Pacific communities have always been resilient, surviving on islands in the middle of oceans for more than 3,000 years. But climate change is an unprecedented challenge.
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COP25 has come and gone, another missed opportunity to use women’s knowledge to mitigate climate change.
Vanuatu has banned them outright, while many Chinese families use just one every 24 hours. So why are Australians still sending millions of dirty nappies to landfill every single day?
Scott Morrison stepped up Australia’s engagement with the Pacific by visiting Vanuatu and Fiji last week and announcing a bilateral partnership with the latter. Here’s what he achieved.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s historic visit to Vanuatu is centred around security. This fits a pattern shifting the focus from development to militarisation in Australia’s Pacific foreign policy.
The reports are speculative at best, but that hasn’t stopped a torrent of over-wrought commentary on Chinese military expansion and the potential threat to Australia.
Ambae does not fit the stereotypical image of a volcano, and it poses a significant threat.
The best of global cinema from Germany to Iran and Vanuatu.
Melanesia’s oceans are worth at least US$5.4 billion, but are under increasing threat.
Studying diverse languages gives us invaluable insights into human cognition but more become endangered every month.
The new Australian film Tanna, which won two awards at Venice Film Festival, is as much a tale about romance as it is globalisation.
As Prime Minister Tony Abbott attends the Pacific Island Forum summit today, attention has again turned to how the low-lying islands will deal with global warming.
Food has been scarce for many rural people in Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam – but overall, they now have greater security of food supply than they did in the past.
One of the most hotly debated questions in Vanuatu has been about how communities can rebuild so that they are safer and more resilient to future cyclones. That’s not as simple as you might think.
This Sunday marks 100 days since Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu, with ceremonies in villages across the nation to mourn the 11 people who died. Meanwhile, islands left brown in the aftermath are green again.
To rely on tourism to rebuild Vanuatu’s economy is lazy policy and economically fraught. There are other opportunities, despite the challenges.
Natural disasters are becoming more frequent, with more people with less money exposed to a greater number of hazards.
The people of Vanuatu have always had to cope with extreme weather events, but natural disasters on the scale of Cyclone Pam test their strengths and leave areas of vulnerability exposed.
Vanuatu’s tourism industry has taken a beating from Cyclone Pam, but prospective visitors shouldn’t think that will be the case long-term.
Any public health assessment of Vanuatu should include the identification of immediate needs and associated risks, as well as put in plans for mitigating future natural disasters.
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Geography and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
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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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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Development Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Television Studies, Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
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Manager, National Heritage Registry, Vanuatu Cultural Centre
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Lecturer in Geology, Macquarie University
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Associate professor of Scandinavian film and television, Aalborg University
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)