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As the Pacific grapples with dengue fever, here's what you need to know
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 4, 2025
Each morning in Samoa, fumigation teams gear up to spray schools and buildings, battling tirelessly against a dengue outbreak. Since the outbreak was declared on April 17, Samoa's Ministry of Health says more than 5,600 clinically diagnosed cases...
Tuvalu is being lost to climate change. Other countries will likely follow.
The Week Magazine
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July 31, 2025
The island nation of Tuvalu is becoming the first country to be completely lost due to rising sea levels. However, the country is possibly only the first of many without actions taken to mitigate climate change. Country casualty Tuvalu, located in...
Tuvalu opens High Commission in Canberra, cementing ties with Australia
Pacific News Service
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Tuvalu Prime Minister, Feleti Teo, on Monday presided over the official opening of the Tuvalu High Commission office in Canberra, marking a significant milestone in the diplomatic relations between Tuvalu and Australia. This new diplomatic mission...
Tuvalu begins historic climate migration as sea levels threaten future
Al Mayadeen
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July 27, 2025
Tuvalu launches first planned national migration due to sea level rise, with 280 citizens moving to Australia yearly under a new climate visa treaty. Tuvalu is poised to become the first nation to undergo a planned climate-induced migration, as...
Luxon welcomed to Papua New Guinea for celebration of diplomatic ties
RNZ
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August 4, 2025
Christopher Luxon was welcomed to Papua New Guinea with a 19-gun salute before being treated to a lavish state banquet. Photo: RNZ / Russell Palmer Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape has warmly welcomed his New Zealand counterpart...
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...
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Tuvalu faces exodus: Sea rising, 80% people seek Australia’s climate visa for relocation
Firstpost
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July 23, 2025
More than 80% of Tuvalu’s population has applied for Australia’s climate visa under a landmark migration pact, as rising seas threaten the Pacific nation. The Falepili Union offers Tuvaluans relocation, rights and defence support amid worsening...
Healthy environment ruled a human right by world’s top court, as campaigners hail ‘seismic’ win
The Independent
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July 23, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Why 80% Of Tuvalu Wants To Move To Australia? The Falepili Union Climate Visa Explained
Times Now
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July 26, 2025
In the face of the existential threat posed by climate change-induced rising sea levels, Tuvalu's population is now seeking new land, and Australia appears to be their destination. As Tuvalu's already small land area sinks into the ocean, about...
As Tuvalu sinks, Australia offers refuge to a third of its population
Domus
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This new form of diplomatic infrastructure combining climate finance, strategic cooperation, and most notably, a right to “slow migration”, will progressively grant Tuvaluan citizens access to universities, healthcare, employment, and freedom of...
Tuvalu residents prepare for world’s first planned migration of an entire nation — and climate change is to blame" target="_self"…
LiveScience
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July 18, 2025
More than 5,000 people have applied for a first-of-its-kind migration visa that offers residents of a Pacific island an escape from the worst effects of climate change. Applications for the visa opened to people in Tuvalu on June 16 and close...
Tuvalu’s partners and allies | Are they doing enough?
The Fiji Times
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July 18, 2025
Tuvalu, a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, faces unique challenges as it strives for economic development and sustainability. With a population of almost 10,000 and a land area of about 26 square kilometres, its geographic isolation...
Over 80% of Tuvalu citizens seek world-first Australian climate visa
Oman Observer
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July 23, 2025
SUVA: More than 80 percent of Pacific nation Tuvalu’s population is seeking a landmark climate visa to live in Australia as rising seas lap at its shores, official figures showed on Wednesday. Australia is offering visas to Tuvalu citizens each...
More than 80% of Tuvalu seeks Australian climate visa
Digital Journal
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July 23, 2025
One of the most climate-threatened corners of the planet, scientists fear Tuvalu will be uninhabitable within the next 80 years - Copyright AFP/File TORSTEN BLACKWOOD Laura CHUNG More than 80 percent of Pacific nation Tuvalu’s population is...
ANALYSIS: High Stakes in Geneva as countries, experts discuss addressing plastic pollution
Premium Times
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August 4, 2025
In response to the concerns regarding plastic pollution in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems worldwide, a diverse assembly comprising national governments, international organisations, civil society entities, private sector representatives,...
Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them
WAtoday
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July 18, 2025
Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy said: “The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty is the first agreement of its kind anywhere in the world and the most significant Pacific policy this country has undertaken in the last 50 years.” A...
Occupational therapy: Frozen conflicts, Russian aggression and EU enlargement
European Council on Foreign Relations
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August 4, 2025
Summary Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU has offered a membership perspective to Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. This gives the bloc new potential to resolve or stabilise “frozen conflicts” in eastern candidate states. The breakaway and...
Half of Tuvalu citizens apply to migrate to Australia amid rising seas
NHK
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Citizens of the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu are increasingly fearful that the country could be submerged by rising seas in the coming years. As a result, fully half the population has applied for visas that would allow them to live in...
Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize
Pacific News Service
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Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize. Kofe made headlines at last year’s COP 26 summit, when he gave a speech while standing knee-deep in the ocean to highlight rising sea levels due to climate change....
Nearly one-third of Pacific nation Tuvalu seeks Australian climate visa
TerraDaily
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Nearly one-third of Pacific nation Tuvalu seeks Australian climate visa By Laura CHUNG Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2025 Nearly one-third of citizens in Pacific nation Tuvalu are seeking a landmark climate visa to live in Australia as rising seas...