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Russia's Foreign Ministry says the Ursa Major, built in 2009, sank after an explosion ripped through its engine room and two of its 16 crew are missing.

An explosion has sunk a Russian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday night, Russian authorities said, leaving two crew members missing.

As cyclone season begins in the Pacific, it's vital the hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel inside the wreck of the Manawanui be removed urgently, or the situation could quickly worsen quickly, an…

It's a tale of two coastlines: Royals and heads of government meet on one coast and villages live in fear on the other, as diesel leaks from the wrecked HMNZS Manawanui. Audio

Oil seeping from the wreck of the navy's Manawanui is not from the ship's main tanks - but removing them is first on the list for the recovery team, the Defence Force says.

Pacific and Caribbean states, the EU countries, China, and the shipping industry have submitted proposals for a global carbon levy, ranging from $100-$150/tonne of GHG emissions.

Eight small island developing states have submitted a groundbreaking proposal to the UN's shipping regulator proposing a US$150 per tonne greenhouse gas emissions levy for the shipping industry. Audio

Opinion - Increasingly noticeable gaps on grocery shelves are being caused by disruption to food supply chains by natural disasters and the impact of climate change, Alan Renwick writes.

Pacific nations' push for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to align the sea transportation sector to the Paris Agreement goal and keep 1.5 degrees alive is a step closer, but only just.

In a last ditch effort, Pacific nations are rallying the United Nations governing body for maritime transportation to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions to protect climate vulnerable countries.

Few think of the ocean as an epicentre for human ingenuity, but our history and future can be charted by our life on the seas, President David Kabua writes.