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'We're not giving up': Beset by climate change, island nations act as conscience of a warming world

In the global power game of the U.N. General Assembly, small island states are often on the sidelines, offering moral advice to mightier nations which isn’t always heard

The Independent UK · Sep 26

Australia backs climate 'talkfest' despite leader snubs

Critics of the planned turnout to the Pacific pre-COP are being "really disrespectful" to the region's aspirations for the summit, Anthony Albanese says.

AAP · Sep 1

Push for leaders to see climate as gender issue

Global leaders are urged to consider the climate and gender equality crises as one and the same as women and girls bear the brunt of climate change impacts.

AAP · Apr 29

Tuvalu marks ‘momentous occasion’ with unveiling of its first ATMs

All banking in the Pacific nation used to be done in cash but that is about to change on the main island of Funafuti

The Guardian - AU · Apr 16, 2025

Taiwan's Lai Arrives In Tuvalu To Shore Up Pacific Allies

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te arrived in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu on Wednesday, as part of a trip aimed at shoring up international support for Taiwan as China seeks to poach its few remaining allies.

International Business Times · Dec 4, 2024

Climate-threatened Pacific Islands criticize Australia at Commonwealth meeting

Several Pacific island nations singled out Australia to do more to phase out fossil fuel exports during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which opened in Samoa on Thursday

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024

‘We will not allow others to determine our fate’: Pacific nations dial up pressure on Australia’s fossil fuel exports

Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Feleti Teo took to a stage in Apia, Samoa, on Thursday morning to say something pointed. Planned fossil fuel expansions in nations such as Australia represented, for his nation, a “death sentence”. The phrase “death sentence”, Teo said, had not been chosen lightly. He followed up with…

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2024

Climate action call as King presides over leaders meet

Australia and wealthier Commonwealth nations are being told to pay the rent on climate action as the Pacific faces an existential threat from rising sea levels.

AAP · Oct 23, 2024

‘Immoral and unacceptable’: Tuvalu calls on Australia to set urgent deadline to end fossil fuels

A day after agreement was ratified at the Pacific Island Forum, the country’s climate minister says ‘root cause of climate change’ must be addressed

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2024

'Groundbreaking' Australia-Tuvalu pact signed at summit

A year after signing the Falepili Union, the leaders of Australia and Tuvalu have held a ceremony to mark the realisation of the groundbreaking pact.

AAP · Aug 27, 2024