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Why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis

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Emily Wilkinson, Co-director, Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Matt Bishop, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Sheffield, and Nadia Sánchez Castillo-Winckels, Visiting Research Fellow, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University Small island states are losing their patience with big polluting nations as they suffer the devastating impacts of climate...

China and Australia must not turn Solomon Islands into a gun state again

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By Dorothy Wickham My country once lived in fear of the gun. Thousands of weapons, many stolen from police armouries, fuelled the years of violence known as “the tensions”, and disarming the police and population took years. Now, it seems China and Australia want to turn Solomon Islands into a gun state again. This week Australia announced it would give the...

Toa Samoa advance to semi-finals with thrilling win over Tonga

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Toa Samoa are through to the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in history, after emerging 20-18 winners over arch-rivals Tonga in an intense quarter-final in Warrington. After establishing an eight-point lead with 20 minutes to go, Samoa held on bravely as Tonga stormed home and threatened to steal a winning try in the final minute of the match. In...

Kiwis handed ‘crazy’ penalty in ‘cruel’ end to Fiji’s tournament

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New Zealand scraped to 18- 22 victory over Fiji in a tight World Cup quarterfinal after the Kiwis were awarded a controversial penalty for a strip on fullback Joey Manu. In the 70th minute as the scores sat 18-all, Manu charged into the line and looked to have clearly lost the ball as referee Gerard Sutton signalled a knock-on. The Kiwis...

Australia break Fiji hearts to win Hong Kong Sevens

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Australia clinched a thrilling final 20-17 to claim the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens crown and bring to an end Fiji’s dominance that had seen them take the last five titles in Hong Kong. A pulsating end-to-end final played in an electrifying atmosphere was settled in the final minute when Nathan Lawson scored in the corner to cue wild celebrations...

Scotland survive Fiji fright in Autumn Nations Series

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Scotland saw off Fiji 28-12 at Murrayfield on Saturday in unconvincing fashion as they recorded their first win of this year's Autumn Nations Series campaign. George Turner's try gave Scotland an early lead but the visitors, coached by former Scotland boss Vern Cotter, hit back with two of their own before the hosts managed to lead 14-12 at the interval. Tries...

Six-try Italy sweep aside Samoa in opening Autumn Test

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Italy kicked off their Autumn Nations Series campaign with a thumping 49-17 win over Samoa on Saturday, their fourth victory in their last five Tests. Keiran Crowley's side ran in six tries in a dominant display in Padua, with Pierre Bruno and Monty Ioane both dotting down twice and further scores from Juan Ignacio Brex and Lorenzo Cannone on his...

Ishmael Kalsakau is Vanuatu’s Prime Minister elect

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After more than six hours of the first sitting of the new Vanuatu Parliament, former Vanuatu Deputy PM Ishmael Kalsakau was elected by an overwhelming majority of 50 out of 52 Members to be Prime Minister of the Pacific nation. President of the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP), Ishmael Kalsakau was the only nominee for Prime Ministership after his nomination...

More funding needed for climate adaptation, as risks mount

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Countries must urgently ramp up action to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change, as efforts now are too little and too slow, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in its latest report, published on Thursday. The Adaptation Gap Report 2022 has been released ahead of the COP27 UN climate conference, which opens this weekend in Sharm...

Small island, big ocean: Niue makes its entire EEZ a marine park

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By Monica Evans When Niueans are babies, their parents traditionally take them down to the seashore and throw them in the water so they learn to swim, Mona Ainu’u told Mongabay. That’s more important in Niue than most places. The country’s 260-square-kilometer (100-square-mile) land area is a single chunk of coral jutting out of the South Pacific Ocean; its...

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