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Meet Flora Vano
Flora Vano – Country manager for ActionAid Vanuatu. Still taken in Erromango, Vanuatu
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Resilient Voices of Tuvalu
We ate, danced, laughed, cried and walked together and we will fight together to preserve and protect our Tuvalu and our Pacific. Talofa from the Rainbow Warrior! Let me introduce you to Tuvalu, a breathtaking atoll nation facing immense climate impacts. Home to approximately 11,000 people, many of its islands and islets stand just 2…
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Witness the Power of Women’s Resilience in the Face of Climate Crisis
I am Flora Vano, and today, I invite you to witness the unwavering strength and resilience of women in the face of a relentless climate crisis. Flora Vano – Country manager for ActionAid Vanuatu. Still taken in Erromango, Vanuatu I am the country manager for ActionAid Vanuatu and this week I am accompanying the Rainbow…
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“We must double down on the fight for climate justice”
A heartfelt speech by climate activist Anjali Sharma at the Rainbow Warrior’s Welcome Ceremony in Vanuatu The Rainbow Warrior is journeying through the Pacific Islands carrying courageous climate litigants from the Caribbean, Torres Strait, Philippines, India, Tonga and Solomon Islands and Australia who have come together to share stories, strength, and strategies for achieving climate…
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Welcome Home Greenpeace
“Welcome home, Greenpeace, welcome home, you’ve been gone for so long…” Chief Timothy sang as he welcomes the Rainbow Warrior back to Vanuatu, 38 years after the original Rainbow Warrior was bombed while peacefully protesting environmental injustice in the Pacific. The iconic Greenpeace vessel the Rainbow Warrior today arrived in Port Vila, Vanuatu after a…
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Meet Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul
Wadhuam (Maternal Uncle) Pabai Pabai
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Taking the Australian Government to Court
Communities around the world are standing up and seeking climate justice through the courts We are Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul, proud First Nations leaders from Guda Maluyligal in the Torres Strait and we’re taking the Australian government to court for failing to prevent climate change. Pacific Campaign Launch in Cairns: Rainbow Warrior hosts First…
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Join the journey to Vanuatu, Tuvalu and Fiji on the Rainbow Warrior
Meet the most powerful activists and social justice warriors in the world Halo, Talofa and Bula Vinaka This is how we welcome people into our Pasifika families in the beautiful islands of Vanuatu, Tuvalu and Fiji and it will be the welcome that will be provided to the Rainbow Warrior when she lands on the…
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We can’t be Māori without the ocean
Aotearoa New Zealand activist and campaigner Quack Pirihi is part of the Pacific delegation attending the International Seabed Authority (ISA) conference this week. Quack is of Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngati Porou, Ngāti Whatua o Kaipara whakapapa (heritage) and traveled to the ISA with a group of Pacific activists onboard Greenpeace’s ship, the Arctic Sunrise. They…
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Taking Pacific Climate Justice to the UN General Assembly
An advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice can clarify how existing international laws can be applied to strengthen action on climate change, protect people and the environment and save the Paris Agreement. Banner reads “Our Survival is Our Human Right”. An alliance of activists and organisations, including Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change…