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Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 29 March

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  Pacific responses to AUKUS announcement The recent AUKUS announcement regarding the pathway to nuclear-powered submarines for Australia prompted a range… Read More

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 15 March

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  Vanuatu comes to grips with cyclone aftermath  Further to the impacts of not one but two cyclones within the space of… Read More

A tonne of fossil carbon isn’t the same as a tonne of new trees: Why offsets can’t save us

WESLEY MORGAN | This week, the Albanese government is attempting to reform the safeguard mechanism to try to make it actually cut emissions from our… Read More

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 15 February

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  Parliament sits in Fiji Parliament is sitting this week in Fiji and we are getting more of a sense of the… Read More

The undiscussed impact of climate change in Tuvalu

TERESA LIFUKA-DRECALA  |  Tuvalu is the fourth smallest nation in the world and one of the most affected by the impacts of climate change. Though… Read More

Discussions about Pacific aid need to go beyond the instrumental and local voices must be heard

HANNA MCNICOL | After signing a security deal with China in April and a $100 million deal with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei… Read More

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 18 January

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  Welcome to the Pacific Outlook Bulletin. For 2023, we have a fresh look and a new publishing schedule – the Bulletin… Read More

Disaster-resilient infrastructure top priority in the Pacific

JACK WHELAN | As floods wreaked havoc across vast areas of eastern Australia, 2022 was described as ‘The Great Deluge’, with record-breaking rainfall and… Read More

Six reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action

WESLEY MORGAN  |  Many people think of the annual UN climate talks as talkfests which achieve only incremental change, at best. Activist Greta Thunberg has… Read More

Indonesia has handed over the reins of the G20, but it will still play an influential role. Here’s why

TOMMY SOESMANTO AND YENNY TJOE  |  Indonesia has handed the G20 presidency over to India, following a successful summit in Bali last month. They will continue… Read More

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