Tag: Global Warming
Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific...
An entire Pacific country will upload itself to the metaverse. It’s...
ANALYSIS: By Nick Kelly, Queensland University of Technology and Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology
The Pacific nation of Tuvalu is planning to create a...
‘The most significant environmentalist in history’ is now king. Two Australian...
ANALYSIS: By Nicole Hasham, The Conversation
The natural world is close to the heart of Britain’s new King Charles III. For decades, he has campaigned...
Cyber attack on NZ sea level website blamed on anti-climate critics...
By John Lewis of the Otago Daily Times
Aotearoa New Zealand's new NZ SeaRise website, designed to show how the country's coastline will be affected...
Climate change: sea levels rising twice as fast as thought in...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter
Explosive new data shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in...
Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’
RNZ News
Deeper and and more rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit the worst effects of global warming, a climate scientist...
Fiji police block Suva climate change march marking COP26 protests
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Police stopped a climate change march in Suva today and forced activists to remove their banners.
They also warned demonstrators against making...
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...
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...
Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous
By Denis Muller in Melbourne
In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversation’s editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking...
Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in...
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...
UN Security-General tells youth be ‘noisy as possible’ on climate change
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...
Amnesty welcomes school climate strikes, warns ‘truant’ governments
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Amnesty International today warned that the failure of governments to tackle climate change could amount to the greatest inter-generational human rights...
World must take moral climate stand for humanity, warns Pacific expert
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...
Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down...
By Sara Stefanini and Karl Mathiesen in Katowice, Poland
In a moment of drama in Poland, countries have closed ranks against a push by oil...
Climate change advocacy calls for more ‘action’ response to Ardern’s UN...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently addressed the UN General Assembly about the reality of climate change in the Pacific, and the threat inaction holds...
Climate change and security big focus for Pacific Islands Forum in...
Climate change is a major worry to the Pacific Islands and it was the major talking point at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) earlier...
Boe climate and security pact big step forward, but lacks a...
The major item on the agenda at last week’s Pacific Islands Forum was climate change. However, a gender gap appears to be at play...
Pacific Climate Warriors rise for global day of ‘urgent action’
West Papua advocates talk about climate change and human rights. Video: Human Rights Watch
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Pacific Islanders across the Pacific and within Pacific...
Indonesia risks ending up with a doomed ‘can’t-do’ climate plan
By Warief Djajanto Basorie
Three hundred schoolchildren from the greater Jakarta area sat on a red carpet covering the cavernous Soedjarwo auditorium—named to honour the...
Foreign journalists ban over ferry disaster blamed on climate doco
What if your country was swallowed by the sea? Kiribati (pop. 100,000) is one of the first countries that must confront the main existential dilemma...
Kiribati – a Pacific ‘drowning paradise’ fighting for its existence
DW Documentary reports on Kiribati's struggle for survival with climate change. Video: DW
DOCUMENTARY: By Markus Henssler
Climate change and rising sea levels mean the island...