Five generations of families are buried in Sigatoka,Fiji. This week the ocean lapped the shore with the threat of economic and environmental destruction.
Ambitions to host the next major COP climate conference will heap pressure on Labor to raise its climate change ambitions in time for the summit in 2024.
Ahead of her meeting with her China counterpart,Penny Wong criticised Beijing’s failure to pressure Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
After the Glasgow climate conference,one thing is clear:Australia failed to impress.
The Fijian Prime Minister writes on the disappointments of COP26 - and on some of the breakthroughs that show all is not lost.
Over the past 12 days or so there’s been ample evidence that Australia is seen as out of line,at least among advanced economies,on climate
Fiji’s president provided Scott Morrison with a copy of Fiji’s climate change act,which Frank Bainimarama hopes could serve as a model for Australia.
As the Glasgow climate talks loom the small island nations with the most at stake are demanding real action from their more powerful neighbours,Australia included.
Leaders around the world have expressed shock at the storming of the Capitol in the United States,a country they once relied upon for global leadership.
Fiji's prime minister says Australia and other wealthy nations must act on climate change and cannot treat the Pacific like sacrificial canaries in a coal mine.
The PM has slapped down Alan Jones'tirade on 2GB radio on Thursday,saying it was"very disappointing"and"way out of line".