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More powerful than Hiroshima: how the largest nuclear weapons test ever built a nation of leaders in the Marshall Islands.
71 years ago, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a nuclear bomb with the codename “Castle Bravo”, exploded with an energy of 15 megatons. The mushroom cloud reached 40…
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‘Drill Baby, Drill’: Report shows Woodside hell-bent on profit while people and nature pay the price
SYDNEY/PERTH, Tuesday 25 February 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned gas corporation Woodside’s annual earnings announcement today, saying its billion dollar profits come at the expense of Australian communities…
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“Stunning dedication”: first ocean sanctuary in Marshall Islands announced
FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2025 — The Republic of the Marshall Islands has announced its first marine protected area in the Pacific Ocean, a “stunning dedication to ocean protection for Pacific…
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Their Profits, Our Loss: International oil and gas companies’ 2024 profits
SYDNEY, Tuesday 28 January 2025 — Interested media are advised of the annual results announcements by some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies for 2024, which was confirmed…
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A Look Back at Weeks of Reflection, Resilience, and Action
Over the past few weeks here at The Hague, we gathered at the People’s Hub to pause and remember the lives of those who have dedicated themselves to the fight for climate justice. Our candlelight vigil and Tok Stori platform highlighted the power of community and connection, especially as climate justice hearings took place at…
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What started in the Pacific is now the world’s largest climate justice campaign!
Pasifika activists are making history with their world-first campaign demanding countries be held legally responsible to protect their people from the impacts of the climate crisis.
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‘Fundamentally flawed’: Australian climate case submission to ICJ undermines Pacific neighbours
THE HAGUE/SYDNEY, Tuesday 3 December 2024 — In response to Australia’s oral submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as part of a historic, Pacific-led climate justice case, the…
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Historic climate hearings begin as Pacific-led campaign reaches world’s highest court
THE HAGUE/SYDNEY, Monday 2 December 2024 — The historic Pacific-led campaign to take the world’s biggest problem of climate change to the world’s highest court reaches a pivotal moment today…
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‘We will fight’: Bitter disappointment in Baku must catalyse action on the road to COP30 in Belem
BAKU, Sunday 24 November 2024 — The COP29 climate talks have ended in disappointment today, with the most climate-impacted countries exasperated by what is widely seen as a grossly inadequate finance commitment and failure to progress commitments on fossil fuel phase out.
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‘Final nail in the coffin’: No new coal announcement must be backed by end to exports
BAKU, Wednesday 20 November 2024 — In response to Minister Chris Bowen’s announcement from COP29 today that Australia will join the Call to Action for no new coal from the…