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“We’re survivors:” Marshall Islands leaders look to Hawaii for adapting to climate change crisis

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Within the next 40 years, the Marshall Islands will cease to exist. That’s according to the Kwajalein Atoll Sustainability Laboratory (KASL), citing U.S Department of...

Pacific amplifies SIDS voices at global climate finance dialogue

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The Pacific region was well represented at the UNFCCC 5th Technical Expert Dialogues (TED) Under the Ad Hoc Work Program on the New Collective...

Vanuatu twin cyclones underscore the Pacific’s vulnerability to compounding climate-disaster risks

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ESCAP expert opinion piece by Sanjay Srivastava, Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Sudip...

Climate crisis, pandemic, market isolation keeping Tuvalu on LDC list says PM Natano

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Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano has asked a global conference on the world’s least developed countries for indexing that highlights vulnerability to climate as...

Food, health concerns in the aftermath of Vanuatu storms

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As the floodwaters recede in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu, officials are assessing the medium- and longer-term requirements, including food security, health needs and improving disaster preparedness. Residents...

‘Six billion vatu’ Vanuatu twin cyclone disaster cost

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The initial estimate of the recovery cost following Vanuatu's twin cyclone disaster is estimated at six billion vatu (US$50 million). Cyclones Judy and Kevin caused...

Climate change, a human rights issue: Fiji AG

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Climate change is an emerging human rights issue posing a serious risk to the fundamental rights to life, health, food and an adequate standard...

Pacific migrant workers share their stories of human rights and climate mobility

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The UN Human Rights Office has launched Pacific Climate Tales – an animated video series where migrant workers from the Pacific region share their...

Pacific migrant workers share their stories of human rights and climate mobility

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The UN Human Rights Office has launched Pacific Climate Tales – an animated video series where migrant workers from the Pacific region share their...

Pacific islanders head to Australia for jobs as climate fears grow

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Over the years, Claire Anterea has waved goodbye to numerous friends and family members as they left the Pacific island nation of Kiribati for...

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New World Bank regional hub signals growing commitment to the North Pacific

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The World Bank has officially opened a permanent office in Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, following several years of an expanding presence...

New Queensland Trade Commissioner role strengthens Pacific relationship

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Queensland’s economic presence in the Pacific will be strengthened by the appointment of Leata Alaimoana as Trade Commissioner for the region. Alaimoana was Impact Investment...

PINA Statement on the Fiji Government’s decision to totally repeal the MIDA Act 2010

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The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) joins the Fijian Media Association (FMA) in welcoming the decision of the Coalition Govt in Fiji to repeal...