Tag: Climate catastrophe
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...
‘Frustrated’ USP law students were catalyst for landmark UN climate vote
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
There was euphoria at the campus of the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva in Fiji last Thursday...
Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying...
By Nick Young of Greenpeace
My family and I are lucky to have come through it unscathed, but my neighbourhood in Titirangi has been ravaged.
Many...
Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of...
ANALYSIS: By Russel Norman, executive director of Greenpeace Aotearoa
Only people power can ensure genuine enduring progress on climate and people need to know the...
Media advocates tell of struggle for ‘survival and truth’ at Asia-Pacific...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Journalists and journalism are waging a global struggle for survival and for “truth” against fake news and alternative facts, say two...
It’s time to deliver on Pacific climate financing, says Cook Is...
COMMENTARY: By the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
After years of empty promises by major emitters, it's time to deliver on climate financing.
The world...
Respect the right to report on the environment, RSF tells COP26
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and more than 60 environmental journalists of 34 different nationalities have appealed for respect for the right...
Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific over climate action, ‘buying silence’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia is accused of using "diplomatic strong-arm tactics" to water down outcomes in Pacific climate negotiations and "buy silence" on climate...
‘Don’t fudge with our future’, Māori climate activist warns COP26
Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley speaking on the indigenous challenge to the "colonial project" at the COP26 opening ... “In the US and Canada...
Pacific nations will be mostly unheard at critical COP26 climate summit
RNZ Pacific
Global climate talks have started in Glasgow, Scotland, but most Pacific leaders cannot get there.
While the leaders of four Pacific nations are attending...
COP26: Time for New Zealand to show regional leadership on climate...
ANALYSIS: By Nathan Cooper, University of Waikato
As the UN climate summit in Glasgow kicks off tomorrow, it marks the deadline for countries to make...
Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses,...
ANALYSIS: By Wesley Morgan, Griffith University
The Pacific Islands are at the frontline of climate change. But as rising seas threaten their very existence, these...
Who speaks for Afghans? Climate realities with the Taliban takeover
ANALYSIS: By Megan Darby
A suicide bombing near Kabul airport on Thursday added another dimension to the chaos in Afghanistan as Western forces rush to...
Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum...
RNZ Pacific
The world is on the brink of a climate catastrophe, with just a narrow window for action to reverse global processes predicted to...
Climate change has already hit. Unless we act now, a hotter,...
ANALYSIS: By Michael Grose, CSIRO; Joelle Gergis, Australian National University; Pep Canadell, CSIRO, and Roshanka Ranasinghe
Australia is experiencing widespread, rapid climate change not seen...
Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims
ANALYSIS: By Ian Lowe of Griffith University
Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a...
‘Bullying’ Australia disregards Pacific over climate crisis, says 350 Pacific
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Eighteen leaders from the Pacific region met for 12 hours at the 50th Pacific Islands Forum meeting with Australia holding out...
Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’
ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney
Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call...
Torres Strait Islanders in UN challenge over Australian climate ‘rights abuses’
By Kristen Lyons of the University of Queensland
Climate change threatens Australia in many different ways, and can devastate rural and urban communities alike. For...