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'No one was prepared’: Vanuatu feels cost of climate crisis

19 Apr 2023

On the waterfront in Port Vila, Mark Philips runs an adventure tours business.

Pacific leaders call for a global end to coal, oil and gas

20 Mar 2023

Leaders of six Pacific nations are calling for a global phaseout of fossil fuels that is “fair, fast, and financed” and are making an ambitious plan for a fossil fuel free Pacific.

Vanuatu hit by successive climate crisis fuelled cyclones

6 Mar 2023

New Zealand is sending much-needed humanitarian supplies to Vanuatu after two destructive cyclones and an earthquake within two days have impacted nearly 80% of the population.

Vanuatu gathers support for UN climate justice statement

3 Mar 2023

More than 100 countries have backed a Pacific island’s attempt to seek accountability for the climate crisis at the world’s top court

Pacific countries urged to collaborate for climate-resilient future

27 Feb 2023

Fiji President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere has called on Pacific countries to work together and hold each other accountable to agreements made at the 2023 Early Childhood Development Forum.

Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific

23 Feb 2023

Climate change forecasters have warned for years that the warmer and wetter world created by the climate crisis will drive a surge in mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever.

South Pacific’s largest solar project officially launched in Tonga

8 Dec 2022

The South Pacific’s largest solar project was officially launched in Tonga yesterday.

Climate 'tragedy': Vanuatu to relocate 'dozens' of villages

2 Dec 2022

Vanuatu is drawing up plans to relocate "dozens" of villages within the next two years, as they come under threat from rising seas, the Pacific nation's climate chief told AFP Thursday.

Vanuatu publishes draft resolution seeking climate justice at UN court

1 Dec 2022

Vanuatu has published a draft UN resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on states’ legal obligation for climate action and the consequences of causing harm.

How to move a country: Fiji’s radical plan to escape rising sea levels

22 Nov 2022

The government of Fiji makes a daunting plan to move communities in villages that have been gravely affected by the harsh impacts of the climate crisis even though many are hesitant to leave their homes.

‘Teaching our children from books, not the sea’: how climate change is eroding human rights in Vanuatu

9 Nov 2022

There’s a lot at stake over the next fortnight as nations gather at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt. But the stakes are perhaps highest for the Pacific islands and their people.

Historic climate declaration in the Pacific

27 Oct 2022

Pacific Island countries have made history with the first ever community-led climate declaration in the region.

The climate crisis is making the pacific islands uninhabitable. Who will help preserve our Nations?

30 Sep 2022

The climate crisis is creating an increasingly uncertain future for people in most parts of the world. Paradoxically in the Pacific, it is making the future increasingly certain—but not in a way that gives any kind of comfort.

Pacific Island countries agree to strengthen coordination with China on climate change ahead of COP27

16 Sep 2022

China is willing to work with Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to make COP27 a conference themed on climate change action and will provide more support to PICs in tackling climate change, Chinese representatives said during the China-Pacific Island Countries dialogue and exchange meeting on climate change, which was held in Beijing on Wednesday.

US meeting told climate change is major concern for Pacific leaders

16 Sep 2022

Top leaders from across the Pacific are meeting in Honolulu to discuss key issues of mutual concern. Guam is being represented at the high level gathering by Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio, who says climate change and the potentially devastating impact on island nations is the biggest concern.

US commitment to Pacific island climate action far from ironclad: A Chinese view

16 Aug 2022

As US President Joe Biden is set to host leaders of Pacific island countries at the White House in September, island nations will be watching how seriously his administration takes their calls for help to combat climate change, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Sunday, citing analysts.

Close to 50 Fijian villages need relocation due to climate change

15 Aug 2022

An estimated 116 sea walls will need to be constructed to protect around 160 Fijian communities from the drastic effects of climate change.

Fijians forced from their ancestral lands by climate change want polluters to pay

8 Aug 2022

Boats moor next to living rooms on Fiji’s Serua Island, where high tide breaches the seawall and floods the village.

Hawaii gets its last shipment of coal, ever

2 Aug 2022

It’s the end of a dirty era in Hawaii. The state’s last-ever coal shipment arrived in Oahu on Wednesday, bound for the last remaining coal-fired power plant, which is due to shut down in September.

Olympic skier to represent Vanuatu in the fight against climate change

29 Jul 2022

Despite living in Utah, Jeanee Crane-Mauzy won’t wear the American flag on her uniform in the future. The skier will represent the island nation of Vanuatu in the 2026 Winter Olympics — and in the country’s fight against climate change.

COP26 President to visit Fiji to continue momentum on climate action

27 Jul 2022

COP President Alok Sharma is in Fiji to see the impacts of climate change in the Pacific region. He will highlight the urgency for the biggest emitters to take action now and deliver the promise of the Glasgow Climate Pact signed by almost 200 countries at COP26.

Hawaii says goodbye to coal, aloha to big batteries

19 Jul 2022

For most visitors, Hawaii is where you go to relax, honeymoon and get away from it all. For Hawaiians, it is home, with all its warts and blemishes including high prices – including electricity prices.

Government announces support for Pacific climate action

13 Jul 2022

The government has announced it will help fund a desalination plant in Kiribati and contribute $10 million to the conservation of Pacific crop seeds impacted by climate change.

