Tag: Climate Change
Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea...
By concerned citizens of the Pacific
The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal...
India launches ‘celebration of future’ climate research centre at USP
By Joeli Bili in Suva
A partnership forged between the Indian government and the University of the South Pacific (USP) will see the establishment of...
Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the...
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist
There is "is much to win by trying" to take action on climate change -- that is a...
Greens lay down NZ climate change election challenge to other parties
RNZ News
New Zealand's Green Party has told other parties to come to the table with faster, bolder climate action if they want their support...
Climate data from Pacific has deteriorated, says new report
By Caleb Fotheringham for RNZ Pacific
The quality and quantity of Pacific Island climate data has been getting worse in recent decades according to a...
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...
Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says Greenpeace
Asia Pacific Report
Greenpeace claimed today claimed New Zealand's extreme rain and flooding crisis in the North Island at the weekend as a "climate disaster".
"As...
Fiji ‘bully of the region’ under former government, claims airlines chief
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva
Fiji was regarded a bully, flexing its muscle as a selfish and arrogant player in regional forums, claims Association of...
Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood...
ANALYSIS: By Merewalesi Yee, The University of Queensland; Annah Piggott-McKellar, Queensland University of Technology; Celia McMichael, The University of Melbourne, and Karen E McNamara,...
COP27: one big breakthrough but ultimately an inadequate response to the...
ANALYSIS: By Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland
For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the “loss...
Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP...
By Akansha Narayan in Suva
Award-winning University of the South Pacific student journalist Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti says Pacific voices on the climate fight need to be...
Hundreds evacuated in NZ’s South Island floods – state of emergency
RNZ News
Hundreds of people in Nelson in Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island spent the night out of their homes and a state of emergency...
Media warned over ‘doom-laden’ climate change narrative
RNZ Pacific
The media has been taken to task for doom-laden climate crisis presentations in a speech at an international workshop -- and told to...
Climate crisis top Pacific agenda item and it’s a security issue,...
RNZ News
Addressing media on developments at the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says making sure the region is investing now...
‘Call it what it is – climate crisis, not just change,’...
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
An Aotearoa New Zealand-based Fijian professor of Pacific studies says the increase in the frequency of natural disasters and...
New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital journalist
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong have added a focus on climate...
Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’
RNZ News
Deeper and and more rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit the worst effects of global warming, a climate scientist...
US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
The United States insists it is a Pacific nation and has unveiled a raft of new strategies...
Covid will dominate, but New Zealand will also have to face...
ANALYSIS: By Nathan Cooper, University of Waikato
As the New Zealand government prepares to deal with a looming omicron outbreak, this will not be the...
‘Secret plots’, sovereignty and covid challenges face Pacific for New Year
ANALYSIS: By David Robie in Auckland
The Pacific year has closed with growing tensions over sovereignty and self-determination issues and growing stress over the ravages...
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...
Critics condemn INEOS and Altrad as ‘not a good fit’ for...
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Both the INEOS and Altrad logos will be emblazoned on the All Blacks jerseys and shorts for the next...