Pacific leaders are seeking support for regional climate-finance options that give communities better access and stronger input into global decision making.
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The International Court of Justice is hearing testimony from climate crisis-affected nations and will issue the first ever legal advice on governments’ legal obligations to prevent climate change.
The real beneficiaries of climate finance for small island nations are private contractors brought in to build resilient infrastructure. There are now calls for a fairer money dispersal system.
The UK’s handover of the Chagos archipelago and retention of Diego Garcia is a strategic move that raises questions about the intentions of major powers’ relations with small island nations.
The ruling could be a legal game-changer for small island nations that are trying to hold developed nations to account for the impacts of their greenhouse gas emissions.
Any decision to authorise offshore drilling and other activities contributing to climate change will now need to be assessed under the law of the sea in addition to international climate agreements.
Small island developing states are seeking a legal ‘advisory opinion’ from an international tribunal on whether climate change falls under the international law of the sea.
While Australia worries about Chinese influence, Pacific nations are more worried about climate change. By boosting climate ambition, Australia could be the region’s security partner of choice.
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Professor in Law, University of Canterbury
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Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Lecturer and Research Fellow in Ocean Governance, University of Melbourne and Postdoctoral Researcher, UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Pretoria
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Researcher, Oceans Regions Programme, University of Pretoria
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Director, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury
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Legal Researcher, PhD Candidate and Lead of the African Climate Law Programme, Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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General Manager Atmosphere and Climate, Earth Sciences New Zealand
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Solomon Islands National University