Full Coverage: Oceania

08.05.2008 Climate change is happening faster than predicted and the world could be as much as seven degrees hotter by the end of the century, an Australian scientist says.
From: Sydney Morning Herald

07.05.2008 Like Kiribati and Tuvalu, the islands of the Torres Strait are slowly being submerged. But unlike their Pacific neighbours, the plight of their inhabitants is being overlooked.
From: The Independent

28.04.2008 The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).

28.04.2008 Ilmastovaikutustensa nollaamiseen tähtäävät valtiot, kaupungit ja yritykset löytävät toisensa kasvavassa Climate Neutral Network -verkostossa. Valtioista mukana ovat Costa Rica, Norja, Islanti ja Uusi-Seelanti.

25.04.2008 A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could modify climate change in the Southern Hemisphere and even amplify Antarctic warming, according to a new study.
From: Science Daily

14.02.2008 The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has established the world's largest marine protected area - an ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change.

25.01.2008 The first season is complete on a major effort to retrieve the most detailed record of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere over the last 100,000 years.
From: Science Daily

15.01.2008 Brysseliin kokoontuneet afrikkalaiset ja eurooppalaiset ay-aktiivit osoittivat äskettäin mieltään Euroopan unionin ja kehitysmaiden epäedullisia taloussopimuksia vastaan. Samaan aikaan EU julkaisi muistion "Kuusi tavallista väärinkäsitystä taloudellisista kumppanuussopimuksista".

12.12.2007 Alkuperäiskansojen oikeuksien puolesta toimivat tahot nimesivät alkuperäiskansojen kannalta ongelmallisimmat maat vuonna 2007. Länsimaista listalle joutuivat Yhdysvallat, Kanada, Australia ja Uusi Seelanti.

11.12.2007 The 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol today – which requires industrialised countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by at least five per cent from the 1990 level – was marked by a warning that the treaty is under threat at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia.

07.12.2007 China was named Good Guy at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali on Friday, Malaysia was condemned to join Saudi Arabia, Japan and Canada in the Bad Guys group and Australia and India were told to make up their mind which category they wanted to be in.

29.11.2007 Australia's newly elected prime minister concentrated on policy rather than vision while campaigning. But in office he may yet usher in a new Australia, says Tim Soutphommasane.
From: Prospect

26.11.2007 Sharp deviations from Australia's political or economic trajectory are an unlikely consequence of the Labor Party's return to power, but the long overdue comeuppance of John Howard's government at the hands of voters was delightful to witness, says Mahir Ali.

15.11.2007 NEW YORK, Nov 14 (OneWorld) - A new study by an independent think tank names and shames the power companies responsible for high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States and abroad.

25.10.2007 New Zealand has set landmark goals to become the world's first carbon neutral nation in electrical, stationary manufacturing, and transport energy by 2040. WorldChanging reporter Josie Howitt says the timetable can be met.
From: World Changing

25.10.2007 KPO Australia 2007 will bring together enterprise, government and outsourcing providers to promote the key benefits of Knowledge Process Outsourcing at Sydney, from 7 - 9 Nov 2007.

23.10.2007 This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is smaller than recent years' due to mild winter temperatures, and is not a sign of ozone recovery, reports the UN. Scientists expect a bigger hole during spring.

21.10.2007 Inuit activists argue that the right to be cold is part of their basic human rights, which is being diminished by global warming caused by pollution emanating from other parts of the world.
This is just one of many questions that will be addressed at a series of climate change talks at the British Library.

24.09.2007 Rarely is St Kitts and Nevis (pop: 39,382), not to mention St Vincent and the Grenadines (pop: 125,882), at the centre of a titanic diplomatic struggle. But no nation is too tiny for China and Taiwan to squabble over. Lindsey Hilsum explains why.
From New Statesman

14.09.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - Despite strong objections from the United States and some of its allies, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday calling for the recognition of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples' right to self-determination and control over their lands and resources.