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Tuvalu’s ‘climate visa’ to Australia: Is it the beginning of a mass exodus from the island nation?
Firstpost
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July 2, 2025
In just four days, one-third of the population of Tuvalu entered a ballot for a new permanent visa to Australia. This world-first visa will enable up to 280 Tuvaluans to move permanently to Australia each year, from a current population of about...
1 in 3 Tuvaluans Applies for a New ‘Climate Visa’ to Australia
The Diplomat
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June 30, 2025
In just four days, one-third of the population of Tuvalu entered a ballot for a new permanent visa to Australia. This world-first visa will enable up to 280 Tuvaluans to move permanently to Australia each year, from a current population of about...
Climate crisis and cash crunch: 10 countries at breaking point by 2050
Asianet Newsable
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June 29, 2025
A new index from Columbia Climate School reveals the 10 most climate-vulnerable countries by 2050. Many face rising disaster risks and shrinking access to finance, trapping them in a cycle of crisis and recovery. A new index called the Climate...
Our voyage to Statehood, 60 years on: understanding the nature and practice of free-association as we reflect on our development journey
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown. SUPPLIED. This year, the Cook Islands marks 60 years of self-governance, an historic milestone in our voyage to statehood, by Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. In 1965, our people chose to shape our own...
1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa’ to Australia – here’s why everyone may ultimately end up applying
The Conversation
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June 27, 2025
In just four days, one-third of the population of Tuvalu entered a ballot for a new permanent visa to Australia. This world-first visa will enable up to 280 Tuvaluans to move permanently to Australia each year, from a current population of about...
Nearly a third of Tuvaluans have applied for climate migration visa
New Scientist
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June 26, 2025
Tuvalu is extremely vulnerable to sea level rise Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images How does it feel to lose your home to climate change? The roughly 10,000 residents of Tuvalu will be among the first in the world to have to confront this question....
Global Climate Risk Index Ranks 188 Countries by Vulnerability and Access to Finance
State of the Planet
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June 25, 2025
The Climate Finance Vulnerability Index ranks 188 countries according to both their vulnerability to hazards and their financial resilience. Researchers at the Columbia Climate School, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, have unveiled a...
New Index Ranks Vulnerabilities of 188 Nations to Climate Shocks
The Rockefeller Foundation
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June 25, 2025
Columbia Climate School identifies 65 ‘Red Zone’ nations across four separate climate scenarios. 43 nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, eight in Latin America and the Caribbean, six in Asia-Pacific, six in the Middle East, and two in Europe are most...
As Sea Levels Rise, an Island Nation Creates an Escape Route
Inside Climate News
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July 1, 2025
The small island nation of Tuvalu is being swallowed by the sea. With just around 10,000 residents, this Pacific network of reef islands and atolls has seen sea levels rise around 6 inches over the past three decades—one and half times the global...
Decades of climate uncertainty: Cook Islands grower speaks
Cook Island News
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June 18, 2025
After more than 30 years of farming on her Takuvaine plantation, Jean Tekura Mason says climate change has disrupted everything she understood about farming. “I’ve been a planter, gardener for over 30 years basically and what I’ve noticed over...
Climate change made May’s Arctic heatwave 3C hotter, scientists say
Euronews
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“People often think of countries like India, Italy and the US when we talk about climate change and heatwaves,” says Dr Sarah Kew, researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. But, as a new study from the World Weather Attribution...
Fiji says would not welcome China military presence in Pacific
Inquirer
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July 2, 2025
SYDNEY — Fiji’s prime minister said Wednesday that China should not be allowed to gain a permanent military foothold in the strategically contested South Pacific region. China has spent years cementing its influence in a string of Pacific island...
Pacific Leaders Rally For Climate-Resilient Fisheries At Third UN Ocean Conference
Scoop
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NICE, FRANCE, 11 JUNE 2025 – Pacific leaders have issued a unified call for urgent global action to protect the world’s largest tuna production region from the accelerating impacts of climate change. This message was reinforced at the 3rd UN...
PNG Volleyball team eases past New Caledonia
NBC PNG
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Team PNG volleyball has recorded 2 straight wins over Nauru and New Caledonia (Image: Team PNG Team PNG Men’s Volleyball continued their strong start at the Pacific Mini Games, defeating New Caledonia 3-1 in sets. Led by skipper Rolly Forova, the...
Where marine biodiversity thrives, less fish feeds more people
Anthropocene
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June 13, 2025
Protecting fish biodiversity is a win-win solution for human nutrition and sustainable fisheries, finds a new study. The research, published in Nature Sustainability, unearthed some interesting findings including that biodiverse fisheries tend to...
Serious Fraud Office Supporting Pacific Nations To Combat Fraud and Corruption
TP+
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July 2, 2025
Photo: 1News The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a Pacific Engagement Framework, reinforcing its commitment to supporting Pacific Island countries in their efforts to combat fraud and corruption. The framework focuses on prevention,...
Historic OFC debut for Kiribati
Football in Oceania
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June 11, 2025
Kiribati will take part in its first ever OFC Forum in Fiji later this month. The news was announced earlier this week in a press release, and is made possible by a partnership between the brands Young Pioneer Tours, Unchartered Football, Stingz,...
Pacific leaders rally for Climate-Resilient Fisheries at UN Ocean Conference
Matangi Tonga Online
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June 11, 2025
Pacific leaders have issued a unified call for urgent global action to protect the world’s largest tuna production region from the accelerating impacts of climate change. This message was reinforced at the 3rd UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France...
'No community is immune to climate change impact:' Tuvalu's prime minister calls for global action on sea-level rise
The Pacific Island Times
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June 9, 2025
A 16-year-old child swims in the flooded area of Aberao village in Kiribati. The Pacific island is one of the countries worst affected by sea-level rise. Photo courtesy of UNICEF By Pacific Island Times News Staff Feleti P. Teo, Tuvalu’s prime...
Pacific frameworks key to managing climate displacement
FBC News
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Sakiasi Ditoka [Source: Pacific Islands Forum/ Facebook] Minister for Rural and Maritime Development, Sakiasi Ditoka, has emphasized the Pacific’s leadership in addressing disaster and climate-related displacement. Speaking during a high-level...