Global Outlook

Pacific Islanders should not leave the COP forum to others; they can use COPs to feed Pasifika knowledge, culture and approaches into the global agenda and thus become a force for climate justice.

Evidence of disturbing movements at nuclear test sites in Russia, China and the US is concerning leading experts.

At COP28 the issue of loss and damage must be addressed. It is within this context that the voices of the Pacific youth become absolutely indispensable.

Australia is making headlines around the world for offering the people of Tuvalu a new ‘human mobility pathway named the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union. Tuvaluans have not been consulted on this plan.

Security agreements have become an important measure of the close relationship between global partners and Pacific Island states. In geopolitics, this 'close relationship' is usually another way of saying partners have influence, control or power over Pacific countries.

There are challenges to the narrative of climate change as an existentail crisis for Pacific Island countries, including a rejection of the forced migration scenario that has been painted by international media and other external observers, especially for atoll populations.