Pacific atolls face $10 billion cost of rising sea, says World Bank
Adapting to a sea level rise of up to 0.5 metres (1.64 feet) will cost the three most vulnerable Pacific atoll nations nearly ...
The Indo-Pacific is an idea more than a region—and it's pushing politics in a 'pessimistic and paranoid' direction
Over the past decade, the idea of an important geopolitical space called the "Indo-Pacific" has become integral to the grand ...
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Where Are They Now? 15 Countries That Were Once Part of the Soviet Union
From the 13th-19th centuries, it expanded in all directions until it stretched from Eastern Europe across northern Asia to ...
Largest Pacific climate-adaptation study launched at COP29
UC Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva presented findings from the largest study of climate adaptation in the Pacific ...
World’s largest coral found in the Pacific
The largest coral ever recorded has been found by scientists in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The mega coral - which is a ...
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How the Pacific Voted in the US Election
On November 5, voters went to the polls on U.S. Pacific islands: the state of Hawai’i and the three U.S. territories of Guam, ...
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Sustainable transport needed to overcome ‘last mile’ in development in Asia and the Pacific
Transport experts and policymakers from Asia and the Pacific have called for more regional cooperation and the formulation of ...
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Retiring Gen. Charles Flynn says Hawaii is highly significant amid Pacific tensions
U.S. Army Pacific commander Gen. Charles Flynn retired Friday from the military in a ceremony at Fort Shafter’s historic Palm ...
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Some of the world's least polluting populations are at much greater risk of flooding fueled by climate change
A new study has exposed for the first time how inhabitants of the smallest countries globally, contributing least to climate change, already bear the brunt of its devastating consequences and the ...
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Smaller, Less Polluting Countries Are Bearing the Brunt of Climate Change
Climate change is compounding the risk of flooding across SIDS by increasing the magnitude of many factors, including ...
Australia nears deal with ANZ to stop bank closures in the Pacific
Australia is in the final stages of talks with ANZ Group over a deal to maintain the bank's branches across the Pacific, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Monday, a diplomatic win in a region contested ...