Stories by Rachael Nath

With the establishment of a loss and damage fund, the Pacific appears to have benefited from COP27 in Egypt. But can it be described as a successful summit? Rachael Nath finds some very worrying…

After two weeks of negotiations at the climate talks at an Egyptian resort, it's now down to the wire.

Fiji and Tuvalu have made commitments to a managed phase-out of fossil fuels by joining as 'friends' of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA).

It's crunch time for negotiators at COP27 to push through a complex issue which would see vulnerable countries compensated for climate change-fuelled disasters caused by developed nations.

Pacific NGOs express disappointment with Australia's level of commitment towards action on climate change issues at COP27 in Egypt.

Pacific climate activists have challenged the United States' assertion at COP27 that it is a 'global climate leader'.

A new platform to give world leaders a glimpse of the realities of climate-related issues in the Pacific has been launched at COP27 in Egypt.

The Tuvalu government has urged countries to establish a global treaty to phase out the use of fossil fuels.

Two days into the climate talks and Pacific Island countries have already been strong-armed into taking the short end of stick.

World leaders have gathered in Egypt to bring to the forefront global climate-related issues at the UN climate summit in Egypt.

Pacific leaders will be pressing developed nations for payment at the United Nations' climate conference known as COP27 this week in Egypt. Audio

A platform has been dedicated to bolster the Pacific leadership at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties - COP27.

Significant initiatives have been launched in two Pacific countries aimed at protecting children from violence.

Research has revealed that gender-based violence in Pacific Island nations was exacerbated at the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns.

The Covid-19 pandemic posed many challenges for Pacific Island countries but also allowed communities to return to a more traditional way of life.

Economic abuse, systemic discrimination, unconscious bias, and utter disrespect are just some of the lived experiences Pasifika community members have faced in the workplace in Aotearoa. Audio

Narratives around the Girmit language or Fiji-Hindi as a broken language are erroneous and endanger growth progression says a linguist.

As Fijians await the announcement of the 2022 General Elections, provisional candidates under the People's Alliance Party are being questioned by Fiji's anti-corruption agency.