Global mean sea levels have risen faster in the 20th century than in any prior century over the past 3,000 years.
The region-wide plan involves the establishment of four training centres across the Pacific with a hub in Brisbane.
Youth activist Litokne Kabua outlines the perils facing the low-lying Marshall Islands as the seas swell and tides rise.
Inaugural Korea-Pacific Islands Summit comes amid Seoul’s concerns over China’s growing influence in Indo-Pacific.
Deal is likely to be a blow to China, which has made a concerted effort to increase its influence in Micronesia.
China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president of the self-ruled island in 2016.
Partnership deal signed by 14 nations follows historic summit at the White House and comes as China extends influence.
The US is looking to reengage in a region where China has been steadily expanding its influence.
Authorities in Marshall Islands declare health disaster as COVID-19 cases surge in Pacific nation’s capital, Majuro.
China-Taiwan fistfight in Fiji raises concerns that broader US-China rivalry could destabilise the Pacific.
Venezuelan foreign minister warned that US moves to inhibit crude exports would complicate food and medicine imports.
Marshall Islands expresses ‘profound appreciation’ to Taiwan, criticises China efforts to ‘expand territory, footprint’
The Marshall Islands wants to reduce its dependence on the US dollar with what it is calling the Marshallese sovereign.
The concrete dome was built in the late 1970s as a dumping ground for waste from the nuclear tests.
