The far-flung nations of the Pacific face a common challenge this year: spiking prices of fuel and food.
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New Zealand’s decision to renew oil and gas exploration could place it in breach of emerging international climate law.
Four Pacific nations are backing deep-sea mining, while others worry about environmental consequences. The split could threaten the region’s climate leadership.
Climate change is already hitting hard in Fiji. But when communities respond collectively, they can find new livelihoods.
Vanuatu’s climate case at the International Court of Justice poses a real challenge to Australia’s standing in the region.
Fossil fuel exports are important to Australia. Now its neighbours are asking it to stop.
World Bank president Ajay Banga is in Australia to secure funding for sustainable economic development and critical infrastructure in the world’s poorest nations.
When Australian leaders go to the main Pacific nations meeting, there’s a fossil fuel elephant in the room.
Weakening climate ambition as China strengthens its climate targets would undercut Australia’s strategy in our Pacific region.
As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen lands in Dubai for COP28, Australia has announced an extra A$150 in climate finance with a focus on the Pacific region.
The new government is likely to increase the numbers of workers coming to New Zealand on seasonal work schemes. But the impact on Pacific economies and communities is now too great to be ignored.
By choosing to play for their ancestral homes, Pacific footballers might lose the chance of bigger pay checks, but they still win at a cultural level. And the payoff for the game is immense.
For centuries, Pacific Islands have been raided by mining interests with little to show for it. Harnessing their enormous green mineral wealth must be done justly.
This week, Austalia began a climate pivot on its relationship with the region. Fossil fuels are out and exporting green energy and green manufacturing techniques are in.
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