The timing of Fiji’s national budget has repeatedly delayed disaster response and social assistance, according to Fiji Council of Social Services Executive Director Vani Catanasiga.

The MACBLUE Project, supported by the German International Cooperation, is helping villages, communities and schools protect mangroves.

Parents and youth leaders in Wainiyabia, Serua, are calling on young people to take responsibility for keeping their community clean.

The Department of Environment received a report earlier this week about a bluish discoloration observed in the stream beneath the Jerusalem Road bridge in Nabua, Suva.

Fiji has marked a milestone in marine conservation and sustainable ocean-based development with the opening of the Beqa Adventure Divers, Research and Conservation Compound in Pacific Harbour.

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has taken enforcement action following a reported oil discharge into a public drain along Jai Ambamma Road in Vatuwaqa.

Fiji has created history with Minister for Environment and Climate Change Mosese Bulitavu elected Vice-President of the Bureau for the Eighth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, UNEA-8.

Minister for Climate Change Mosese Bulitavu believes Fiji secured major gains at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP30, but says the world still needs to urgently fix gaps in finance and national commitments if the 1.5-degree target is to remain alive.

Following bitter rows, the UN climate summit COP30 in Belém, Brazil has ended with a deal that contains no direct reference to the fossil fuels that are heating up the planet.

Australia’s hopes of hosting a “Pacific COP” have been dealt a major blow, with Turkey securing the bid for COP31, shattering the vision of bringing the world’s largest climate conference to the Pacific.

Vulnerable countries are bearing the heaviest burden of the climate crisis.

Climate change is becoming a major challenge for the people of Fiji, affecting their lives, wellbeing, and the economy.