Tag: Coal mining
‘We have to keep pressuring Australia to do the right thing’,...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
Tuvalu's Transport, Energy, and Communications Minister Simon Kofe has expressed doubt about Australia's reliability in addressing the climate...
World strikes ‘uncomfortable’ pact at COP26 climate summit
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...
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...
Morrison’s attitude ‘neo-colonial’, says Tuvalu PM
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,"...
‘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...
Australia ‘waters down’ Tuvalu Forum communique’s climate references
By RNZ Pacific
Australia looks to have succeeded in watering down language on climate change in the communiqué of today's Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit...
Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest
French television journalist Hugo Clément speaking out about the arrest in Queensland on Monday. Video: Euronews
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has...
RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Australian authorities to drop all charges against four French TV journalists who –...
Britain, home of industrial revolution, plans ‘net-zero’ climate change
ANALYSIS: By Megan Darby in London
A world-leading climate action plan or a betrayal of future generations? The UK's net zero emissions plan certainly sorted...
Activists fear Indian proposal for coal reserves in Indonesian-ruled Papua
By Febriana Firdaus in Jakarta
As it seeks to diversify its sources of fuel, India is looking to get in on the ground floor of...
Australia’s ‘dirty’ coal hypocrisy threatens Pacific climate security
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
As Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prepares to meet with his island counterparts this week in Apia, Samoa, Pacific civil society...
The world climate leaders’ summit you didn’t hear about
ANALYSIS: By Rod Campbell
As much of the world watched the G20 last week, another leaders’ summit was on in Fiji.
Fiji will chair the next...
Keep fossil fuels in ground, say Pacific groups demanding ‘real climate...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
As Pacific leaders gather in Fiji, civil society groups are urging them to take the strongest possible climate message to the...
Greenpeace Indonesia protesters target US climate policy ‘disaster’
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Greenpeace Indonesia has staged a protest in front of the US embassy in Jakarta over the decision of President Donald...
Coal comfort: Pacific nations on carbon collision course with Australia
By Dr Wesley Morgan in Suva
Uniquely vulnerable to the impacts of a warming world, Pacific island countries have long been considered the front-line of...