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Climate change is robbing Pacific islands of another resource: Tuna
SYDNEY — Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive $107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change ... The grant will go to the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Federated ...
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Rich nations say they're spending billions to fight climate change. Some money is going to strange places.
director of climate change for the Cook Islands. That results in less money going to efforts that truly help the climate. Take Japan’s lending for a new terminal and related facilities at the ...
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Biden tells Pacific islands leaders he'll act on their warnings about climate change
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday told leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate ... the Cook Islands and Niue.
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Indigenous leaders want to protect whales by granting them legal personhood
Now, in an effort to protect whale populations from the effect of climate change ... It's a group that is based in New Zealand and in the Cook Islands. She says this agreement lays the groundwork ...
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Pacific warriors campaign against climate change
Young people from 14 Pacific Island nations have called for action against climate change as part of ... Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau ...
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US recognizes Cook Islands and Niue as independent states
The US is formally establishing diplomatic relations with a pair of Pacific Island nations Monday, recognizing the Cook Islands and Niue ... from tackling the climate crisis, to protecting ...
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U.S. to establish diplomatic ties with Cook Islands and Niue as Biden hosts Pacific leaders
including $130 million on efforts to stymie the impacts of climate change. The forum includes Australia, the Cook Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia ...
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The Leaders of These Sinking Countries Are Fighting to Stop Climate Change. Here’s What the Rest of the World Can Learn
“All the rights of living,” says Sailosi Ramatu, the village’s administrator, “had been lost because of climate change ... and the Cook Islands plans to be entirely renewable by ...
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Climate change is causing tuna to migrate, which could spell catastrophe for the small islands that depend on them
But our new research shows climate change will dramatically alter ... Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands and territories such as Tokelau charge foreign fishing operators to access ...
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Anthony Albanese offers Tuvalu residents the right to resettle in Australia, as climate change 'threatens its existence'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new pact with the low-lying island country of Tuvalu, allowing residents facing displacement from climate ... Forum in Cook Islands, flanked by ...
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U.S. will establish diplomatic ties with the Cook Islands and Niue as Biden prepares to host Pacific summit
including $130 million on efforts to stymie the impacts of climate change. WATCH: Biden vows U.S. commitment to Pacific Islands at summit The forum includes Australia, the Cook Islands ...