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Drowning nations: Kiribati and the South Pacific’s fight for survival
Irish Examiner
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August 29, 2025
When the tide comes in on Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, it often spills straight into people’s homes. Saltwater seeps into wells, flooding gardens where staple crops like taro once thrived. Families wake to waves crashing closer and closer to...
These countries are sinking into the sea. What happens when they disappear forever?
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries’ waters to the high seas: Study
Mongabay
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August 29, 2025
A new study found that more than half of the world’s straddling stocks will shift across the maritime borders between exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and the high seas by 2050. Most of these shifts will be into the high seas, where fisheries...
Kosrae-Nauru-Kiribati subsea cable set to start operating by November
The Pacific Island Times
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August 24, 2025
U.S. Embassy’s Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Amy Gradin, second from left, with international and community leaders celebrate the landing of the East Micronesia Cable System in in Kosrae on Aug. 18, 2025. The ceremony marked the floating of the...
Michigan Economic and Security Review group calls Ford-CATL partnership a high-risk tech venture
Genesee News - Michigan
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August 22, 2025
The Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group has declared the Ford-CATL partnership a high-risk venture, raising concerns about national and economic security. This announcement was made on the social media platform X. According to...
Scientists share ‘evidence’ they have ‘finally discovered’ Amelia Earhart's lost plane after 88 years
LAD Bible
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Scientists have claimed to have evidence of Amelia Earhart's lost plane, nearly 90 years after her disappearance. Researchers at Purdue University claimed that they know where the debris is located, after stumbling upon a snap from 2015. Her...
Kazakhstan’s Legacy, Global Voices Mark International Day Against Nuclear Tests
The Astana Times
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August 29, 2025
ASTANA — Aug. 29, designated as the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, carries special weight in Kazakhstan, where the Soviet Union once detonated more than 450 bombs at the Semipalatinsk test site. Born from Kazakhstan’s initiative at the...
China drives global energy transition through green cooperation
People's Daily Online
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China will achieve key energy development targets for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) on schedule, which include overall energy production capacity and the share of non-fossil energy, according to a recent press conference held by...
Operation Island Chief reinforces Pacific unity against illegal fishing
Island Times
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August 29, 2025
HONIARA (FFA)—The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has concluded Operation Island Chief 2025 (OPIC25), part of its ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...
Take Control of Your Cash Flow: Proven Strategies for AR Leaders
CFO Dive
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The Government of New Zealand announce additional NZD 5 million commitment to the Pacific Community Ocean Science Centre (PCCOS)
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Racing and Minister for Rail - New Zealand The Government of New Zealand and the Pacific Community (SPC) have deepened their partnership with the announcement of NZD 5million to...
What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?
The Conversation
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August 28, 2025
Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Rising seas, stronger storms, freshwater shortages and damaged infrastructure all threaten their ability to support...
Pacific Islands focus: health, environmental, security and geopolitical updates
Croakey Health Media
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August 28, 2025
Calls to tackle violence against women in the Pacific region, efforts to alleviate the impacts of extreme heat, new guidelines to assist in protection of whales, and concerns about deep sea mining are among the topics covered in the latest edition...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 22 – August 28, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 29, 2025
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These countries could sink under the sea due to..., scientists warn temperature of ocean water could..., check full list here
India.com
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July 31, 2025
Home News These countries could sink under the sea due to…, scientists warn temperature of ocean water could…, check full list here As per scientists, global warming is melting polar ice sheets at a rapid pace, which is causing the sea levels to...
The capitalist climate crisis: Sea levels rise past the point of return
Counterfire
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August 28, 2025
As the global impact of climate change intensifies, we are experiencing the ironic situation where sea levels are rising dangerously while, at the same time, large portions of the earth are experiencing increased heatwaves, worsening droughts and...
Op-ed: Reopening US Pacific marine monuments does not threaten pelagic ecosystems
SeafoodSource
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Ray Hilborn is a professor at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, a member of the Science and Statistics Committee of the Western Fisheries Management Council, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the...
The LDC graduation conundrum
Daily Star
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August 28, 2025
The least developed countries (LDCs) have been struggling to graduate to developing nations for years. But at the same time, these countries fear losing preferential trade, exports, and employment. So, they hesitate and step back even after...
The third world’s LDC conundrum
Daily Star
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August 28, 2025
The least developed countries (LDCs) have been struggling to graduate to developing nations for years. But at the same time, these countries fear losing preferential trade, exports, and employment. So, they hesitate and step back even after...
What do you do after your student project has gone to the ICJ?
The Spinoff
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August 27, 2025
Solomon Yeo grew up in the Solomon Islands. At university, he became inspired by the possibility of international law to spur climate action. Now the International Court of Justice has made a ruling, what comes next? In 2019, Solomon Yeo was in...