Countries are now bound under international law to reduce emissions or pay damages to affected nations – a clear statement that the status quo is not sufficient Today, Australia has found itself on the wrong side of history. The International Court of Justice has handed down a landmark ruling in the most significant climate decision ever issued by a court. As a barrister representing Solomon Islands in the case, I was in the courtroom to hear the judges reshape the global fight for climate justice. Continue reading...

The International Court of Justice’s long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change embeds important principles of international human rights law. It confirms ...

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the landmark climate ruling by the International Court of Justice.

Australia should also make moves to address the climate impact of its fossil fuel production and exports

What can we learn from other communities adapting to disasters, and how can we prepare for the next one?

The 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) report presents the data and analysis behind the 75.9 million people living in internal displacement as of the end of 2023. It is the ninth editi...

With Australian voters facing an increasingly dangerous and uncertain world, both Labor and the Coalition are trying to burnish their national security credentials.

Unique opportunity for a Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow with expertise in international disaster law to join a world-leading research program on ‘Evacuations in International Law: Disasters, Conflict an...

The 2025–26 budget delivered by Australia’s Labor government is one of the first tangible pieces of evidence of how Australia plans to counter the much-publicised revision of the United States’ (US’) ...

In 2021 Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced a trilateral defence partnership (AUKUS) that provided, among other things, Australia access to nuclear-powered submarines. Thi...

Using Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s articulation of the region as an ‘Ocean of Peace’ as an entry point, this article examines the competing visions of peace and sovereignty in the Pacifi...

Pacific leaders and allies expressed their disappointment at an agreement to tackle shipping emissions during the International Maritime Organisation by refusing to support it.

Study calls for for state and federal leaders to help home owners future-proof their properties before they're lost entirely.

Australians facing steep insurance premium hikes in a world of disasters are sharing a global problem. The solutions are out there, but they are complex.

From the decolonisation of Papua New Guinea in 1975, Australian historiography has focused on the continent and Tasmania, excluding the former territories/y north of the Torres Strait and denying t...

Analysis: In this turbulent landscape, the Pacific must move beyond mere narratives such as the "Blue Pacific" and take bold steps toward establishing a set of rules that govern and protect the Blue Pacific Continent against outside forces.

Exclusive: Jotham Napat said pact must be taken ‘back to the drawing board’ and should reflect climate change as security issue

The task for Western aid is not to rebuild what existed before, but to reduce dependency altogether.

Keynote Address by Professor Transform Aqorau, Vice Chancellor, Solomon Islands National University at the 2025 PIPSA Conference, 20 February 2025.

With the outlook for risk of fire, flood and other disasters increasing, this is not a problem that will go away As we watch the horror of the Los Angeles fires, Australians are painfully reminded of our own vulnerability to climate change, which…

Homeowners in increasingly risky areas can’t obtain adequate coverage as insurers flee the state to avoid losses.

Gulf province councillor says growing numbers are leaving, in what climate activist describes as a ‘humanitarian crisis’