idea. Deep sea mining...

Palau Diving - A Pacific paradise within reach for military personnel

Just a few hours’ flight from military bases in Japan, South Korea, and Guam lies one of the world’s premier diving destinations Palau. For service members stationed across the Western Pacific, this archipelago of over 300 islands offers an...

Palau-Taiwan ties grow stronger in the face of China's mounting pressure

Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. and Taiwan President Lai Ching-Te. Photo courtesy of MOFA Palau’s outsized strategic value in the region has made it a target of China’s relentless influence-peddling. Using carrot and stick, Beijing has...

Climate research around Pacific falls victim to U.S federal grant loss

A three-year effort to support Pacific Island communities with climate data for resilience planning has been upended by the termination of a grant overseen by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology...

Climate research around Pacific falls victim to federal grant loss

Reading time: 2 minutesSOEST research team at a workshop in Palau. A three-year effort to support Pacific Island communities with climate data for resilience planning has been upended by the termination of a grant overseen by the University of...

What it’s like visiting Palau in Micronesia

You’d be forgiven for wondering where exactly Palau is on the map. In the western Pacific Ocean region of Micronesia, Palau’s 340 islands are located 1500km to the east of the Philippines and about 2000km north of Papua New Guinea. With a...

Abandonment of Soft Power, Neglect of Climate Change, and the Shifting Geopolitical Landscape of the Pacific

The start of President Donald Trump’s second term has been turbulent. In just a few months, the United States’ position in the Pacific has sadly been weakened, widening the arena for strategic competition that inevitably puts peace and security in...

Regional Police to assist Palau with security suring 2025 Pacific Mini Games

KOROR, Palau — Between 15 and 17 regional police officers from across the Pacific are expected to support Palau law enforcement during the 2025 Pacific Mini Games, Minister of Justice Jennifer Olegeriil announced. Palau is set to sign a Memorandum...

Warming Oceans threaten Pacific Island Communities as 2024 sets Climate Records

GENEVA (June 5, 2025) — The South-West Pacific experienced its hottest year on record in 2024, with warming oceans, rising sea levels, and more intense storms threatening the very survival of low-lying island nations, according to a new report by...

Climate Justice: Island Resilience

Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Multimedia, TerraViva United Nations, Video May 29 2025 - In a world where headlines warn of rising seas, dying reefs, and vanishing species, it’s easy to think the story ends in loss. But what if the...

What could a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty look like?

The 2015 Paris Agreement to tackle climate change famously does not name the controversial root cause of the very problem it is intended to solve: fossil fuels. In the year of its 10th anniversary, Gillian Cooper, political director of the Fossil...

Palau’s Pristine waters choked by Foreign Marine debris

KOROR, Palau — Palau’s once-pristine waters and iconic rock islands are drowning under a rising tide of plastic and marine debris, much of it drifting in from neighboring countries. With no end in sight, the problem continues to grow, despite...

Palau joins Tuna Transparency Pledge 

By: Bernadette Carreon Palau has joined the Tuna Transparency Pledge – a global initiative launched by The Nature Conservancy with the goal of achieving 100 percent on the water monitoring by 2027. According to the TNC’s announcement yesterday,...