Islands Business partners

15/10/2026

Pacific Towing (PacTow) has taken delivery of PACIFIC RESPONDER and PACIFIC RESOLUTE, two state-of-the-art ASD tugs representing a PGK70 million investment in enhanced marine towage capability. Constructed in Zhenjiang, China, the vessels mark a significant milestone in PacTow’s fleet modernisation program and reinforce its position as Melanesia’s leading provider of marine services.

PACIFIC RESPONDER departed China on 11 October and is currently en route to Port Moresby, where she will be deployed primarily in harbour towage operations. PACIFIC RESOLUTE was delivered on 14 October and is expected to depart China by 22 October for Lae, where she will similarly support harbour towage activities.

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11/10/2026

Along the Rewa River and across its low-lying delta communities, climate change is no longer a distant concern. Rising flood risks, coastal inundation, and changing environmental conditions are increasingly shaping everyday decisions, from what families plant to how villages prepare for disasters and manage natural resources. It is also influencing how knowledge about the land, rivers, and changing seasons is shared between generations.

For the past two years, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Fiji has been working alongside communities in Rewa Province to strengthen their capacity to respond to these challenges, while recognising that some of the most effective solutions can be found in knowledge that has existed for generations.

This work is being delivered through the Sustainable Health, Agriculture, Protection and Empowerment – Climate Action for Resilience (SHAPE-CAR) Project, implemented in partnership with ADRA New Zealand and supported by the New Zealand Government through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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09/10/2026

| Islands Business | September Issue 2026

09/10/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟕 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬: 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍!

Pacific feminists are at the forefront of the urgent struggles for climate, ecological, economic, and social justice. The 17 Urgent Demands of Pacific Feminists Defending the Living Planet are a clarion call for systemic change to protect Pacific people, land, oceans, and our future, grounded in lived realities and the wisdom of generations. They call for grants, not loans; move the money; 1.5 to stay alive; gender and human rights at the centre of climate justice; and a need to move away from greed – neoliberal capitalism, patriarchy, racism, colonialism, and class oppression to a people-led, embodied, intersectional, interlinked feminist systems with real accountability and a core of JUSTICE and beloved community. The demands are being translated into multiple languages, including Pacific languages, UN languages, and sign language, and turned into knowledge, praxis, and resistance actions. This month, DIVA for Equality, Pacific Islands Feminist Alliance for Climate Justice, Pacific Conference of Churches and partners re-commit to all 17 Urgent Demands.

Read More: https://bit.ly/47Nywpu

30/09/2026

🌊 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰!

In this issue, we take a closer look at the defence and construction boom sweeping across the Pacific, alongside the climate challenges already changing how our region plans, builds and prepares for the future – there’s plenty to explore!

𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 $𝐔𝐒𝐃𝟐𝟓 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

However you read it, stay connected to the stories, people and conversations shaping our Blue Pacific.

👉𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: https://bit.ly/4ytvoem
👉𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭: https://bit.ly/4edr37Q

25/09/2026

16/09/2026

𝘈𝘏𝘌𝘈𝘋 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 4𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮, Islands Business 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞?

The 4th Pacific Feminist Forum, including the three previous PFFs, have been organised to bring Pacific feminists, activists, women’s rights defenders, youths, persons with disabilities, s*x workers, LBTI, PIDSOGIESC people (including our indigenous gender and s*xually diverse communities such as MVPFAFF+), people living with HIV, faith leaders, movement accomplices and allies together to strengthen our collective voice, solidarity and action. The Forum gives us our own space to reflect and acknowledge our lived experiences and the struggles that have shaped our movement, and collectively strategise on actions that need to be implemented to address our issues.

The 4th PFF is particularly important at this time because the challenges facing Pacific women are becoming increasingly interconnected and complex. Pacific women are living through a time of polycrisis and climate emergencies, growing economic inequalities, continuing violence against women and girls, shrinking civic space, attacks and roll back on human rights and democratic values, and persistent barriers to women’s leadership and decision-making.

Pacific feminist movements are fierce and come with grassroots, feminist, women and indigenous knowledge and expertise and as active local and national leaders working for transformative change. The 4th PFF is the opportunity for Pacific women to respond to regional and global agendas, and actively shape them.

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15/09/2026

Across the Pacific, the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) stands as a powerful catalyst for sustainable development, bringing together government, businesses, stakeholders, and communities to shape a future that is resilient, inclusive, and economically sustainable.

Since its establishment in 2013, the PIDF has been grounded on its function to secure the support of development partners through formal agreements for technical assistance and financial resources to achieve sustainable development and poverty eradication outcomes.

That is precisely what the PIDF has achieved through its Food and Nutrition Security and Blue Economy initiatives, mobilizing resources and funding to empower communities, strengthen livelihoods, and foster long-term self-sufficiency and sustainability.

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15/09/2026

15/09/2026

For Pacific leaders, the question is no longer when the next climate or natural disaster will strike, or how severe its impact will be. The question is: how well prepared are we financially when it does?

Expectations are high that governments will have effective response mechanisms in place. Plans and preparedness matter, but when communities need the essentials and emergency support, those plans need to be backed by the financial capacity to act.

Financial preparedness is about investing in greater confidence and certainty before disaster strikes. Across the Pacific, parametric disaster risk finance has moved well beyond theory. It is established, operating, and proven.

Over the past 10 years, PCRIC has made multiple payouts following tropical cyclones, excess rainfall, and drought. When agreed policy triggers have been met, finance has been released rapidly to policyholders.

Read More: https://bit.ly/4h1m61C