Pacific
Ban Ki-moon calls on world to unite behind Paris climate deal
UN encourages countries to ratify Paris deal, as US weather agency NOAA reports June heat shattered global records
Philippines’ Duterte asked to reconsider UN climate deal threat
Manila should not turn its back on UN talks and clean energy opportunities, says policy advocate Francis Dela Cruz
Climate art: Tuvalu plan for giant mangrove QR code
Vincent Huang outlines plans for world’s first giant QR code from mangroves to highlight threat of rising seas to Pacific Islands
Philippines won’t honour UN climate deal, says president
Duterte says Paris deal seeks to limit economic growth of developing countries, accuses rich nation of trying to dictate country’s destiny
Anote Tong: Migration is the “brutal reality” of climate change
Migration with dignity must be part of a climate change adaptation strategy, rather than relocation of people as climate refugees
Record number of environmental activists murdered in 2015
More than three people were killed a week defending their land from mining or logging interests, reports Global Witness
Nauru president: UN must appoint a climate and security envoy
As leaders discuss complex problems at World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Baron Waqa calls for focus on global warming threats
Small islands lead charge on Paris Agreement approval
Concerted drive to ratify Paris deal could be last chance for vulnerable nations to ensure warming is kept at safe levels
Maldives minister: UN talks must deliver clean power surge
Crashing solar prices are evidence a renewables revolution is upon us and it’s time to deploy it globally, writes Thoriq Ibrahim
Climate change lurks as Turnbull bids to extend Australia mandate
Australian PM has long talked up climate action, but brutal election campaign will test his commitment to low carbon future
Australia hopes to ratify Paris Agreement in 2016 – minister
Greg Hunt says government is committed to joining new UN climate deal this year, but rejects calls for Canberra to adopt tougher CO2 targets
Oceans warming too fast for Great Barrier Reef – study
Corals survived bleaching in the past as gradual warming gave time to adapt. That’s not so certain in the future
Islands of Gauguin, Robinson Crusoe could become parched paradise
NEWS: Climate change could aggravate water shortages in three-quarters of world’s small islands by 2050, researchers warn
Maldives becomes fourth island state to ratify Paris climate deal
NEWS: Environment minister says new research on potential sea level rise makes approval of UN pact vital for vulnerable low-lying countries
Australia approval of vast coal mine ‘evil’ says marine scientist
NEWS: Greens, scientists brand leases for $22bn Adani mine irresponsible in face of whitening Great Barrier Reef
Marshall Islands to ratify Paris climate agreement
NEWS: Drought-hit atoll nation is the third after to Fiji and Palau ready to formally approve global carbon-cutting deal
25 years later: When the world united against climate change
FEATURE: The Paris climate deal was the latest chapter of a story that started a quarter of a century ago, and owes much to US Republicans and UK Conservatives
Fiji needs help after Cyclone Winston, a portent of climate chaos to come
COMMENT: Maldives foreign minister urges international community to stand with Fiji as it recovers from Cyclone Winston
Extreme cyclones hitting the Philippines are on the rise – study
NEWS: Rising trend seen in powerful storms hitting island nation since 1970s, report finds
100 ‘fire-free villages’ take on Indonesia’s haze hazard
NEWS: After 2015’s devastating fire season, local authorities in South Sumatra are determined to end slash-and-burn and restore peatland