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Professor Mark Howden, Mahealani Delaney, ‘Ofa Ma’asi-Kaisamy - 30 Mar 2023
Pacific Islands are holding the front line of climate change, but this is a global fight
We know how to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius and avoid the worst climate change impacts for Pacific Island nations. But we must act now, and action must be worldwide. This week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report, bringing together seven years of research on the global state of climate…
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Sinclair Dinnen - 8 Mar 2023
Plural Policing in the Pacific Islands
Can the plural qualities of Pacific Islands policing be harnessed to produce better security outcomes for all? While we commonly think of it as the domain of professional police officers, a broader conception of policing reveals a more complex and plural reality. If we take policing to include order maintenance, peacekeeping, rule & law enforcement,…
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Vehia Wheeler - 31 Jan 2023
Reflections on COP27: Why Indigenous peoples’ representation matters
A Tahitian PhD student shares her experience of seeing some Pacific territories represented by colonial countries at COP27. The Pacific region or Oceania, which starts from Asia in the east and expands all the way to the Americas in the West, covers one-third of the world. A third of the world is mostly a great,…
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Telusa Fotu Tu’i’onetoa - 21 Dec 2022
Is aid to Tonga reaching those who need it most?
When Tonga experienced a wave of disasters earlier this year, the world rallied in support, but the Tongan government and its international partners must work hard to ensure aid can reach those who need it most, Telusa Fotu Tu’i’onetoa writes. Tonga is one of the most natural disaster prone nations on earth. From October to…
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Akka Rimon - 15 Dec 2022
Can the Pacific Engagement Visa support climate displaced peoples?
By prioritising the Pacific Island countries that are most at risk of climate-induced displacement in its new Pacific Engagement Visa program, the Australian Government can be a leader in the region, Akka Rimon writes. The introduction of Australia’s Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) represents a new era for Pacific migration. Commencing in mid-2023, the visa will…
Security Snapshot
Australia Pacific Security College - 24 Nov 2022
Pacific Security Snapshot: 24 November 2022
The security stories shaping the region Pacific leaders have left COP27 with a loss and damage fund, as cyber, gender and health security issues receive attention in the region. COP27 has come to a close with an agreement over the establishment of a ‘loss and damage’ fund, one of the key finance goals for…
