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COP30: Pacific leaders now have world court backing to call countries to account over climate risk

At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, Pacific Island states are making a familiar plea to keep warming at 1.5°C. But now they have the backing of a legal opinion that has transformed climate action ... Read More

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea. Madeleine Lavemai, left, and Sulia Makasini were students from Tonga attending ... Read More

The Pacific won a landmark climate case at the world’s top court. Now they want countries to act.

In January 2004, Cyclone Heta pummeled the shores of the island nation of Niue, uprooting trees and flooding homes with 184 mile-per-hour winds and 164-foot waves. As dawn approached, after an intense ... Read More

How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables

Wesley Morgan is a fellow at the Climate Council of Australia Scott Hamilton is a Director and Senior Advisor to the not-for-profit organisation Smart Energy Council and the not-for-profit Renewable ... Read More

With global powers barred, can Pacific nations find unity at their annual summit?

Meg Keen leads the Pacific Research Program at the ANU which receives funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). All research conducted under this program is ... Read More