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Climate ruling puts Australia on notice, but is Canberra listening?
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 24, 2025
To the beat of ancient drums, in the language of their ancestors, dancers from Australia's northernmost islands share a modern story. Outside the federal court in Cairns, Torres Strait Islander dancers wear grass skirts and the traditional...
Reframing conservation as livelihood
Cook Island News
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July 21, 2025
Louisa Castledine, the owner of Ocean Toa Cook Islands, at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France. SUPPLIED/25071832 A new movement has been established to promote bold initiative that combines indigenous knowledge with scientific practices to...
Health and climate leaders applaud landmark decision on climate accountability: comprehensive wrap of reaction
Croakey Health Media
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July 24, 2025
*** This post is being updated as further commentary lands *** Health, climate and community leaders have warmly welcomed an International Court of Justice opinion that States are obligated under international law to protect the global climate...
The constructs of a population policy
interest.co.nz
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Some weeks back I wrote that New Zealand needs a population policy. However, I purposely did not say what that policy should be. Instead, I focused on identifying the unplanned population bulges we are currently creating, focusing particularly on...
Antigua and Barbuda welcomes ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
Antigua News Room
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July 25, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Antigua and Barbuda has welcomed the highly anticipated opinion that was delivered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States in relation to climate change. The Opinion, which...
Why Ignoring Procurement Costs More Than You Think
CFO Dive
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Five ways Pacific island nations are tackling climate change
RTL Today
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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 economic clout, Pacific island nations have...
Better Results, Less Stress: How to Get the Insights You Need Without a Costly ERP
CFO Dive
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Your Weekly Recap: Post outage prompts govt action, Thai-Cambodia border clashes erupt, and ICJ delivers landmark climate opinion
RTL Today
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July 25, 2025
Your Weekly Recap for 21–25 July 2025. Here are five things you should know at the end of this week: Post outage prompts government action on emergency communications More than half of Luxembourg pensions now paid abroad, CNAP reports Government...
A victory rooted in the Pacific: ICJ ruling signals legal shift on climate obligations
The Pacific Island Times
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July 24, 2025
States and major emitters have binding legal obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, protect human rights and repair the harm already inflicted, the International Court of Justice declared in the long-awaited advisory opinion sought by...
Pacific dengue cases 'highest in a decade'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 24, 2025
Dengue cases in the Pacific are at their highest since 2016, with nearly 19,000 people affected, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says. The new figures come as multiple nations in the region grapple with outbreaks and surging case numbers. Just...
'A breath of legal oxygen:' ICJ's historic opinion empowers Pacific island states
The Pacific Island Times
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July 24, 2025
Climate activists outside the Peace Palace during the oral hearing at the International Court of Justice in December 2024. Photo courtesy of PISFCC By Pacific Island Times News Staff Suva – The International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion,...
Climate crisis to legal battles
New Age Bangladesh
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| IUCN IN A quiet courtroom in the Hague, history stirred. A legal ripple, as gentle as a sigh from the Pacific, reached the shorelines of global governance. The International Court of Justice declared, in an advisory fashion though, that one...
Two black holes collide, lab-grown organs, world’s first climate visa – podcast
The Guardian
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July 17, 2025
Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample to discuss three intriguing science and environment stories. From a breakthrough in the quest to create organs in the lab to a world-first climate visa that will see citizens relocate from the island of...
'Biggest number we've had': Pacific dengue cases highest in a decade
RNZ
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July 22, 2025
The Asian tiger mosquito is one of the vectors responsible for transmitting dengue fever. Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Dengue cases in the Pacific are at their highest since 2016, with nearly 19,000 people affected, the World Health Organisation...
China’s gray-zone hybrid threats against Taiwan’s Pacific allies
Asia Times
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July 14, 2025
This article was originally published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. In the Indo-Pacific’s intensifying great power competition, Taiwan’s Pacific allies – Palau, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu—are increasingly caught in the...
Top 15 Deadliest Natural Disasters Threatening Humanity Today
AOL
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Earth and Black hole© iStock.com/buradakiHumanity lives on a thin edge: we barely scratch beneath the crust of our planet and routinely travel only within less than 10 miles of the atmosphere. So when you think about it, every day that life...
National climate inaction just got harder
Deutsche Welle
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In a ruling that is nonbinding, but that experts say is likely to have far-reaching consequences, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has made clear that the climate must be protected for "present and future generations." Outlining the...
Court ruling makes national climate inaction a little harder
Deutsche Welle
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July 23, 2025
In a ruling that is non-binding, but that experts say is likely to have far-reaching consequences, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has made clear that the climate must be protected for "present and future generations." Outlining the...
World's top court paves the way for countries to be sued over climate inaction
Deutsche Welle
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July 23, 2025
In a ruling that is non-binding, but that experts say is likely to have far-reaching consequences, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) made clear that the climate must be protected for "present and future generations." Outlining the...