Tag: islands
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Faroe Islands: Vote to amend outdated law “an important step towards safe and legal abortion”
Reacting to today’s vote by the Faroese parliament (the ‘Lagtinget’/‘Løgting’) to amend the law to…
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‘Long on talk and short on action’: Papua New Guinea leader criticises Cop climate summits ahead of Brazil meeting | Pacific islands
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, has criticised Cop climate summits as “long on…
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‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say | Pacific islands
Climate and migration experts are calling for urgent action to create legal pathways for people…
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Pacific: ‘Navigating injustice’: Climate displacement from the Pacific Islands of Tuvalu and Kiribati to Aotearoa New Zealand
As human-induced climate change threatens the human rights of people living in the Pacific, many…
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Tropical Storm Jerry forms; a close pass by the Leeward Islands expected » Yale Climate Connections
Tropical Storm Jerry was named by the National Hurricane Center, or NHC, at 11 a.m.…
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Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say | Pacific islands
The climate crisis is driving a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the Pacific…
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Greenpeace USA Condemns U.S.–Cook Islands Deep-Sea Mining Talks as Backdoor Push for Extraction – Greenpeace
Greenpeace International activists peacefully confronted UK Royal Research Ship James Cook in the East Pacific…
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‘We don’t want to be climate refugees’: Torres Strait uncles fear for their islands and their people | Climate crisis
Uncle Paul Kabai and Uncle Pabai Pabai are afraid for the future of their ancestral…
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Pacific islands push back against growing climate threats
The Cook Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia are separated by around 6,000 kilometres…