Tag: Climate adaptation

Policy makers, academics and NGO representatives discussed the urgent issue of climate change in the Pacific, where many communities have been forced to relocate....

By Rahul Bhattarai A leading academic on peace research issues has called for increased policy making efforts to face up to the challenges of Pacific...

The University of the South Pacific’s environmental centre spearheading climate change research believes in working together for shared solutions, says Professor Elisabeth Holland.  Video:...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Pacific Media Centre's Bearing Witness climate project postgraduate student team Hele Ikimotu and Blessen Tom have just spent five days on...

Trailer for the controversial climate change documentary Anote’s Ark – former Kiribati President Anote Tong opened the first Pacific Climate Change Conference in Wellington...

French President Emmanuel Macron appeals to the world to do more on climate change. Video: Al Jazeera French President Emmanuel Macron has delivered a rallying...

By Anita Roberts in Bonn The Paris Climate Agreement must be implemented swiftly as backing away will expose people to more risks, Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland  Loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise, and longer, more intense heat waves. The observable effects of climate change...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland By the end of the 21st century, sea levels are expected to rise by a maximum of 1.5 metres as...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland  Engaging with the Pacific and its stories of climate change is key to tackling the global issue, Catholic organisations have...

By Julie Cleaver and Kendall Hutt in Suva The effects of climate change on vulnerable areas throughout Fiji could be reduced if the island nation...

By Debbie Singh in Suva A regional meeting to consider key Pacific priorities and responsibilities for advancing commitments under international and regional policy frameworks on...

At least two children in the Nissan islands have been injured, falling off trees in desperate search for food, as climate change takes its toll...

According to the World Bank the Pacific Islands are extremely exposed to natural hazards and climate change impacts, facing threats including cyclones, floods, droughts...

By Denise Yeo A two-week journalism stint in Fiji, dubbed “Bearing Witness”, has lent new perspectives on the effects of climate change on AUT journalism...

Banking group ANZ is one of the biggest investors in fossil fuel industries. Failing to get much response from management with letters, activists 350...

Biu Naitasi, Daku's headman, featured on TJ Aumua's video from Daku. By TJ Aumua in Daku, Fiji Islands Rising sea levels are a major threat to...

By Ami Dhabuwala and TJ Aumua in Daku village, Tailevu, Fiji A 50-minute drive out of Suva city is Daku village, a community of 332...

Daku village, less than an hour's drive from Suva in Tailevu, near Nausori, on the main Fiji island of Viti Levu, is a living...

By Thomas Leaycraft of Scoop Last year's COP21 Paris agreement on climate change was "a positive outcome' but did nowhere near enough to address the...

By Thomas Leaycraft of Scoop Pacific Island peoples could be "early reclaimers" of a zero-emissions lifestyle, while also urging the international community to take "extreme"...

Pacific nations need to weave together and act now to avoid tragedy as the effects of climate change take their toll on the region,...