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These countries are sinking into the sea. What happens when they disappear forever?
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries’ waters to the high seas: Study
Mongabay
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August 29, 2025
A new study found that more than half of the world’s straddling stocks will shift across the maritime borders between exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and the high seas by 2050. Most of these shifts will be into the high seas, where fisheries...
Michigan Economic and Security Review group calls Ford-CATL partnership a high-risk tech venture
Genesee News - Michigan
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August 22, 2025
The Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group has declared the Ford-CATL partnership a high-risk venture, raising concerns about national and economic security. This announcement was made on the social media platform X. According to...
How Tuvaluans Can Relocate With Dignity Under the Falepili Union
The Diplomat
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August 21, 2025
In July 2025, the International Court of Justice recognized the “existential threat” that climate change-induced issues like rising sea levels pose to countries worldwide. Among the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change are...
Operation Island Chief reinforces Pacific unity against illegal fishing
Island Times
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August 29, 2025
HONIARA (FFA)—The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has concluded Operation Island Chief 2025 (OPIC25), part of its ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...
How to leave a sinking nation: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
The Guardian
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August 14, 2025
In November 2022, Simon Kofe, then foreign minister of the island nation of Tuvalu, announced a sensational plan for his country’s survival. Climate breakdown poses an existential threat to small island-nations in the Pacific, but Tuvalu’s...
The Government of New Zealand announce additional NZD 5 million commitment to the Pacific Community Ocean Science Centre (PCCOS)
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Racing and Minister for Rail - New Zealand The Government of New Zealand and the Pacific Community (SPC) have deepened their partnership with the announcement of NZD 5million to...
Tuvalu Introduces New Offshore Gaming License To Attract Global Operators
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) VAIAKU VILLAGE, TUVALU / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / As one of the first nations to digitize core aspects of its government and civil systems, Tuvalu's regulatory philosophy is founded on transparency, agility, and...
Yalamanchili appoints Dihan Rodrigo as Country Manager for Sri Lanka and Maldives
Daily FT
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Yalamanchili Solutions for Payments (YSP), a Singapore based global technology leader in digital payment processing, has announced the appointment of Dihan Rodrigo as Country Manager for Sri Lanka and the Maldives. With this strategic appointment,...
Take Control of Your Cash Flow: Proven Strategies for AR Leaders
CFO Dive
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Drowning nations: Kiribati and the South Pacific’s fight for survival
Irish Examiner
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August 29, 2025
When the tide comes in on Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, it often spills straight into people’s homes. Saltwater seeps into wells, flooding gardens where staple crops like taro once thrived. Families wake to waves crashing closer and closer to...
What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?
The Conversation
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August 28, 2025
Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Rising seas, stronger storms, freshwater shortages and damaged infrastructure all threaten their ability to support...
Pacific Islands focus: health, environmental, security and geopolitical updates
Croakey Health Media
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August 28, 2025
Calls to tackle violence against women in the Pacific region, efforts to alleviate the impacts of extreme heat, new guidelines to assist in protection of whales, and concerns about deep sea mining are among the topics covered in the latest edition...
Is Climate Change Forcing Tuvalu to Evacuate Forever?
Asume Tech
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August 2, 2025
As the world grapples with the realities of climate change, the small island nation of Tuvalu stands as a poignant example of what many communities face in the age of rising sea levels. Once hailed as a symbol of climate-related advocacy, Tuvalu...
The capitalist climate crisis: Sea levels rise past the point of return
Counterfire
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August 28, 2025
As the global impact of climate change intensifies, we are experiencing the ironic situation where sea levels are rising dangerously while, at the same time, large portions of the earth are experiencing increased heatwaves, worsening droughts and...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 22 – August 28, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 29, 2025
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These countries could sink under the sea due to..., scientists warn temperature of ocean water could..., check full list here
India.com
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July 31, 2025
Home News These countries could sink under the sea due to…, scientists warn temperature of ocean water could…, check full list here As per scientists, global warming is melting polar ice sheets at a rapid pace, which is causing the sea levels to...
No Agreement on Tackling Plastic Pollution
NewsForKids.net
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August 26, 2025
NFK Editors - August 26, 2025 Geneva, Switzerland —(Map) In early August, people representing over 180 countries met for 10 days in Geneva, Switzerland. They hoped to reach an agreement on dealing with plastic pollution. But the meeting ended in...
The LDC graduation conundrum
Daily Star
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August 28, 2025
The least developed countries (LDCs) have been struggling to graduate to developing nations for years. But at the same time, these countries fear losing preferential trade, exports, and employment. So, they hesitate and step back even after...
The third world’s LDC conundrum
Daily Star
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August 28, 2025
The least developed countries (LDCs) have been struggling to graduate to developing nations for years. But at the same time, these countries fear losing preferential trade, exports, and employment. So, they hesitate and step back even after...