Tag: Glasgow
Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’
By David Robie
Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to...
Pacific civil society disappointed over ‘big let down’ COP26 climate summit
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...
COP26 climate trip branded ‘junket’ – Prasad slams 36-strong Fiji team
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...
It’s time to deliver on Pacific climate financing, says Cook Is...
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...
Post-Courier: PNG presence must reflect climate change solutions
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, EU launch landmark ‘blue green’ climate alliance
RNZ Pacific
Pacific and European Union negotiators have launched the Blue Green Alliance at the COP26 Conference of Parties' climate summit in Glasgow.
The EU's Ambassador...
COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but...
ANALYSIS: By Robert McLachlan, Massey University
As the Glasgow climate summits gets underway, New Zealand’s government has announced a revised pledge, with a headline figure...
Pasifika climate activist’s cry to COP: ‘We’re not drowning, we’re fighting’
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter
A New Zealand Pasifika climate activist has told the UN climate meeting that young Pacific people are not...
‘Don’t fudge with our future’, Māori climate activist warns COP26
Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley speaking on the indigenous challenge to the "colonial project" at the COP26 opening ... “In the US and Canada...
Pacific nations will be mostly unheard at critical COP26 climate summit
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...
Bainimarama briefed on Fiji, Pacific priorities at COP26 to dodge disaster
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...
Pacific ‘in peril’ if COP26 doesn’t work, warns regional church leader
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...
COP26: Time for New Zealand to show regional leadership on climate...
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...
Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses,...
ANALYSIS: By Wesley Morgan, Griffith University
The Pacific Islands are at the frontline of climate change. But as rising seas threaten their very existence, these...
Cardinal’s message for COP26 climate conference: ‘Listen to the Pacific’
Kaniva Tonga
Cardinal Soane Patita Mafi has a message for the politicians who will soon gather for next month's COP 26 conference, regarded by many...