Tuvalu
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Tuvalu goes to the polls in election watched by China and Taiwan
One candidate has said he wants to review the Pacific country’s relationships with Taiwan and China, just week…
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Tuvalu election: what’s happening, and what could it mean for Taiwan, China and the Pacific?
The Pacific island has a population of just 11,000 but its political leadership could decide whether Taiwan lo…
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Happy, faithful and tied to nature: life adapting to the climate crisis – photo essay
Activists are pushing for action at the upcoming Cop28 summit as the way of life on Pacific islands such as Ki…
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Stay or go? Offered a future away from home, Tuvalu’s people face a painful choice
Australia’s visa offer to residents of the Pacific island nation in the face of the climate crisis stokes mixe…
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Facing extinction, Tuvalu considers the digital clone of a country
As the climate emergency threatens its existence, the tiny Pacific nation is not only trying to reclaim physic…
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Could a digital twin of Tuvalu preserve the island nation before it’s lost to the collapsing climate?
With rising seas expected to submerge the nation by 2100, official says ‘we should always be able to remember …
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Smiles and unity at the Pacific Islands Forum mask tough questions shelved for another day
While leaders presented a picture of harmony, more vexing topics like Australia’s fossil fuel ambitions and Ch…
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In Samoa we are born into land, climate change threatens to take it away from us
Everyone in the Pacific has stories of times the climate crisis hit our lives. For me, it is the birth of my d…
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Pacific leaders condemn Australia’s ‘weak’ climate target in open letter to Scott Morrison
Fourteen eminent signatories urge Canberra to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050Pacific leaders have condemn…
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Australia should create ‘Pacific visa’ to reduce impact of climate change and disaster on islanders
Displacement is growing in the Asia-Pacific region, and a new policy paper argues migration policies must be e…
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Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific Islands • Sign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific …
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Vanuatu will host the next Pacific Islands Forum. We want to know if Australia really wants a seat at the table | Ralph Regenvanu
Scott Morrison should bring strong climate commitments to next year’s forum to avoid a repeat of this year’s s…
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Tuvalu threatens to exit Australia’s seasonal worker program after deputy PM’s comments
PM Enele Sopoaga responds to Michael McCormack’s belief that Pacific islands will survive climate crisis becau…
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Australia waters down Pacific Islands plea on climate crisis
Forum’s chair describes leaders’ 12 hours of talks as ‘very, very tough struggle’Australia stands in oppositio…
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Australia removes climate ‘crisis’ from Pacific islands draft declaration
Sources say Canberra has softened language, getting rid of all but one reference to coalSupport our independen…