Tag: Global Warming
Women must be at centre of global climate solutions, says Fiji...
By Mereoni Mili in Bonn, Germany
It is important that women and girls remain in the centre of climate solutions.
These were the words of Fiji's...
David Hall: Emissions, not migration, the real climate change issue in...
ANALYSIS: By David Hall of AUT's The Policy Observatory
The problem with climate change – like any wicked problem – is that its story can...
Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Another Pacific talkfest but what about the carbon...
OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa in Apia
There is no doubt about it. The leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum in Apia this week have...
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...
NZ law student takes government to court over climate policy ‘failure’
Hamilton law student Sarah Thomson speaking about her court case against the NZ government. Video: Greenpeace NZ
A New Zealand law student is battling 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...
Fred Wesley: Our environment message needs to be in every corner...
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley
Today is a special day. On June 5 every year there is a concerted effort to promote awareness on the importance...
Don’t forget social aspects when protecting environment, says cleric
By John I. Borja in Hagåtña, Guam
The social aspects of climate change must be considered in efforts to protect the environment, says Guam’s coadjutor...
Climate change report will help countries cut emissions
Dr Morgan Wairiu speaking in a clip from the Asia Pacific Report interview. Video: PMC
Report by Kendall Hutt and video by Julie Cleaver in...
Eelco Rohling: We need to get rid of carbon in the...
ANALYSIS: By Professor Eelco Rohling in Canberra
Getting climate change under control is a formidable, multifaceted challenge. Analysis by my colleagues and me suggests that...
Bill McKibben: Stop swooning over Justin Trudeau – he’s a disaster...
OPINION: By Bill McKibben
Donald Trump is so spectacularly horrible that it’s hard to look away – especially now that he’s discovered bombs. But precisely...
AUT journalists head off to Fiji for Bearing Witness climate project
As schools, universities and other educational centres closed early today in the face of warnings over high winds and power outages with the full...
COP23 co-chairs plan ‘Bula Spirit’ to liven up climate change agenda
Highlighting the effects of climate change on small island states remains the central focus of upcoming climate negotiations co-chaired by Germany and Fiji.
United Nations...
NZ climate change protesters blockade oil conference in Taranaki
Climate change protesters blockaded the Petroleum Summit in the New Zealand city of New Plymouth today where the government was expected to announce the...
Accuracy the key in climate change reporting, student journos told
By Abishek Chand in Suva
Student journalists of the University of the South Pacific have been reminded about the threat of climate change and the...
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...
COP23 president Bainimarama to ‘reach out’ to Trump over climate
Flashback to Fiji in 2015 and the Pacific call for NZ to do more on climate change. Reporter Niklas Pedersen Video: Pacific Media Centre
By...
Pacific leaders continue the push for 1.5 degrees
The Pacific Islands Forum continues to push urgency towards limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, putting pressure on the negotiated well below 2 degrees goal of...
Climate change doco highlights Tokelau as world leader in ‘solar revolution’
The Asia-Pacific premiere of a documentary showcasing how the remote island dependency of Tokelau has became the world’s first solar-powered territory was screened this...
Climate change report confirms ‘worst fears’ for Pacific nations
The State of the Climate 2015 report released this week has reaffirmed that efforts by Pacific Island countries need to be accelerated to keep...
Neoliberalism poisoned climate action and renewables are the antidote
The dominance of ‘econobabble’ and market approaches have hurt climate action. That’s why renewable energy is vital to the future of the climate and the economy, write Dan...
Kayak climate protest for Pacific targets PM Turnbull at home
Members of Sydney’s Pacific Islander community and supporters are kayaking down Sydney Harbour to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s harbourside residence today to protest against...