Global tuna supply chain disrupted: New, sustainably-sourced product to line...
Pacific Island Tuna, a partnership between TNC and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, will soon begin supplying Walmart’s store brand canned tuna.read more
View ArticleSerco Announces New $33 Million U.S. Space Force Surveillance Systems Contract
Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, engineering, and management services, has been awarded the new Space Fence Operations and Maintenance contract by the United States Space Force Space...
View ArticleU.S., UK & Allies Commit to Shift Investment from Fossil Fuels to Renewable...
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – The United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Italy are among 20 countries that committed at the COP26 climate summit today to end overseas public financing for fossil fuel...
View ArticleAdvocacy groups welcome COP26 Clydebank Declaration for Clean Shipping, but...
Urgent action needed to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, catalyze port energy transitions, and combat environmental injustices in port communities.read more
View ArticleLong-time Conservation Champion Noah Idechong joins The Nature Conservancy as...
Today, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced that Noah Idechong, a recognized leader in championing conservation in Palau and across the Pacific.read more
View ArticleDecision on aerosolised use of Central Nervous System-acting chemicals...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – 1 December 2021 – The Twenty-Sixth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) today adopted a Decision titled “Understanding...
View ArticleU.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Announces $5 Million in Economic...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding American Rescue Plan statewide planning grants to...
View ArticleImproving ocean data access for Indigenous coastal communities
Indigenous coastal communities have depended on ocean resources over millennia, but climate change is creating a more unpredictable ocean by influencing waves, sea level, temperature and other factors,...
View ArticleNew book on Switzerland as a maritime nation has Nautilus input
A panoramic view of the Swiss Port of Basel. Image: Getty Images A comprehensive new book on Switzerland's role as an important maritime nation contains a chapter on inland navigation with...
View ArticleWhite House Announces Nomination to Lead Insular and International Affairs at...
The White House today announced the intent to nominate Carmen G. Cantor to be Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs at the Department of the Interior. The nomination will now be...
View ArticleWFP and The University of the South Pacific join forces to boost market...
SUVA, Fiji: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and The University of the South Pacific (USP) have joined forces to strengthen local market monitoring capacities in Fiji and Samoa.read more
View ArticleAhead of UN conference on women, WRC calls on governments to uphold the...
New York, NY – Beginning today through March 25, 2022, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will hold its 66 th session at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York. The CSW is an...
View ArticleRoads Across Federated States of Micronesia set for Climate-Resilient Upgrade
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2022 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved US$35.25 million for a new project to improve the climate resilience of the Federated States of Micronesia’s...
View ArticleDepartment of Commerce Applauds Historic Signing of Declaration for the...
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Biden-Harris Administration joined 60 global partners in launching The Declaration for the Future of the Internet, recommitting to the vision of the...
View ArticleWorld Bank to Support Disaster Protection for Marshall Islands Urban Communities
New US$30 million project will improve climate resilience and safety of densely populated urban areas in the country.read more
View ArticleReport: Countries could shift almost USD 28 billion/year from fossil fuels to...
Glasgow Statement signatories need to take urgent action to get on track to end international public support for fossil fuels, with 6 months left to meet their deadline.read more
View ArticleFormer Heads of New York-Based Non-Governmental Organization Plead Guilty to...
Two Marshallese nationals pleaded guilty today to conspiring to pay bribes to elected officials of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) in exchange for passing certain legislation.Topics:...
View ArticleAJC Applauds UN Human Rights Council Decision to Investigate Abuses in Iran
The resolution was adopted by a vote of 25 to 6 with 16 abstentions at today’s Council special session on “the deteriorating human rights situation” in Iran. Seventeen council members, led by Germany...
View ArticleUN Shipping Agency Inches Towards 2030 Emission Reduction Goal
This week’s round of technical talks at the UN’s maritime regulator showed countries are prepared to phase out shipping emissions by 2050. More crucially, support appears to be building for the...
View ArticleGo hard and early: UNs historic opportunity to act on shipping
The stage is set for the UN to finally call time on greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, following a week of climate talks at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London....
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