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'Lessons of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands are lessons for the world' - UNOHCHR
RNZ
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October 7, 2024
A file photo from July 2014 shows an atomic bomb explosion in Bikini Atoll. Photo: STF / AFP The UN Human Rights Council has held a dialogue meeting to examine the nuclear testing legacy in the Marshall Islands. UN News reports that OHCHR has...
UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in Marshall Islands
UN News
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October 4, 2024
Research conducted by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, revealed that 67 nuclear tests performed between 1946 and 1958 by the United States Government in the Marshall Islands left communities displaced and contributed to radioactive land and sea...
Plastic pollution could put 2.3 million Pacific Islanders’ livelihoods at stake
Pacific News Service
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By Sanjeshni Kumar In seven to eight years, the Pacific will no longer be able to rely on the ocean for food security or as a source of livelihood as it does today because of plastic pollution. Experts say that by 2030, up to 53 million metric...
UN expert on internally displaced persons to visit the Republic of the Marshall Islands
The National Tribune
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October 4, 2024
OHCHR GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, will conduct a country visit to the Republic of the Marshall Islands from 5 to 15 October 2024. Gaviria Betancur will assess the...
The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025 || Part 1: French State Terrorism And The End Of Innocence
Scoop
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Immediately after murdering Fernando Pereira and blowing up Greenpeace’s ship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, several of the French agents went on a ski holiday in New Zealand’s South Island to celebrate. Such was the contempt the French...
50+ Nations Rally Behind 6PAC+ Call For A Levy To Enable Equitable Shipping Climate Measures In London
Scoop
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London, 14 Feb 2025 –London, [Date] – The 6PAC+ Alliance, a coalition of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) from the Pacific, Africa, and the Caribbean, along with key allies, have arrived in Lond ready to drive ambitious climate action at the...
Heine: 80 years of contamination from nuke tests and Marshall Islands has not received an apology
The Pacific Island Times
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October 2, 2024
Hilda Heine/Photo courtesy of RMI government Marshall Islands President Dr. Hilda C. Heine brought an urgent appeal to the Human Rights Council in Geneva to highlight the profound human rights challenges endured by the Marshallese for nearly 80...
Vanishing jerseys and flooded pitches: Why football is responsible for its own climate crisis
Euronews
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February 3, 2025
The most popular sport in the world is coming under scrutiny for rising emissions and lack of climate action. Football is more than just a sport. For fans of the beautiful game, it’s almost a religion, dedicatedly tuning in to watch matches and...
Zimbabwe leads Africa in submitting updated climate plans to UNFCCC
The Chronicle (Zimbabwe)
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February 15, 2025
Leonard Ncube, [email protected] ZIMBABWE is the only African country that has submitted updated national climate plans, or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
U.S rep Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers
Pacific News Service
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For months, U.S refusal to accept responsibility for a leaking dome of radioactive waste in the Marshall Islands has complicated negotiations with the Marshallese government on an international compact viewed as crucial for blunting Chinese...
Time and Temporality before the ICJ in the Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
EJIL: Talk!
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February 14, 2025
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change is one of a string of recent cases which has brought the ICJ to the centre of public discussions of international law (see coverage of proceedings on the BBC, the...
Australian projects tackling climate change and poverty in Indo-Pacific ‘in limbo’ after Trump halts USAid
The Guardian
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February 14, 2025
Donald Trump’s “chaotic” freeze of foreign aid has left Australian government-funded projects in limbo, putting climate change, health and education initiatives across Asia and the Pacific at risk, experts say. The Trump administration, with the...
Marshall Islands senator says 'collaboration' key to create respect for women and girls
RNZ
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July 24, 2024
By Netani Rika*, Majuro Envoy for Women, Children and Youth to Marshallese President, Senator Daisy Alik-Momotaro, told delegates at the opening of the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women that the most pressing issues for women and children...
UN report highlights scars of U.S nuclear testing in Marshall Islands
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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September 26, 2024
The United States must consider a formal apology and full reparation to Marshall Islands citizens whose human rights have been violated by the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, UN rights experts said in a new report. Between 1946-58, the...
UN report highlights scars of US nuclear testing in Marshall Islands
The Pacific Island Times
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September 26, 2024
Photo courtesy of US Navy (Benar News) -- The United States must consider a formal apology and full reparation to Marshall Islands citizens whose human rights have been violated by the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, U.N. rights experts...
New World Bank US$30 million project will expand internet access for Marshall Islands
Pacific News Service
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The World Bank’s Board of executive directors has approved a US$30 million project in Marshall Islands, where access to high-speed internet remains extremely limited and costly, that will secure faster, more reliable, and more affordable internet...
ADB, Marshall Islands sign US$52.5 million grant to boost water security and urban resilience
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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September 24, 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Marshall Islands have signed a grant agreement of US$52.5 million to support the improvement of urban services in Majuro and Ebeye. Marshall Islands Minister of Finance, Banking, and Postal...
No, BBC, a Small Panamanian Island is Not Drowning Due to Climate Change
The Heartland Institute
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February 11, 2025
The BBC’s recent article “Climate change: The Panama community that fled its drowning island,” claims that the island of Cartí Sugdupu in Panama is being swallowed by rising sea levels due to climate change. This is false. The reality is that the...
Only 13 countries submitted 2035 climate targets on time
International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED)
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Only 13 countries submitted 2035 climate targets as required under the Paris Agreement by the 10 February deadline this year, reflecting a concerning lack of political leadership in addressing climate change. Signatories to the Paris Agreement are...
Nearly 200 nations miss a deadline to file plans on cutting climate emissions
Morning Star
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February 11, 2025
NEARLY 200 nations missed a Monday deadline to file plans on how they will cut emissions of heat trapping gases. The United Nations climate chief described the plans, known as the Nationally Determined Contributions, as “amongst the most important...