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Pacific Climate Pioneer Still Fears For Island Nation's Future

A founding father of the Pacific climate movement on Thursday welcomed an international court's decision on global warming but said he fears for the future of his almost 30 grandchildren on low-lying Kiribati.

International Business Times

Former Kiribati leader rejects Chinese police on island

Former Kiribati president Anote Tong questioned his government's decision to allow uniformed Chinese police to help with law enforcement in the atoll nation.

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'Every choice matters': hundreds gather at climate change forum

'Should our governments allow new coal in the climate crisis?' was the question.

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Former president of Kiribati backs legal case against Australia over inaction on climate crisis

Anote Tong says that Australia needs to take responsibility for emissions caused by the export of its fossil fuels

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Pacific elders back Torres Strait climate action

The former president of Kiribati has lent his support to a court case brought by two Torres Strait Islanders to force Australia to further cut carbon emissions.

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‘No safe place’: Kiribati seeks donors to raise islands from encroaching seas

Pacific state needs billions for its ambitious plan – its president demands wealthy nations act to help now

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Global fund proposed for climate disasters

Australia and others would help poorer countries pay the damage bill for climate-fuelled disasters under a proposed global funding arrangement.

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Australia is funding just one-tenth of its fair share of global climate action, study finds

Wealthy high-polluting countries to face growing calls from poorer nations to help cover cost of extreme weather and sea level rises

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‘It doesn’t make sense’: Pacific leaders say Australia’s support for new coal at odds with Cop29 bid

Former Kiribati and Palau presidents say Australia’s should take a leadership position on climate at a ‘very perilous moment’ for the Pacific

The Guardian - AU

Australia should be regional 'big brother'

Former Pacific leaders are calling on the federal government to step up climate change action as the prime minister considers hosting an international summit.

AAP

Pacific Island high courts are still dominated by foreign judges, but a constitutional crisis in Kiribati is exposing the risks

The battle in Kiribati between the government and an Australian-born High Court justice has caused a constitutional crisis, drawing attention to the role and vulnerabilities of foreign judges in the Pacific — and there's a lot of them. So why does the region still have so many serving on its…

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The seas are rising on Pacific islands nations – but so is their powerful resistance

As the climate crisis threatens their existence, an assertive new collective are using their leverage as a flashpoint in geopolitical tensions

The Guardian - AU

‘Australia votes for climate action’: How the world framed Labor’s victory as a win for the planet

World leaders and foreign journalists all saw Labor's comitment to stronger climate action as the key takeaway from Saturday's federal election win.

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Australia to stand with Pacific islands on climate crisis and ‘respect’ region, Penny Wong says

New foreign affairs minister tells Pacific leaders Australia ‘will listen because we care’ after reports China may be seeking security agreement with Kiribati

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World leaders respond to Anthony Albanese’s Australian election victory

Pacific leaders welcome Labor’s plan for action on climate while one French minister says defeat of Scott Morrison ‘suits me very well’

The Guardian - AU

Former Kiribati president slams Australia’s ‘politicisation’ of climate action and power of fossil fuel lobby

Five days before Australian election, Anote Tong urges leaders to understand climate crisis means ‘survival is on the line’ for Pacific islands

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