Tag: Climate crisis

RNZ Pacific Pacific civil society organisations say COP26 was the most exclusionary and inequitable of the annual United Nations climate negotiations so far and the...

By Luke Nacei in Suva Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has hit out at the Fiji government, calling on Prime Minister Voreqe...

ANALYSIS: By Robert Hales, Griffith University and Brendan Mackey, Griffith University After two hard-fought weeks of negotiations, the Glasgow climate change summit is, at last,...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Chloé Farand, Joe Lo, Isabelle Gerretsen and Megan Darby After a series of tense huddles, more than 24 hours into overtime, the gavel went...

COMMENTARY: By Reverend James Bhagwan The climate emergency is the result of an ethical, moral and spiritual crisis, manifested in a fixation on profit. The extractive...

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...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis What do you do when the other small island nations don’t recognise your brilliance and won’t go along with your suggestions? Well,...

EDITORIAL: By the Post-Courier editors Prime Minister James Marape has defended the massive cost of sending a 62-strong delegation to the COP26 Climate Summit in...

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...

Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley speaking on the indigenous challenge to the "colonial project" at the COP26 opening ... “In the US and Canada...

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...

By Talebula Kate in Suva Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was briefed yesterday on Fiji’s priority areas ahead of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) which...

By Peter Kenny in Geneva The Pacific Islands are in grave danger and at the frontline of global climate change and the United Nations Conference...

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...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Greenpeace Aotearoa has again condemned New Zealand Rugby for its "destructive" undermining of the Pacific on climate change after an open...

By Timoci Vula in Suva The University of Canterbury and the University of the South Pacific are partnering in a unique research project that will...

By Timoci Vula in Suva Nearly two years since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, its global socioeconomic “headwinds” have blown many countries far off...

RNZ Pacific The Marshall Islands has issued a plea for help and a call to action at the US Leaders Summit on Climate Change. Addressing the...

New Zealand has long had a privileged relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Now, in the dawning era of the climate crisis affecting millions of...

ANALYSIS: By David Hall, Auckland University of Technology; Raven Cretney, University of Waikato; and Sylvia Nissen There is no question that we must act, and...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Joe Biden is almost certain to be the next president of the United States, ushering in a welcome return to engagement...

By RNZ News The Green Party say voters have given a strong signal they are valued in the New Zealand government, and they have ambitions...