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Stacey King's Blog Posts Tagged 'global-warming' (50)

Australia must prepare for environmental migrants - academic

Updated 6 December 2012, 9:46 AEST

Australia must prepare for environmental migrants.…

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Added by Stacey King on December 7, 2012 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

Coconuts and sunshine to power South Pacific islands

Wunderlust NZ 14th September 2011

The electricity demands of the South Pacific islands of Tokelau will soon be met by renewable energy sources

Coconuts and sunshine will soon be the main energy source of the New Zealand territory of Tokelau in the South Pacific.

Foua Toloa, Tokelau's leader, announced this week that by the middle of next year, 93% of Tokelau's electricity will be solar powered – the rest will come from coconut oil. Some motor…

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Added by Stacey King on September 17, 2011 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Overcoming urban crowding in Kiribati

Pacific Beat Radio Australia Updated July 4, 2011 08:09:00

There are housing problems in South Tarawa... the area of the Kiribati capital is overcrowded and there has been little effective development control over where people live and how.

And in some areas it will not be safe for people to live due to the effects of climate change.

A group of Masters students studying architecture and urban planning at the University of…

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Added by Stacey King on July 4, 2011 at 7:55pm — No Comments

More families flee from Carteret Islands' rising sea

ABC RADIO Pacific Beat Updated June 2, 2011 16:57:42

The call by the Solomon Islands opposition leader for more effort helping displaced Pacific Islanders rather than asylum seekers from outside the region is gaining support.

Dr Derek Sikua made the comments while criticising a push by the Solomon Islands Government to open a processing centre on behalf of Australia on Stirling Island.…

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Added by Stacey King on June 3, 2011 at 9:49am — No Comments

Confronting climate change: Cancun shifts to adaptation

By Chris Cermak Dec 10, 2010, 16:36 GMT

Cancun, Mexico - Citizens of Kiribati have a simple but expensive demand for a sea wall to keep their small island from vanishing into the Pacific Ocean as global warming causes a rise in sea levels round the globe.

Anote Tong, the island's president, said he always gives them the same answer: 'We don't have the resources.' Protection from rising sea levels could run in the hundreds of millions of…

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Added by Stacey King on December 11, 2010 at 6:34pm — No Comments

RCL Chairman's Rehabilitation Update: Mining of Coral Pinnacle on Banaba (Ocean Island) for infrastructural upgrading

Dear Fellow Banabans,

Greetings to you all, yes I guess things are moving at a very fast pace that I need to update all of you in regard our meeting with the Kiribati Government.

From the onset, RCL in 2009 clearly defined its April Meeting a resolution to rehabilitate Ocean Island. The resolution passed seeks the majority mandate of the Banaban people from all of the four…

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Added by Stacey King on October 16, 2010 at 8:30pm — 3 Comments

El Nino change could intensify Pacific weather

ABC RADIO AUSTARLIA - Peat Beat Updated May 26, 2010 16:17:43

Scientists are trying to find out how a global temperature increase will affect the El Nino weather phenomenon. El Nino occurs naturally and starts in the tropical Pacific region. It influences ecosystems, agriculture, freshwater supplies, hurricanes and other severe weather events worldwide. However, a report published this week in…

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Added by Stacey King on May 27, 2010 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Climate change and our identity

Monday, 19 April 2010 12:07 SOLOMON STAR

IMAGINE being forced out of your island due to rising sea level as a result of global warming and climate change.

Its not an easy decision to make, but rather a new a phenomenon that will soon emerge facing vulnerable pacific Island nations.

The challenge from climate change will soon impact on islanders and their livelihood, including their vital natural resources: underground water, food crops, and even infrastructure, are at risk…

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Added by Stacey King on April 19, 2010 at 9:10pm — No Comments

The Tides of Change

The Yale Globalist Wednesday, 30 December 2009 | Jessica Shor

On the isolated atolls of Kiribati, climate change is more than an abstract threat.

Thousands of years of coral accumulation have created Kiribati's 33 narrow atolls, most of which lie less than two meters above sea level. (Flickr Creative… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 31, 2009 at 10:47am — No Comments

Tuvalu rep in Copenhagen spawns unprecedented walk-out

ABC Radio Australia

Updated December 10, 2009 10:14:04

Tuvalu has caused quite a stir at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen with the island's representative pleading with delegates to come up with a legally binding agreement, then in an unprecedented move stormed-out, closing the session until the afternoon.

