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Adaptation is Life: Scaling up Financing for Adaptation on the Road to COP 30
Join policy makers, business leaders, and solution-builders at high-level event in New York to accelerate adaptation finance on the road to COP-30! NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, September 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Climate disasters are...

VIMB Emerges as Premier Agent for Vanuatu Citizenship
Photo Courtesy of: VIMB PORT VILA, Vanuatu, May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following a comprehensive review by the Government of Vanuatu into the operations of all Capital Investment Immigration Plan (CIIP) agents, VIMB Vanuatu has emerged as...

CNO Future Fund Relaunches as Vanuatu’s Gold Standard CIIP Option
Photo Courtesy of: VIMB PORT VILA, Vanuatu, May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The CNO Future Fund has officially relaunched under Vanuatu’s revised Citizenship by Investment regulatory framework, reinforcing its role as the leading option under the...

SigniFlow and Vodafone Vanuatu Unite to Deliver Affordable eSignature and Document Digitalisation Solutions
SigniFlow partners with Vodafone Vanuatu to deliver secure, cost-effective eSignatures & document digitalisation, driving Vanuatu’s digital transformation. PORT VILA , VANUATU, March 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SigniFlow, a global leader in...

Nutritious Food Market Size to Exceed USD 28.03 Billion by 2034, Fueled by Clean-Label and Plant-Based Demand | Towards FnB
Ottawa, Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global nutritious food market size stood at USD 10.70 billion in 2024 and is set to rise from USD 11.78 billion in 2025 to around USD 28.03 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 10.11% during the...

Trade and Environment Sustainability Agenda for the Pacific Highlighted at WTO Trade and Environment Week
The relationship between trade and the environment and how it can mutually support each other was discussed during the ‘Trade and Environment Sustainability Agenda for the Pacific’ side event held on 8 October at the 5th Trade and Environment Week...

ADB Provides $5 Million Grant for Vanuatu Earthquake Relief
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided $5 million in contingent disaster financing to support emergency relief efforts in Vanuatu following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the capital Port...

Australia, Papua New Guinea Hold Off on Security Agreement
(MENAFN) Australia's much-anticipated security agreement with Papua New Guinea (PNG) was delayed on Wednesday, with both countries indicating that it would be finalized after internal Cabinet procedures are completed. Australian Prime Minister...
“Dispiriting, dangerous, anti-development” education and health cuts by nearly every country with World Bank and IMF loans
94 percent of countries (94 out of 100 countries) with current World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans have cut vital investments in public education, health and social protection over the past two years, according to a new report...

Transformer les déchets en énergie – une autre voie vers l’économie circulaire
2 octobre 2024, Port Vila – Les dispositifs existants de transformation des déchets en énergie et la manière dont cela peut contribuer à une économie circulaire ont été discutées lors de l’atelier régional sur l’économie circulaire qui s’est tenu...

Turning waste into energy – a pathway to achieving circular economy
2 Oct 2024, Port Vila – The possibilities of turning waste into energy and how this can contribute to a circular economy were explored during the Regional Circular Economy workshop being held in Port Vila this week. Waste-to-Energy technologies...

Academic collaboration in focus as WTO Chairs Programme looks ahead to MC14
Since its launch in 2010, the WTO Chairs Programme has supported academic institutions in trade-related research, curriculum development and policy outreach. This year, the programme welcomed five new universities – from the Dominican Republic,...

Planetary Peace, Power, and Prosperity Legacy Foundation Honored by IAOTB
Planetary Peace, Power, and Prosperity Legacy Foundation Recognized as Top Educational Nonprofit of the Year by the International Association of Top Businesses NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, July 17, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Planetary Peace,...

International Court of Justice climate ruling a powerful tool for holding countries to account
The International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must phase out fossil fuels, rapidly reduce emissions, provide remedy to those facing climate damages and provide climate finance to developing countries. Oxfam climate change policy...

Transparency remains a central focus at subsidies committee discussions
The Chair referred to the most recent WTO Secretariat update, noting that 82 members have yet to submit their 2023 and 2021 subsidy notifications, and that 72 members have still not submitted their 2019 notifications. He reiterated his call for...

ICC Struggles to Extend Authority Over Investigations
(MENAFN) The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been unable to approve a modification that would broaden its jurisdiction concerning inquiries into world leaders accused of crimes of aggression. A crime of aggression is regarded as the gravest...

ICC unsuccessful to consent prosecution of world presidents
(MENAFN) The International Criminal Court (ICC) has failed to reach an agreement on an amendment that would broaden its ability to investigate and prosecute world leaders for crimes of aggression, considered the gravest offense under the Rome...

Kristof Schöffling's Move Digital Leads Global Tech Transformation in 2025 with Breakthroughs in AI, Blockchain, and Robotics
MAHE, SEYCHELLES, March 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Move Digital Limited, led by tech entrepreneur and strategist Kristof Schöffling, has unveiled an ambitious roadmap for 2025, solidifying its position as a global leader in artificial...

World Renowned Futurist and AI Expert Zoltan Istvan Announces He's Running for California Governor as a Democrat
Zoltan says AI is the greatest existential & economic threat ever faced. He aims to give every Californian a Basic Income and every household a humanoid robot. SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, April 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today, Zoltan...