Our new research shows weak infrastructure and climate events such as cyclones and floods make sanitation conditions even poorer for many people living in the Pacific Islands.
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The country will vote on two proposed constitutional amendments that seek to end political instability in the country.
We reviewed evidence on traditional knowledge in the Pacific for coping with climate change, and found much of it was scientifically plausible.
Though hard to quantify, the social consequences of climate change are vast.
Governments and activist groups are bringing environmental issues to international courts. They argue that the impact of climate change and environmental issues affect human rights.
The sea level around Vanuatu is rising at a rate nearly twice the global average. New research tells a story of both loss and resilience.
Thanks to Vanuatu, a vote at the next UN General Assembly could open the floodgates to international climate litigation.
China seeks two main things from the region – one diplomatic and one strategic.
In 1881, a Pacific Islander woman brought here to work on a sugar cane plantation ran away. She was violently retrieved by her employer. Her story sheds moving light on a dark history of exploitation.
The new visa for farm workers comes with more rights than past schemes, including making it easier to escape mistreatment by bad employers.
Research reveals a desire by Pacific tourism workers for genuine change once travel starts again, including better wages and conditions and greater local control of operations.
A reliance on local customary knowledge and practices helped people make a living and strengthened relationships with family and friends.
Pacific communities have always been resilient, surviving on islands in the middle of oceans for more than 3,000 years. But climate change is an unprecedented challenge.
COP25 has come and gone, another missed opportunity to use women’s knowledge to mitigate climate change.
Vanuatu has banned them outright, while many Chinese families use just one every 24 hours. So why are Australians still sending millions of dirty nappies to landfill every single day?
Scott Morrison stepped up Australia’s engagement with the Pacific by visiting Vanuatu and Fiji last week and announcing a bilateral partnership with the latter. Here’s what he achieved.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s historic visit to Vanuatu is centred around security. This fits a pattern shifting the focus from development to militarisation in Australia’s Pacific foreign policy.
The reports are speculative at best, but that hasn’t stopped a torrent of over-wrought commentary on Chinese military expansion and the potential threat to Australia.
Ambae does not fit the stereotypical image of a volcano, and it poses a significant threat.
The best of global cinema from Germany to Iran and Vanuatu.
Principales colaboradores
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Development Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Geography and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Director, Master of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Television Studies, Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
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Lecturer in Geology, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Manager, National Heritage Registry, Vanuatu Cultural Centre
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Associate professor of Scandinavian film and television, Aalborg University
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral research associate, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3