Tuvalu's call comes as divisions between the countries… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 10, 2009 at 8:38pm — No Comments

Kiribati officials plan for 'practical and rational' exodus from atolls

Written by: Laurie Goering Reuters AlertNet - 09 Dec 2009 18:18:00 GMT

COPENHAGEN (AlertNet) - Rather than waiting to become climate "refugees", people from the Pacific island of Kiribati are training as nurses and other professions to achieve "merit-based relocation" to Western countries in need of workers.

In one of the most emotional sessions so far of the Copenhagen climate… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 10, 2009 at 10:11am — No Comments

Pacific Islanders call out for help (Banaban Pelenise Alofa)

Climate News Online By Celia Thaysen Tuesday, 8 December, 2009 14:29

Kiribati is an island nation in the north Pacific Ocean made up of 33 atolls. With many of them lying just two metres above sea level, it is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change

Tangaroa Arobati, a 39-year-old teacher from the capital Tarawa, and Pelenise… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 9, 2009 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Kiribati presses for training in potential climate refuge

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated December 9, 2009 10:10:39

The people of Kiribati have a lot riding on the Copenhagen talks, fearing theirs will be the first country completely lost to climate change. Rising sea levels have already forced whole villages on the coral atolls to relocate. And some believe Australia and New Zealand aren't doing enough to help the climate change refugees of… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 9, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

On Copenhagen's opening, urgent appeal for climate action

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Emma Alberici, with agencies Last Updated: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:10:00 +1100

The so-called "Climategate" row over leaked e-mails from Britain's University of East Anglia has been a key talking point at the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

In his opening address, Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the Nobel… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 9, 2009 at 8:47am — No Comments

Kiribati looking to buy land abroad to reocate its people

THE VENUE www.bmw.com.au Monday December 07 2009

Built in the 1970s, the sprawling concrete and glass Belle Centre on the southern edge of Copenhagen will be the focal point of the conference after a multi-million pound facelift to ensure a 20pc cut in its C02 emissions as delegates shuttle between dozens of plenary sessions and fringe meetings.

The UN itself admits that the fortnight's proceedings will produce 40,500 tons of CO2 --… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 8, 2009 at 8:48am — No Comments

Commonwealth nations unite to combat climate change

Sydney Morning Herald ANNE DAVIES IN PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD November 29, 2009

The 52 Commonwealth nations will go to a summit in Copenhagen united in their determination to forge a meaningful agreement to combat climate change.

They have backed plans for a $US10 billion ($11 billion) Copenhagen Launch Fund, which will be… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 1, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Miss Kiribati speaks out against Global Warming

http://www.fijivillage.com 24/11/2009 [07:35]

Miss Kiribati Taumiri Tetuai

We should speak out in one voice saying that global warming is threatening our lives.

Those were the words of Miss Kiribati Taumiri Tetuai who said this is the perfect time at the 2009 Miss South Pacific Pageant where all the different Pacific countries have converged in one place to raise the issue of… Continue

Added by Stacey King on November 24, 2009 at 9:14am — 1 Comment

Stressed islands no longer pacific

http://www.eurekastreet.com.au Maryanne Loughry November 24, 2009

Mindful of the forthcoming Copenhagen meeting on climate change, the Pacific islands of Kiribati and Tuvalu are calling upon all nations to reduce their carbon emissions so that they might be able to stay in their countries and not be forced to relocate elsewhere.

Over the past two years, Jesuit Refugee Service Australia, in collaboration with the University of… Continue

Added by Stacey King on November 24, 2009 at 8:53am — No Comments

In Kiribati, a way of life is being washed away

Melbourne Age

ADAM MORTON November 21, 2009

Villagers on the island of Abaiang stand in the sea where their homes used to be. Photo: Justin McManus

WHEN a coconut tree dies, the decay starts at the top. First the leaves fall, then the fruit. All that is left is a desiccated trunk, cut off at… Continue

Added by Stacey King on November 21, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

UNDP signs deal with Kiribati for climate fund roll-out

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA

Updated Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:39am AEST

Aid donors are being asked to make sure funding for climate change programs is being used effectively. The United Nations Development program, UNDP, has signed an agreement with the government of Kiribati to assist with the coordination of mainstream environmental programs.

Often there is little follow-up from… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 9:07am — No Comments