Robert Glasser describes an extrapolation scenario from current climate science and observations of recent extreme climate-related hazards and their societal impacts in the Indo-Pacific.
Tag: environment
PNG Government claims on reducing export logging operations don’t stack up
ACT NOW says while it fully supports the government’s policy to stop all unprocessed log exports, PNG Forest Authority is misleading and failing the PM to implement the government’s policy
Why the International Space Station will crash down into the Pacific Ocean’s ‘spacecraft graveyard’
Experts say it is the safest option ISS will crash at Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean in 2031, despite the environmental impact
Pacific islands prepare for UNEA 5.2, marine and plastic pollution targeted
Pacific Islands to advance the fight against marine and plastic pollution at the Resumed Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly.
A plea to make widespread environmental damage an International Crime takes Centre stage at The Hague
During the International Criminal Court’s annual meeting, three nations threatened by climate change promoted a fifth international crime, called ecocide.
Australia accused of Pacific climate change con
A report accused Australia of wrongly claiming Pacific funding projects with no environmental benefit as climate adaption aid to meet its funding obligations to small island nations
Fiji government addresses plan to rip up reef
‘Take my word, the Ministry of Environment will not give any approval to any investor who will do any damage to our environment,’ say Fijian authorities following Newsroom’s investigation into a plan to excavate coral reef in Fiji
Horror at new plan to excavate pristine Fiji reef
Villagers and businesses fight back a Kiwi-led group that wants to create ‘world class’ surf waves by excavating two channels through coral reef off a pristine Fijian island group
My Family’s Pacific Island Home Is Grappling with Deep-Sea Mining
Rachel Reeves shares what she has learned being up close and personal with the debate on deep-sea mining.
Used oil management: How French territories are turning a problem into a solution
New Caledonia and Wallis & Futuna progress in managing used oil harmful to human health and the environment through existing legislative, technical and financial tools