Pacific Islands leaders to meet as region faces ‘polycrisis’ of threats | Politics News

Pacific Islands leaders to meet as region faces ‘polycrisis’ of threats | Politics News

The last time UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a summit with the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum, he made international news as he stood thigh-deep, dressed in a suit and tie, in the sea off the coast of Tuvalu. “Our Sinking Planet”, read the headline on the cover of…

Island states win historic climate case in world oceans court | Climate Crisis News

Island states win historic climate case in world oceans court | Climate Crisis News

World court rules countries must protect oceans by reducing fossil fuel emissions as island states fight for survival. Nine small island states have won a historic climate change case at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), which ruled that all signatories to a United Nations treaty…