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...
08 October 2024, Sydney, Australia - The critical role of Indigenous peoples in addressing the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution was recognised at the inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit (GNPS)...
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,...
Tonga has ratified the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, helping it enter into force on 15 September 2025. The deal bans subsidies that fuel overfished stocks, supports illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and subsidies for...
The China Aid Agricultural Technical Assistance Project Phase VII, together with Tonga’s Livestock Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forests, organised a comprehensive technical session on layer breeding. The training combined...
From shadowing her mother during night shifts as a child to becoming a structural engineer and a leader in Aotearoa New Zealand’s infrastructure sector, Karina Kaufusi’s journey is one of perseverance, cultural grounding, and representation. The...
The bulletin, published on September 9, warns that heavy rains combined with saturated soils, will likely trigger natural disasters across multiple regions, threatening infrastructure and livelihoods. The three-month outlook points to an...
HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala. Photo: SPC/Facebook. Tonga will host the next Pacific Community (SPC) Governing Meeting and 14th Ministerial Conference in Nuku’alofa, from 13-17 October. Welcoming SPC member countries ahead of the meeting,...
For Pacific Island countries, securing enough money to deal with the consequences of climate change has proved an arduous task. Despite facing existential threats from rising seas and collapsing fisheries, the region has struggled to tap into the...
By Pita Ligaiula Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have taken major steps to strengthen climate finance, endorsing Fiji’s bid to host a Green Climate Fund (GCF) regional office and formalising the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) in Tonga. “Leaders...
Soana Aholelei | Reporter / Director Having graduated with a Master’s degree in civil engineering, Tongan woman Mele ‘Ofa-Ki-Vila Mafi is helping her country deal with its infrastructure challenges. Mele ‘Ofa-Ki-Vila Mafi is the lead engineer for...
By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara, Solomon Islands Tonga’s Prime Minister, Dr ‘Aisake Eke, says the signing of the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) treaty in Honiara will be remembered as a turning point in the region’s fight against climate change....
