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Pacific island nation charts path to diesel freedom
The world's smallest island nation is seeking to unshackle its power system from...
Poppy Johnston 8 May 2026
Hall of fame honour for late Indigenous music great
Six artists have been awarded the highest honour in Australian music, including...
Poppy Johnston 4 May 2026
Pacific declaration urges end to age of fossil fuels
Carbon capture and storage, geoengineering and other technologies that justify o...
Poppy Johnston 17 Apr 2026
Threatened island nation to host pre-climate meet talks
One of the nations most vulnerable to sea level rise will host leaders as part o...
Poppy Johnston 26 Feb 2026
Carbon credits seeding next chapter of Tiwi forestry
Forestry has long and complex past on the Tiwi Islands. Plantations on the islan...
Poppy Johnston 4 Feb 2026
Push to enshrine Pacific gender lens on COP31 agenda

Across the Pacific, rural women are bearing the brunt of a changing climate. Floods devastating crops, disappearing resources for cultural weaving and economic hardship fuelling gender-based violence...

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Poppy Johnston Dec 29, 2025
'Clear the way': Pacific leader digs in on COP31 bid

The incoming head of the next Pacific leader talks has urged Turkey to "clear the way" for the region to host the next United Nations climate talks.

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Poppy Johnston Sep 12, 2025
Australia squeezed on climate by Vanuatu minister

Australia has been urged to wind down its fossil fuel exports by Vanuatu's climate change adaptation minister, who says a recent advisory opinion from the World Court suggests the responsibilities of...

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Poppy Johnston Sep 11, 2025
Pacific's top issues on agenda at leaders-only retreat

With a climate resilience fund and a high-level agreement on regional peace in the bag, Pacific leaders will finish up multi-day talks at a private retreat.

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Poppy Johnston Sep 11, 2025
Pacific unity stressed at keystone regional summit

Regional unity at a time of rising competition between major powers has been stressed to a full house of Pacific leaders at key annual talks.

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Poppy Johnston Sep 10, 2025
Young Pacific leaders prompt World Court's climate reset

The climate justice movement's biggest win since the Paris agreement and its influence on major emitters, including Australia, is about to be put to the test.

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Poppy Johnston Sep 8, 2025
Climate finance crunch time at Pacific leader talks

Pacific leaders are set for a more intimate gathering than usual at key annual talks, but excluding some heavyweight nations may prove counterproductive to goals of luring crucial funding for the regi...

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Poppy Johnston Sep 8, 2025
The long, winding road to a climate-resilient Pacific

Helen Tony's life in a small and low-lying coastal village in the South Pacific is made increasingly difficult by a changing climate. Not only do rising seas and intensifying storms monster the shore...

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Poppy Johnston Jul 26, 2025
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