Australia has been urged to wind down its fossil fuel exports by Vanuatu’s climate change adaptation minister, who says a recent advisory opinion from the World Court suggests the responsibilities of states now extends beyond domestic emissions.

Australia and Japan on Monday said they would deepen cooperation to address increasing security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, including assisting each other in evacuating citizens at risk overseas.

Samoa’s likely new Prime Minister says “the era of God-centred leadership” has begun.

Pacific leaders are working on a plan to allow people to move more freely between island countries to boost economic ties across the region.

The Pacific Sexual and Gender Diversity Network has condemned Vanuatu’s move to change its Constitution to legally recognise only two sexes, male and female, at birth.

Samoans will go to the polls to elect a new parliament after former members of Fiame Naomi Mata’afa’s FAST party joined with opposition MPs to defeat her government’s budget.

The Solomon Islands parliament has delayed consideration of a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, who now holds renewed hope of retaining the position.

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has one week to save his job, with parliament to consider a no-confidence motion in his leadership next week.

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have formalized a strategic partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive sustainable development and climate resilience across Pacific Island Countries (PICs).

Voting is under way in Vanuatu’s snap election, which is remarkably going ahead despite the turbulence of a severe earthquake one month ago.

The Pacific Islands Forum has deployed an Election Observer Mission to observe the Vanuatu snap election that will be held today.

Australia’s regional security ambitions are on the ballot this week in Vanuatu, where voters will elect a fresh government in the wake of political turmoil and a major earthquake.