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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…
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Global Week of Action for Climate Justice
On August 13th, youth and civil society organisations gathered around the world, to stand in solidarity with our Pacific family and champion support for the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion (ICJAO) campaign, taking the world’s biggest problem to the world’s biggest Court. At the UN General Assembly in September this year, Vanuatu will be…
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Demanding Climate Justice for the Pacific
Taking the world’s biggest issue to the world’s highest court – the International Court of Justice! Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts activist holds a sign asking Pacific governments to “Vote YES for Climate Justice” as the Vanuatu Government and civil society organisations seek an advisory opinion at the International Court of Justice. |Fiji Sun This week…
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Climate change is a man-made problem that disproportionately impacts women. It needs feminist solutions
The solutions to climate change will come from the bottom-up – from the community-owned solutions of the margins and from the Global South. Climate change is not gender-neutral. As Mary Robinson has said “Climate change is a man made crisis that needs a feminist solution”. On gender day at COP26 it’s important to remember that…