Palau president backs Australia’s bid to host Cop31 climate summit after Dutton labels it ‘madness’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/09/palau-president-australia-cop-31-climate-summit #Australianelection2025 #Globalclimatetalks #Australianpolitics #Renewableenergy #Pacificislands #Australianews #Climatecrisis #Environment #AsiaPacific #PeterDutton #Fossilfuels #Coalition #Energy #Palau #Cop31

Weather tracker: six cyclones swirl simultaneously in southern hemisphere https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/28/weather-tracker-six-cyclones-southern-hemisphere-alfred #Pacificislands #SolomonIslands #Australianews #Environment #AsiaPacific #Queensland #Madagascar #Mozambique #Hurricanes #Worldnews #Africa

Nauru sells citizenship to help save it from sinking https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/nauru-climate-citizenship-golden-passport #Pacificislands #Climatecrisis #Sealevel

The Guardian: Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over ‘direct impact’ of Trump’s climate retreat and aid freeze…

Leaders and environmental advocates in the Pacific have expressed alarm over Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and freeze foreign aid... (The Guardian) #climatechange #pacificislands #parisagreement #trump #unitedstates

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/02/01/the-guardian-leaders-in-the-pacific-raise-alarm-over-direct-impact-of-trumps-climate-retreat-and-aid-freeze-2/

Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over ‘direct impact’ of Trump’s climate retreat and aid freeze https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/01/leaders-in-the-pacific-raise-alarm-over-direct-impact-of-trumps-climate-retreat-and-aid-freeze #Pacificleaders:intheirwords #USforeignpolicy #Pacificislands #PapuaNewGuinea #Climatecrisis #AsiaPacific #USnews #Samoa #Fiji

President Biden @potus formally recognized the cultural heritage of the Indigenous Peoples and communities of the Pacific Islands by renaming the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument as the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.

He also became the first President to formally honor the Hui Panalāʻau, Native Hawaiians sent to secure United States territorial claim to the islands in the run up to World War II. #Indigenous #aapi #uspol #uspolitics #politics #PacificIslands #environment https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/02/fact-sheet-president-biden-recognizes-fuller-story-of-pacific-islands-heritage/

‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/31/moving-to-the-mountaintops-rising-seas-displace-tens-of-thousands-in-papua-new-guinea #Pacificislands #PapuaNewGuinea #Climatecrisis #AsiaPacific #Environment

The Guardian: Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024…

The climate crisis caused an additional six weeks of dangerously hot days in 2024 for the average person, supercharging the fatal impact of heatwaves around the world... #climatecrisis #heatwaves #caribbean #pacificislands #climatechange #globalwarming

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/the-guardian-climate-crisis-exposed-people-to-extra-six-weeks-of-dangerous-heat-in-2024-2/

The Guardian: Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024…

The climate crisis caused an additional six weeks of dangerously hot days in 2024 for the average person, supercharging the fatal impact of heatwaves around the world... #climatecrisis #heatwaves #caribbean #pacificislands #climatechange #globalwarming

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/the-guardian-climate-crisis-exposed-people-to-extra-six-weeks-of-dangerous-heat-in-2024/

Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/27/climate-crisis-dangerous-heat-2024 #Extremeweather #Pacificislands #Climatescience #Climatecrisis #Extremeheat #Environment #Caribbean #Worldnews

The Guardian: Significant damage reported as 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu…

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu’s capital of Port Vila on Tuesday, causing “considerable damage” to some buildings, including a shared diplomatic mission, as injured people were rushed to hospital... The Guardian - #vanuatu #earthquake #naturaldisasters #pacificislands

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/the-guardian-significant-damage-reported-as-7-3-magnitude-earthquake-hits-vanuatu/

‘A human face on an abstract problem’: ICJ forced to listen to climate victims https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec/11/international-court-of-justice-icj-forced-to-listen-to-climate-victims #Internationalcourtofjustice #PapuaNewGuinea #Pacificislands #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews

Small island nations face climate-induced ‘catastrophe’, warn experts https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/10/small-island-nations-face-climate-induced-catastrophe-warn-experts #Globaldevelopment #Pacificislands #Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #SouthChinaSea #Globalhealth #Denguefever #Extremeheat #Climateaid #Caribbean #Diabetes #Sealevel #Obesity #Oceans

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, "blackbirders" lured, coerced and kidnapped thousands of Pacific Islanders for forced labor in Australia and Fiji.
@Smithsonianmag explains why.

https://flip.it/JrNm4C

#History @histodons #PacificIslands #Australia #Fiji #BritishEmpire

Low-Lying Nations Take Climate Case to World Court
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/12/04/low-lying-nations-climate-case-at-the-world-court/
A coalition of countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change are demanding that larger polluting nations be held to account under international law. By Eloise Goldsmith Common Dreams The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has heard arguments in the…
#Politics #ClimateChange #Legal #UnitedNations #Cop29 #EloiseGoldsmith #Fiji #GreenpeaceAustraliaPacific. #InternationalCourtOfJustice(icj) #PacificIslands #PapuaNewGuinea #SaveTheChildren #SolomonIslands #TheHague #Vanuatu

Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/03/australia-accused-of-undermining-landmark-climate-change-case-brought-by-pacific-nations-in-international-court #Pacificislands #Climatecrisis #Environment #Vanuatu

Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/03/australia-accused-of-undermining-landmark-climate-change-case-brought-by-pacific-nations-in-international-court #Pacificislands #Climatecrisis #Environment #Vanuatu

Top UN court to begin hearings on landmark climate change case https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/02/icj-un-climate-change-case-pacific-nations #Internationalcourtofjustice #Pacificislands #PapuaNewGuinea #Climatecrisis #AsiaPacific #Worldnews #Vanuatu

Hope of breakthrough at international plastic treaty talks after two-year deadlock https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/29/hope-of-breakthrough-international-plastic-treaty-talks-un-busan #Pacificislands #UnitedNations #Environment #Micronesia #SouthKorea #Pollution #Worldnews #Plastics #Panama

The Forgotten Pacific #Documentary.

The Forgotten Pacific travels to five #PacificIslands to discover how communities are weaving #Indigenous knowledge into the modern-day fight to adapt, rebuild and save their islands from #ClimateChange.

Guided by the wisdom and passion of Pacific #climate leader Suluafi Brianna Fruean the documentary spans across the waters of #Fiji, #Tuvalu, #Vanuatu, the Republic of the #MarshallIslands and #Samoa. The Forgotten Pacific captures the vibrant yet challenging lives of these islands. Each island speaks to us with its own story of struggle and resilience, yet all are united by an unwavering spirit of hope and survival.

https://www.thecoconet.tv/coco-docos/the-forgotten-pacific/the-forgotten-pacific-documentary/