Pacific Island states

Pacific leadership on climate change is necessary and inevitable

Post by on July 16, 2019   Views: 9

The office of Nei Tabera Ni Kai (NTK), a film unit based in the town of Taborio, in the small island nation of Kiribati, is a small concrete building situated two metres above sea level, 30 metres from the lagoon on one side and 45 metres from the ocean on the other. Stacked under the […]

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For Pacific Island States, Climate Change Is an Existential Threat

Post by on June 05, 2017   Views: 24

U.S. withdrawal from the Paris agreement is deeply concerning to leaders in the Pacific.  By Grant Wyeth The decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change has caused much concern across the Pacific. Pacific Island states are some of the most vocal advocates for aggressive carbon reduction […]

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‘Small and Far’: Pacific Island States Gather at Annual Forum

Post by on September 09, 2016   Views: 458

The 16 states are meeting this week to discuss regional challenges, particularly climate change. Source: https://thediplomat.com/, By Grant Wyeth The 47th Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting began this week on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. The meeting will bring together the leaders of 16 Pacific Island states to provide a platform discuss the […]

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Five Pacific islands lost to rising seas as climate change hits

Post by on May 10, 2016   Views: 25

Six more islands have large swaths of land, and villages, washed into sea as coastline of Solomon Islands eroded and overwhelmed Headlines ‘exaggerated’ climate link to sinking of Pacific islands Five tiny Pacific islands have disappeared due to rising seas and erosion, a discovery thought to be the first scientific confirmation of the impact of […]

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