Fiji climate lead challenged Western consultants’ influence before losing job
ANALYSIS: By Megan Darby, deputy editor of Climate Change News Fiji’s presidency of the United Nations climate talks was an unprecedented opportunity for the Pacific island state to make its mark internationally. But the sudden removal of chief climate negotiator Nazhat Shameem Khan last month, despite praise for her leadership, revealed a rift between the […]
Read More →Coups, globalisation and tough questions for Fiji’s future
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. The General’s Goose – three decades of Fiji “coup culture”. And what now with the secondpost-coup election due this year? REVIEW: By David Robie of Café Pacific Author Dr Robbie Robertson … challenges “misconceptions”about the Bainimarama regime and previous coups, and asksfundamental questions about Fiji’s future. When […]
Read More →Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset structures of ‘democracy’
BOOKS: David Robie, editor of Pacific Journalism Review When Commodore (now rear admiral retired and an elected prime minister) Voreqe Bainimarama staged Fiji’s fourth “coup to end all coups” on 5 December 2006, it was widely misunderstood, misinterpreted and misrepresented by a legion of politicians, foreign affairs officials, journalists and even some historians. A chorus […]
Read More →‘We’re losing the climate change battle,’ says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron appeals to the world to do more on climate change. Video: Al Jazeera French President Emmanuel Macron has delivered a rallying cry to world leaders that more must be done to fight climate change. But he told a global summit in Paris that they were currently “losing the battle”. The summit […]
Read More →‘Healers, not harmers’ – Climate Warriors present COP23 declaration
“We all stand together as one family” … Pacific Climate Warriors Declaration on Climate Change presented at COP23. Image: 350 Pacific Climate activists from across the Pacific region have presented a declaration on climate change to key Pacific environmental leaders at COP23. The Pacific Climate Warriors Declaration on Climate Change, part of 350’s Have Your […]
Read More →‘The world must act now’ on climate change, calls Bainimarama
Fiji’s Prime Minister and COP23 President Voreqe Bainimarama … “do everything we can to make the Paris Agreement work”. Image: Vanuatu Daily Post By Anita Roberts in Bonn, Germany The Paris Climate Agreement must be implemented swiftly as backing away will expose people to more risks, Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has told world leaders. Representing […]
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