Tag: Pacific climate crisis
NZ election 2023: ‘Too cavalier’ – scientists call out Peters over...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has been spreading misleading climate information at public meetings during the Aotearoa...
Pacific, small island states slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime...
By Isabella Kaminski in Hamburg
The heads of small island states -- including four Pacific countries -- most vulnerable to climate change have criticised “endless”...
China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
While Japan’s discharge of nuclear waste waters into the Pacific from its Fukushima nuclear plant has been drawing flak across...
Samoan climate activist welcomes UN’s recognition of children’s rights
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
A young Samoan climate activist says the UN's new guidance on children's rights to a clean, healthy and sustainable...
Native Hawai’ian official blames colonisation, climate change for wildfires
RNZ Pacific
The board chair of the Office of Hawai'ian Affairs says the Maui wildfires were caused in part by climate change and colonisation.
Carmen Lindsey...
‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the historic beachside town of Lāhainā on the island of...
Researchers warn over climate crisis ‘fringe views’ danger as NZ election...
By David Robie
Two researchers examining responses to conspiratorial pandemic narratives have warned Aotearoa New Zealand not to be complacent over the risk of fringe...
Macron keen on Varirata forest lookout for bilateral talks with PNG
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
One of the world’s top leaders and G7 member French President Emmanuel Macron had his one-on–one bilateral talks with...
How mangroves are crucial for Fiji’s climate strategy – and the...
By Joeli Bili in Suva
Around the world, today - July 26 -- is commemorated as the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove...
NZ boosts support for ‘grassroots’ climate action in Solomon Islands
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
The New Zealand government has committed $15 million to support Solomon Islands provincial administrations to strengthen climate resilience at...
‘Bringing war much closer to home’ – Pacific elders denounce AUKUS...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor; Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital journalist; and Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
A group of former leaders of...
‘Frustrated’ USP law students were catalyst for landmark UN climate vote
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
There was euphoria at the campus of the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva in Fiji last Thursday...
As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis....
Monday’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has given a "final warning" to avert global catastrophe. Pacific cabinet ministers call on all world...
Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the...
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist
There is "is much to win by trying" to take action on climate change -- that is a...
Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing...
ANALYSIS: By Greg Fry and Terence Wesley-Smith
In his recently published article “Sea of many flags”, the head of the ANU National Security College Rory...
Climate data from Pacific has deteriorated, says new report
By Caleb Fotheringham for RNZ Pacific
The quality and quantity of Pacific Island climate data has been getting worse in recent decades according to a...
