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Climate change in the Pacific

March 24, 2023
Ahead of UN Vote, Vanuatu Says: We Must Fight for Climate Justice
By Jotham Napat and Patricia Scotland
If we value human rights and the rule of law, then we must fight for climate justice, argue Vanuatu's foreign minister and the Commonwealth's secretary-general.

October 06, 2022
What Did the US-Pacific Summit Achieve?
By Patricia O’Brien
For all the talk of China and geopolitics, climate change and funding remained at the top of Pacific leaders’ agenda.

August 14, 2020
Kiribati Announces Plans to Raise Islands Above Rising Seas
By Joshua Mcdonald
As climate change and sea level rise threaten to inundate Kiribati, its government has proposed a radical new plan to raise the islands.

November 07, 2017
Can Fiji Save the World?
By Lyndal Rowlands
Fiji wants countries to join its climate canoe at the latest UN climate talks.

June 05, 2017
For Pacific Island States, Climate Change Is an Existential Threat
By Grant Wyeth
U.S. withdrawal from the Paris agreement is deeply concerning to leaders in the Pacific.

January 07, 2017
The Many Faces of Climate Change Migration in Asia
By Alex Randall
In the Asia-Pacific, climate change migration is already happening, sometimes by government fiat.

February 25, 2016
Cyclone Winston Wreaks Havoc on Fiji
By Catherine Putz
It was one of the South Pacific's fiercest storms on record.

November 27, 2013
New Zealand “Climate Change Refugee” Rejected By High Court
Ioane Teitiota’s bid for asylum fails to set precedent after third and final refutation.
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