“They do not want to leave their ancestral places, even if they go under,” said Jaap van Hierden. Jaap van Hierden, UN Resident Coordinator in Micronesia. Appointed by the Secretary-General as the first UN Resident Coordinator for the North Pacific, he oversees ongoing development efforts across a remote region with thousands of small islands comprising of…
Addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Presidents of Kiribati, Timor-Leste, Micronesia and Nauru called for accelerated climate action, urging major emitters worldwide to commit to substantial reductions in emissions by 2030. These nations, while contributing negligibly to global emissions, highlighted bold ambitions to curb their own carbon footprints, exemplified by Micronesia’s pledge to reduce…
File Photo: Courtesy of Anna Dolo Agency. A MiG-31 fighter jet of the Russian Air Force has crashed during a training flight, the crew members were on board, but nothing is known about them yet. According to Arab media from Moscow, this fighter plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean adjacent to Russia’s eastern peninsula of…
Photos courtesy of Foreign Media A strong earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean southeast of New Caledonia near the Australian city of Sydney, after which a tsunami warning was issued in Australia and nearby islands. A strong earthquake struck near the Loyalty Islands off the coast of New Caledonia, off Australia. According to the US…
