Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed a case of whooping cough, or pertussis. New Zealand has declared an epidemic of the disease. The health ministry said a seven-week-old baby boy, who had not ...

Delegates tell of frantic negotiations, diplomatic intrigue and frustrated ambitions at the annual UN meeting in Baku, ...

Samoa calls for increased climate financing for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), said Samoa’s Minister of Natural ... prioritized in the new climate finance goals. AOSIS's key demand ...

Negotiators from nearly 200 nations made a nonbinding commitment that wealthy nations would aim to provide $300 billion ...

New Zealand's Parliament will today hear the third and final reading of a bill that will, if passed, restore a pathway to ...

Representatives of dozens of climate vulnerable islands and African nations have stormed out of high-stakes negotiations over ...

The draft text outlines two very different options on the post-2025 goal for finance for developing nations, leaving out ...

On the key finance discussions ... and Cedric Schuster of Samoa. From left to right, Huáng Rùnqiū, China’s minister of ecology and environment, Simon Stiell, UN climate chief, and Kitty van der ...

A 'vicious cycle' sees Pacific nations take on debt to recover from disasters, underinvest in resilience and suffer more ...

Joe Biden and Keir Starmer will ramp-up pressure on G20 leaders to not join Donald Trump in walking away from global climate ...

COP29 in Baku highlights urgent climate finance disputes and slow progress on critical issues. Explore the key challenges at ...