In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credibility as champions of climate action. Pacific leaders view sea level rise as an existential threat. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, Pacific Island states are making a familiar plea to keep warming at 1.5°C. But now they have the backing of a legal opinion that has transformed climate action ...

Secretary-General António Guterres (fourth from left) poses for a group photo with world leaders in attendance at the UN Ocean Conference. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider Last week, more than 60 world ...

Vanuatu urges the U.N. to support a landmark International Court of Justice climate opinion that says governments have legal ...

Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise. Pacific island nations have ...

Climate change is the single greatest threat to the health, jobs and security of Pacific Island peoples. Yet living on the frontline of climate impacts has also made the Pacific pioneers of climate ...

Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. US President Donald Trump’s rollback of federal climate commitments has dismayed Pacific island countries on the climate frontline.

Pacific island nation Vanuatu has triggered a landmark court ruling that has set out the big polluters' responsibilities when it comes to climate change. Hindered by their isolation and lack of ...

In just the last year, the Trump administration has derailed an international carbon tax, boosted forecasts for oil and gas, and sought to silence an island nation’s climate campaign.

Corals bleach in warm ocean waters, making them particularly vulnerable as global temperatures rise due to climate change. — © AFP Corals bleach in warm ocean ...