Tag: climate crisis
Tuvalu residents fight for their home in face of worsening tides and climate crisis
By Monika Singh of Wansolwara
The fourth smallest country in the world with a population of just over 11,000 people — Tuvalu — fears being...
Media education group, union protest over police demand for ABC ‘inside story’ climate footage
Pacific Media Watch
The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) says it is “deeply concerned” at reports that Western Australian police are demanding...
Melanesian leaders sign security and climate crisis declarations
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila
Melanesian prime ministers have have signed off two declarations addressing the pressing issues of climate crisis and national security.
The...
Creating ‘sponge cities’ to cope with more rainfall needn’t cost billions – but NZ has to start now
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Welch
Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and there will likely be a headline about extreme weather. While...
Native Hawai’ian official blames wildfires on colonisation, climate change
RNZ Pacific
The board chair of the Office of Hawai’ian Affairs says the Maui wildfires were caused in part by climate change and colonisation.
Carmen Lindsey...
Rainbow Warrior sails Pacific seeking evidence for World Court climate case
By Sera Sefeti in Suva
International environmental campaign group Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior is currently sailing across the Pacific, calling at ports and collecting evidence...