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Weather resistant: $3m fund to protect Pacific projects
Australia will spend $3 million to buffer Pacific nations against the devastatin...
Pacific can't be a 'sacrifice zone', as advocates urge action to end fossil fuels era
The Pacific cannot be a "sacrifice zone" for the impacts of climate change, Indi...
Dechlan Brennan 7 Oct 2026
Lead the room in Antalya: why Australia should own loss, damage and adaptation finance at COP31
Australia should use its COP31 presidency of negotiations to continue to lead on...
What the world can learn from the Pacific
Many of the challenges Pacific peoples have navigated for generations are now be...
$3 million backs First Nations-led research putting Country at the heart of health
A 100 per cent First Nations research team will lead a new $3 million national p...
Nicole Brown 5 Oct 2026
Australia to face Pacific heat on fossil fuels at climate talks

Australia's climate credentials will face renewed scrutiny at an international summit in Fiji as the federal government considers approval for a major coal mine expansion.

Climate change legal precedents begin to unravel Pacific culture's emerging rights

Rising seas and environmental degradation are disrupting traditional Pacific practices, eroding Indigenous cultural connections and severing their relationships with ancestral lands and oceans accordi...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 28, 2026
Pacific leadership elevates regional priorities onto global agenda

Pacific Islands Forum leaders travelled to New York to stand together as a unified regional voice at the 81st session of the United Nations general assembly this week.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 25, 2026
Pacific nations unite ahead of global biodiversity talks

Fourteen Pacific Island countries have come together in Fiji to develop a coordinated regional position ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 23, 2026
Traditional Owners leading research on how Cultural Fire and Indigenous Knowledge Systems can strengthen climate resilience

Traditional Owners across Queensland are leading research on Country to better understand how Cultural Fire and Indigenous Knowledge Systems can strengthen climate resilience, support healthier grazin...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 22, 2026
Pacific friends to suffer from fossil-fuel 'hypocrisy'

Australia needs a firmer plan to transition away from fossil-fuel production to help protect Pacific nations from the effects of climate change, according to a new report.

Slashing fossil fuels is 'life and death' for Pacific

Major fossil fuel-producing nations including Australia must stop expanding coal and gas developments to prevent climate change devastating Pacific nations and forcing people to leave their homes.

UN weather agency warns El Niño to impact Pacific forecast for the next six months

The World Meteorological Organisation has predicted intensifying El Niño climate conditions will bring exceptionally warmer tropical weather to the Pacific Ocean than is usual over the coming m...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 12, 2026
Vanuatu’s food security under immense pressure from climate change

Extreme weather conditions in Vanuatu attributed to a recent climate-related El Niño event have damaged crops, threatening the country's food security and the livelihoods of its subsistence far...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 31, 2026
Traditional Owners to help shape $30 million program protecting Great Barrier Reef and Catchments

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the health of the Great Barrier Reef cannot be separated from the rivers, waterways and catchments flowing across Country.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 26, 2026
Pacific calls for fairer global biodiversity reporting ahead of COP17

Pacific nations have warned the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework could undercount conservation work across small island states ahead of the 17th Conference of...

Traditional Owners continue fight for climate justice in Torres Strait

Torres Strait Traditional Owner Uncle Pabai Pabai has vowed to continue fighting for his community and future generations as his landmark climate case returns to court.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 28, 2026
Tuvalu calls for stronger UN support to tackle Pacific security threats

Tuvalu has called for stronger United Nations support to address growing security threats facing Pacific-island countries. The tiny state which consists of three reef islands and six atolls told the U...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 21, 2026
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