Tag: environment

Scientists in Samoa have issued a dire warning about the fate of the national bird, which features on the country's bank notes and coins. Acccording...

Report and video story by TJ Aumua for Asia Pacific Report Name: Jale Samuwai Curuki Age: 30 Occupation: PhD candidate, University of the South Pacific Passion: Accounting, climate...

By Vanuatu Daily Digest Imagine With Me is a new Vanuatu Tourism Office promotion video shot in several spectacular locations around Efate island by local production...

The Pacific Islands are a step closer to having their very own Pacific Climate Change Centre to be hosted at the Secretariat of the...

By Simon Albert, Alistair Grinham, Badin Gibbes, Javier Leon and John Church Sea-level rise, erosion and coastal flooding are some of the greatest challenges facing...

Fires in Indonesia, which burned more than 2.1 million hectares of forest and peatlands in 2015, have raged in dry seasons year on year,...

Almost two months following the most devastating cyclone to have ever hit Fiji, the country’s people and biodiversity are still struggling towards recovery, Anuja...

By Thomas Leaycraft of Scoop The "window of possibility" for less than 2 degree C temperature rise will close in the next 10 years, says...

By Thomas Leaycraft of Scoop When Kiribati President Anote Tong told his story about climate change to the United Nations General Assembly, they didn’t listen. “They...

One of the biggest and most controversial trade deals in history has been signed by ministers from the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas, as...

Report by Pacific Media Watch in Apia Pacific delegations to COP21 were part of the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change reached by negotiators last...

Report by Pep Canadell and Rob Jackson in Sydney The Paris climate agreement is an extraordinary achievement. It codifies the long-term goal of keeping global...

By Kumi Naidoo in Paris THE WHEEL of climate action turns slowly, but in Paris it has turned. There’s much in this deal - the...

New China TV video clip of the historic moment Report by Pacific Media Watch Delegates from 195 nations have reached an unprecedented agreement on global climate...

Report by Rapid News Organisers of the #COP21 climate talks in Paris say a final draft text has been agreed after nearly two weeks of...

Report by Makereta Komai in Paris The three major oil and gas economies - Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela - have emerged as main stumbling...

Report by Samisoni Pareti in Paris A young Pacific Islander’s plea for world leaders to help save her island nation from the impacts of climate...

An Amy Goodman interview reporting from Paris. Image: Democracy Now! Report by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Before the United Nations climate change summit in Paris,...

Report by Professor Crispin Maslog in MANILA As 190 nations grapple with the world's future at the global climate summit in Paris, forest fires in...

By Makereta Komai in Paris After a week of negotiations, negotiators from 195 countries have produced a Draft Paris Outcome that is likely to become...

Analysis by Mychaylo Prystupa In sharp contrast to the hopefulness that some environmentalists are expressing at the COP21 climate summit, iconic Canadian activist and...

Report by Ryan Dagur in Jakarta While countries consider their climate change options for the future at COP21 in Paris, forest fires and the ensuing...