More than 30 years since Vanuatu raised the question “Who should pay for climate catastrophe?”, the issue of irreversible “loss and damage” from the climate crisis is set to be one of the central issues at COP27
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WTO fisheries agreement will not help poverty alleviation in least developed countries
WTO must heed the call by small fisherfolks and discipline those responsible for the negative impacts of fisheries subsidies, says PANG Campaigner as 16 percent of the total global fisheries subsidies reach the small-scale fishers while at least 90 percent to large scale industrialised fisheries
The climate crisis threatens to rob us not just of our living, but also of our dead
When atoll nations are told that they may have to leave due to rising seas, I think of their fathers’ and mothers’ bones. Climate crisis threatens Pacific island nations – they rob us not just of the living, but also of our dead, writes Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson.
Tongan volcano eruption unleashed highest plume on record
Tonga’s underwater volcanic eruption produced the highest recorded plume that has extended more than halfway to space, researchers say
If we protect it, the ocean can help solve the climate crisis
The ocean plays a vital role in moderating global temperatures and countries should use it as a major tool to fight climate change, writes Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama
How do we mourn an island? Where do we mark its grave?
Marshall Islands is uniquely at risk for climate change, islets are disappearing, and it is so dire that we’ve been forced as a nation to completely change the way we plan for our future, writes Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner.
No more drinking water, little food: our island is a field of bones
Banaba in the central Pacific is a microcosm of what has happened to this planet. It’s a place that cannot be brought back into balance without focused and collaborative care, writes Katerina Teaiwa
On Guam there is no birdsong, you cannot imagine the trauma of a silent island
Climate change, invasive species and military expansion have formed an unholy trinity that threatens our small but ancient civilization on the island of Guam, writes Julian Aguon
In my house is a Tuvaluan basket, a tiny piece of an island the world cannot fail
I will never throw away this basket from Tuvalu, an island nation that could become completely uninhabitable and disappear under the sea in the terrifyingly near future, writes Kate Lyons
Vanuatu elevates draft resolution to UNGA requesting an advisory opinion from ICJ on climate change
Humanity must “leave no stone unturned in its effort to address the climate crisis,” says Vanuatu’s special climate envoy