Disaster
Fiji is moving to link national climate targets, Pacific-led funding and on-ground adaptation through a USD $5.7 million project supporting 14 vulnerable coastal communities.
An on-Country conference is prioritising First Nations voices in emergency management and recovery to to drive an Indigenous‑led national conversation on disaster resilience.
The Fiji Government has secured a $37.3 million grant to strengthen climate resilience in vulnerable coastal communities facing rising seas, erosion, saltwater intrusion and extreme weather.
With an uncertain climate future ahead, the resilience and millennia of knowledge of First Peoples is being prioritised and canvassed as potentially holding some answers as environmental disaster thre...
Cultural burning is a thousands of years old custom crucial for health of Country, community resilience and for the generations ahead. Bunyah Local Aboriginal Land Council carried out a burn in Cowarr...
The Fiji Government has launched a farm recovery program and home gardening initiative after Tropical Cyclone Vaianu caused an estimated $1.5 million in agricultural losses across key farming regions.
Japan has provided Fiji with a 400 million Japanese yen assistance package to strengthen the Republic of Fiji Military Forces' (RFMF) disaster response capacity, deepening security cooperation between...
Imangara residents have returned home this week following flooding in late February. As floodwaters receded, contractors and Northern Territory government staff have been onsite since 10 March to rest...
More than 1000 people have been evacuated from remote Northern Territory communities due to Cyclone Narelle, with more extreme weather set for Australia's north.
Tonga's coastlines have been evacuated after a 7.6 ‌magnitude earthquake struck near the ‌islands, but no wider tsunami warning was issued.
A sandbagged and already-saturated outback town is back on major flood alert as it continues a rollercoaster ride through consecutive storms.
Torres Strait Islander public health academic Francis Nona has called on the medical profession to address the rising health inequity of Indigenous peoples due to climate change.
The federal government has opened the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT) Field Hospital in East Katherine as the region continues to grapple with severe flooding caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone...
