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'Global Precedent' Set as UN Rules Climate Refugees Cannot Be Sent Back to Life-Threatening Conditions
Behavior of Australia's Prime Minister at Pacific Islands Forum Makes Clear Climate Crisis Not A Priority
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, middle, watered down a climate crisis resolution this week at the Pacific Islands Forum.
"Watered-down climate language has real consequences—like water-logged homes, schools, communities, and ancestral burial grounds."
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Condemning 'Grossly Irresponsible' Inaction of World Powers, Fiji Unveils Ambitious Plan to Fight Climate Crisis
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fiji's climate minister, said the fight against the...
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In 'Visionary' Document, Small Island Nations Declare 'Climate Crisis' in Pacific
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A family wading through the salty sea water that flooded their village in Eita, Kiribati, on September 30, 2015.
Declaration includes demand for end to fossil fuel development and for nations...
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Yutu
'Like a Small War Just Passed Through': Super Typhoon Yutu Leaves US Islands in Pacific 'Mangled'
Pacific Islanders Demand End of Fossil Fuels to Create 'Better, More Just World'
Pacific Islands Nations Consider 'Pioneering' Treaty to Ban Fossil Fuels
'Warning for the World': Five Pacific Islands Officially Lost to Rising Seas
Despite Taking Lead on Global Stage, Fiji Pays Price for Climate Crisis
'The Warning Bells are Deafening': Super El Niño Threatening Global Hunger Crisis
No Place to Run: Pacific Islanders 'Trapped' in Path of Rising Seas
Most Vulnerable Pacific Islands Demand Global Moratorium on New Coal
Pacific Islanders Say Climate Finance 'Essential' for Paris Agreement
Officials Blame Climate Change for 'Worse Than Worst Case Scenario' in Vanuatu
Spy Agencies Used 'Giant Vacuum Cleaner' to Collect Data Across Pacific
Warming Oceans Are Bleaching Coral Reefs, Putting Ecosystems at Risk

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Australia Disregards Pacific Islands States on Climate Crisis
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In the Wake of Cyclone Winston, 350.org Pacific Stands with Fiji and Urges Global Climate Action
Oxfam International
Fiji Government Trying to Contact Tropical Cyclone Winston Blackspots as Death Toll Rises
Greenpeace
Urgent Call from Pacific Nations for Dialogue on Coal and Climate Change
350.org
Pacific Climate Warriors from 12 Countries Blockade World’s Largest Coal Port
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Pacific Islanders Prepare to Block World's Largest Coal Port in Traditional Canoes...
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