Tag: Climate Change

By Will Steffen of the Australian National University Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s announcement on Friday that a Labor government in Australia would adopt a target...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Young Pasifika performers and artists came together last week for Moana Loloto, a night of indigenous storytelling to explore four pressing...

By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific For 74-year-old Teaga Esekia, a chief from the Tuvalu island of Vaitupu, the ocean is a lifeblood. "Tuvaluans, they have...

By Ayla Miller  Pasifika people in New Zealand need to take charge against climate change which is already threatening their home islands, an Auckland hui...

By RNZ Pacific Tuvalu's Prime Minister has condemned the Australian Prime Minister's conduct at last week's Pacific Islands Forum, calling Scott Morrison's attitude "unfortunate" and "neo-colonial,"...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Wording has played a crucial role in a reportedly "fierce" Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu with Australia allegedly managing to alter...

By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific There was a frenetic energy outside the Sir Tomasi Puapua Convention Centre on Sunday, where the finishing touches were...

By RNZ Pacific Indigenous Pacific knowledge should inform the science to save the world's oceans. That was the consensus among Pacific ocean scientists and other regional...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Human rights violations in West Papua are to be given priority at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tuvalu next week. According...

By RNZ Pacific Pacific leaders have declared a climate crisis in the region and are demanding an end to coal mining. The declaration was signed by...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Australia has a responsibility to protect the Pacific region from the impacts of climate change, PNG’s newly appointed Prime Minister has...

ANALYSIS: By Chris Turney in Sydney Late on Monday night, the City of Sydney became the first state capital in Australia to officially declare a...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A new handbook for the existential problem of our time – climate change – has been published as a boost for...

By RNZ Pacific A Fijian family may yet have their day in a European court in what is being seen as a landmark case in...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Concern over China’s growing influence in the Pacific has featured prominently in recent high-level meetings, announcements and in news media. China was...

UN Webcast reports on the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Fiji. By RNZ Pacific The UN Secretary General António Guterres has praised Fiji as a strong...

By Michael Andrew Older generations are failing to address climate change and they need the world’s youth to lead the way, says United Nations Secretary-General...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand's Zero Carbon Amendment Bill has no ability to enforce its climate change targets, warns Greenpeace Aotearoa's chief, a former...

By Megan Darby, deputy editor of Climate Home News China launched an “international green development coalition” last week, in the face of growing concern about...

By Natalie Sauer in London and Rachel Waldholz in Berlin In more than 100 countries on Friday, young people spilled out of schools and into...

By Jope Tarai in Suva The threat of rising global temperatures on Pacific ecosystems is not only a scientific analysis but a reality for many...

Anote's Ark trailer By RNZ Pacific A Canadian film about climate change in Kiribati and the Pacific has won the top prize at the 16th Pacific...