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Meet Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul
Wadhuam (Maternal Uncle) Pabai Pabai
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Taking the Australian Government to Court
Communities around the world are standing up and seeking climate justice through the courts We are Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul, proud First Nations leaders from Guda Maluyligal in the Torres Strait and we’re taking the Australian government to court for failing to prevent climate change. Pacific Campaign Launch in Cairns: Rainbow Warrior hosts First…
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Join the journey to Vanuatu, Tuvalu and Fiji on the Rainbow Warrior
Meet the most powerful activists and social justice warriors in the world Halo, Talofa and Bula Vinaka This is how we welcome people into our Pasifika families in the beautiful islands of Vanuatu, Tuvalu and Fiji and it will be the welcome that will be provided to the Rainbow Warrior when she lands on the…
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We can’t be Māori without the ocean
Aotearoa New Zealand activist and campaigner Quack Pirihi is part of the Pacific delegation attending the International Seabed Authority (ISA) conference this week. Quack is of Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngati Porou, Ngāti Whatua o Kaipara whakapapa (heritage) and traveled to the ISA with a group of Pacific activists onboard Greenpeace’s ship, the Arctic Sunrise. They…
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Taking Pacific Climate Justice to the UN General Assembly
An advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice can clarify how existing international laws can be applied to strengthen action on climate change, protect people and the environment and save the Paris Agreement. Banner reads “Our Survival is Our Human Right”. An alliance of activists and organisations, including Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change…
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Global Week of Action for Climate Justice
On August 13th, youth and civil society organisations gathered around the world, to stand in solidarity with our Pacific family and champion support for the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion (ICJAO) campaign, taking the world’s biggest problem to the world’s biggest Court. At the UN General Assembly in September this year, Vanuatu will be…
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Demanding Climate Justice for the Pacific
Taking the world’s biggest issue to the world’s highest court – the International Court of Justice! Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts activist holds a sign asking Pacific governments to “Vote YES for Climate Justice” as the Vanuatu Government and civil society organisations seek an advisory opinion at the International Court of Justice. |Fiji Sun This week…
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Climate change is a man-made problem that disproportionately impacts women. It needs feminist solutions
The solutions to climate change will come from the bottom-up – from the community-owned solutions of the margins and from the Global South. Climate change is not gender-neutral. As Mary Robinson has said “Climate change is a man made crisis that needs a feminist solution”. On gender day at COP26 it’s important to remember that…
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‘Stop failing us!’: Women form up on Vanuatu volcano to demand Pacific Climate Justice
With tears, smiles and laughter etched on their faces we saw women and girls come together for an action on the side of a volcano in Vanuatu to send a loud message to world leaders at COP26: Stop failing us! The Pacific is a vast ocean that covers a third of our planet. The distance…
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At COP and in the Pacific, no one wants to be friends with a bully
With the release of Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s new report Pacific Bully and International Outcast, there’s now definitive proof Australia exploits and bullies Pacific Island nations’ desperate need for action in the face of climate change, writes Shiva Gounden from COP2 in Glasgow. |During the opening of the COP26, 200 women gathered at Mt Yasur, an…