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Joint Statement on the Security and Resilience of Undersea Cables in a Globally Digitalized World
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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September 27, 2024
Communications networks underpin almost every aspect of our lives. Yet the rapid development of communication technologies and massive scale of these networks increases our dependency on these systems and introduces vulnerabilities. Undersea...
ADB Appoints Emma Veve as Director General for Pacific
Asian Development Bank
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February 3, 2025
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (3 February 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Emma Veve as Director General of its Pacific Department (PARD), where she will be responsible for the department’s vision and strategy in the subregion....
PRESS RELEASE – DOCTORS TOUMOUA AND TAUTOGI STRENGHTHENING SAMOA’S PATHOLOGY SERVICES
Government of Samoa
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January 21, 2025
Apia, SAMOA –22nd January 2025. Samoa’s pathology services are being strengthened by the efforts of Dr Seventeen Toumoua and Dr Mareta Tautogi, who are working together to provide essential diagnostic services and build local expertise for the...
PRESS RELEASE – Asian Citrus Psyllid Workshop
Government of Samoa
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July 30, 2024
As part of ACIAR the project “Responding to emerging pest and disease threats to horticulture in the Pacific islands” (HORT 2016 185), Workshops are being held in Samoa and Tonga to discuss strategies to control the most destructive citrus pest...
TMC Applauds U.S. Congressional Mandate for 2025 Defense Department Feasibility Study on Nodule Refining
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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December 30, 2024
The FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) mandates a Defense Department feasibility study on refining polymetallic nodule-derived intermediates to high-purity nickel, copper, and cobalt products The study, to be led by the Industrial Base...
LEAP, globally popular software for energy, climate mitigation, and air pollution planning, to be offered free to an additional 54 countries
Stockholm Environment Institute
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November 14, 2024
Screenshot from LEAP: Emissions variations by location. The countries eligible for free LEAP licenses now include all upper-middle-countries and most Small Island Developing States (SIDS), making the tool freely available to governments,...
The Metals Company Provides Third Quarter 2024 Corporate Update
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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November 14, 2024
NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or “the Company”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today provided a corporate update and financial results...
TMC Announces June 27, 2025 Submission Date for Subsidiary NORI’s ISA Application, and Expanded Company Strategy
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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November 12, 2024
NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or “the Company”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today provided a corporate update on the expected...
Tuvalu Progresses Survey and Training on Identifying Marine Non-indigenous Species (MNIS)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 15, 2024
11 October 2024, Funafuti, Tuvalu - The Environment Department and the Marine Ports Department of Tuvalu, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), through the Pacific Regional Invasive Species...
Forging the way: Impact report 2021
Climateworks Centre
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October 10, 2024
2021 was a year of important progress on climate, even as the world continued to grapple with many challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow moved worldwide focus firmly to limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, and to...
Ocean Dialogue unites voices on collaborative action for shared ocean priorities
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 15, 2024
Partnerships must become the norm, not the exception. This was emphasised at the Ocean Dialogue convened during the inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit (GNPS) held in Sydney, Australia this week. The dialogue brought together First Nations...
U.S. Navy Leads Multinational Team in Pacific Partnership Mission
U.S. Navy
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October 2, 2024
The Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) mission team worked alongside allies and partners to strengthen relationships and bolster host nation capacity to provide essential humanitarian services. The group also supported efforts to reduce the risk...
RMI Endorses NISSAP to Enhance Effective Management of Invasive Species
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 11, 2024
9 October 2024 Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands - Invasive species continue to be a costly issue for all countries and particularly for island nations, and with increasing trade and movement of people between countries, the threat of new...
Immersive Study Tour Commences on Invasive Species Management to Empower Pacific Battlers
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 20, 2024
17 September 2024, Auckland: A regional study tour, set to be a learning and knowledge exchange-based programme, that provides participants with a unique chance to delve into invasive species management and acquire essential skills for leading...
The Metals Company Provides Second Quarter 2024 Corporate Update
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 14, 2024
NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or “the Company”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today provided a corporate update and financial results...
World First: TMC and PAMCO Achieve Breakthrough in Commercial-Scale Processing of Polymetallic Nodules, Successfully Producing Calcine
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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September 9, 2024
TMC and PAMCO successfully produced calcine from a 2,000-tonne sample of nodules collected during TMC subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc.’s 2022 test mining, at PAMCO’s Hachinohe Rotary Kiln Electric-Arc Furnace (RKEF) facility in Japan The...
How Does Ghost Gear Affect Small Island Developing States?
Ocean Conservancy
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September 23, 2024
In 2016, I first traveled to the island nation of Vanuatu with a mission: to understand the real-life impacts of ghost gear(abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear) on the local communities. When you look at Vanuatu’s remote location...
SPREP Members commend progress and work of Secretariat in 2023
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 6, 2024
5 September 2024, Apia Samoa – The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) continues to strengthen efforts to build a resilient Pacific environment. During the past 31 years, amidst many challenges, SPREP has continued to...
Comer Announces Third Hearing on China’s Political Warfare and the Federal Government’s Failure to Address CCP Influence Operations
House Committee on Oversight and Reform - Washington D.C.
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September 17, 2024
WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a hearing titled “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part III.” This is the third hearing in the Committee’s...
Remarks by Your Excellency Fei Mingxing, Chinese Ambassador to Samoa Upon the Occasion of the Donation to SPREP from the Government of the People's Republic of China
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 12, 2024
To Jointly Work Toward a More Resilient Pacific Mr. Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General of SPREP, Ladies and gentlemen, Talofa lava. Today, on behalf of the Chinese Government, I am very pleased to present a donation of US$200,000.00 to the...