Pacific Island Forum backs Vanuatu’s campaign for World Court climate case

12 Jul 2022

Foreign ministers attending the Pacific Island Forum in Fiji have endorsed Vanuatu’s call for a UN General Assembly resolution requesting the International Court of Justice hears a case on the responsibility of states to deal with climate change.

Voices from Vanuatu: life on the climate crisis frontline

6 Jul 2022

Vanuatu is at the front line of the fight against climate change. This low-lying chain of 80 islands strung across the ocean, with a population of just under 300,000, is the world’s most at-risk country for natural disasters, as measured by the UN World Risk Report 2021.

NZ agrees to help finance Samoa's climate goals

16 Jun 2022

New Zealand has agreed to help Samoa finance its climate goals, including its Nationally Determined Contribution, national climate adaptation plan, and a goal of 100% renewable energy generation by 2025.

Fiji says climate change, not conflict, is Asia's biggest security threat

13 Jun 2022

Fiji's defence minister said on Sunday that climate change posed the biggest security threat in the Asia-Pacific region, a shift in tone at a defence summit that has been dominated by the war in Ukraine and disputes between China and the United States.

‘We are in danger now’: Vanuatu declares climate emergency

30 May 2022

Vanuatu’s parliament has declared a climate emergency with the low-lying island nation’s prime minister flagging a $1.2bn cost to cushion global warming’s impacts on his tiny Pacific country.

Island states back Vanuatu’s quest for climate justice at the UN

25 May 2022

Pacific and Caribbean nations have joined Vanuatu in calling for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on countries’ legal obligations to protect people from climate harm.

Report highlights risk of climate-induced statelessness and nationality loss in the Pacific

18 May 2022

Kiribati-born Tiibea Baure moved to Australia in 2008 as a nursing student with a plan for her extended family's future.

Hawaii legislature calls for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

9 May 2022

Hawaii lawmakers put the state on the path to making history after the Legislature passed a resolution last week endorsing a document called the "Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty."

Vanuatu spearheads International Court of Justice climate claim

6 May 2022

The government of Vanuatu has assembled a coalition of more than 1500 civil society organisation from 130 countries to support its plans to take a climate change claim to the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

Pacific community pleads for Australian climate action amid regional tension

2 May 2022

Former Pacific island leaders have called on Australia to take “credible and urgent actions on climate change” and criticised a lack of consultation with the region after Solomon Islands’ shock decision to sign a security pact with China.

Climate change looms large in US treaty talks in the Pacific

13 Apr 2022

At least one Pacific nation wants funding to help with climate change resiliency as the U.S. renegotiates three critical security treaties ahead of a looming deadline next year.

PNG suspends new carbon deals, scrambles to write rules for the schemes

6 Apr 2022

Papua New Guinea’s environment minister has imposed a moratorium on new voluntary carbon credit schemes to give the government time to create a regulatory framework for future and existing deals.

Solomon Islands receives first carbon credit as part of conservation work

11 Mar 2022

A tribe in the Solomon Islands has become the first in the country to receive a carbon credit.

Forest clearing for crops in Papua may unleash massive emissions

9 Mar 2022

A plan to clear forests in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua for food crops will release as much greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as Australia emits in an entire year, according to a new analysis.

Tonga volcano eruptions have smaller cooling impact on climate change: study

2 Mar 2022

An analysis has revealed that the cooling effect of Tonga's volcano eruptions would be much smaller than initially thought and not strong enough to overwhelm longer-term global warming tendency.

Island states meet to discuss suing Global North over climate change

21 Feb 2022

Leaders of small island nations met on Tuesday to discuss suing countries in the Global North for the damage caused by emissions.

Pacific Island Forum head calls on world to act now

14 Feb 2022

Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has called on all States to play their part when it comes to maintaining the health of the ocean. SG Puna made the plea as he attended the One Ocean Summit conference in Brest, France.

How voices from Hawai’i are reframing the climate conversation

14 Feb 2022

The Oceania-Hawai’i Pavilion at Marseille's Parc Chanot exhibition space pulsed with an all-age crowd, music and laughter, like an archipelago of ease.

How Pacific climate diplomacy is changing

28 Jan 2022

Pacific Island nations facing the reality of climate change-induced land loss are using their diplomatic strength to ensure their sovereignty and economic future are protected, Jess Marinaccio writes from Tuvalu.

Papua New Guinea’s tides expose climate risks

21 Dec 2021

Earlier this month, parts of Papua New Guinea experienced a surge in king tides that flooded communities and displaced approximately 53,000 people. For PNG – facing more than double the global average in annual sea level rise – the worst is yet to come.

Are Australia’s climate wars ending?

21 Dec 2021

With big business backing Labor’s climate policy and net zero gaining bipartisan support, the climate battle is transitioning into a new phase.

Boost for Tuvalu's economic, social and climate resilience

10 Dec 2021

Tuvalu will receive a significant boost with the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approving a US$17.5 million commitment to support its ongoing climate adaptation efforts.

Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses, to UN summit

26 Oct 2021

The Pacific Islands are at the frontline of climate change. But as rising seas threaten their very existence, these tiny nation states will not be submerged without a fight, argues Australia Climate Council researcher Wesley Morgan in The Conversation.