The Pacific Islands Forum was held in Suva, Fiji from the 11th – 14th July, 2022. This was the first in-person Forum since 2019 in Tuvalu, and the first for the new Australian Federal Government, making the event an important opportunity to set a new tone for Australia’s relationship with the Pacific and secure strong cooperation on climate change, the region’s greatest threat.
Ahead of the forum, Climate Council released a new report, A Fight for Survival: tackling the climate crisis is key to security in the Blue Pacific, and sent two staff to Fiji: to meet and work alongside other international climate groups, and report back to global news organisations everything that happened on the ground.
Check out some of the impact we made in the media below, and if you can, chip in a donation to power more strategic interventions like this in the future.
Media Impact:
Analysis of the Pacific Islands Forum, written by Dr. Wes Morgan
- Pacific Islands are back on the map, and climate action is not negotiable for would-be allies, The Conversation, 18 July 2022
Media about the launch of our report
- Albanese government called to action over ‘biggest security threat’, News.com, 8 July 2022
- ‘Far from adequate’: former Pacific leaders group urges Australia to increase 43% emissions cut | Pacific Islands Forum, The Guardian, 8 July 2022
- ‘Crucial moment’: Pacific Islands Forum to ramp up climate pressure on Australia, SBS News, 8 July 2022
- Albanese government called to action over ‘biggest security threat’, The Australian, 8 July 2022
- A diplomatic climate, The Monthly, 8 July 2022
News featuring Dr. Wes Morgan, about the Pacific Islands Forum
- Hosting UN climate talks could help mend Australia’s Pacific relationships, Albanese says | RenewEconomy
- Australia campaigns to co-host target-setting UN climate summit with the Pacific, The Age, 12 July 2022
- Power struggle with China and regional rift in focus as Anthony Albanese heads to Pacific Islands forum, The Guardian, 13 July 2022
- US unveils major plans for Pacific region at Pacific Islands Forum, ABC 7:30, 13 July 2022
- Pacific looks to international court for help on climate, The Daily Mail, 13 July 2022
- Australia under pressure from Pacific to do more on climate, ABC Radio National, 14 July 2022
- Albanese joins Pacific leaders to declare climate emergency, Australian Financial Review, July 15 2022 [PAYWALL]
- Pacific leaders welcome Australia’s ‘renewed commitment’ to climate change, The Guardian, 15 July 2022
- Pacific leaders declare climate emergency, The Canberra Times, 15 July 2022
- How Australia rekindled crucial Pacific ties, The Australian Financial Review, July 15 2022 [PAYWALL]
- So you want to host a COP? How to win the UN climate talks, Sydney Morning Herald, July 16 2022
- What the ‘climate emergency’ looks like across the Pacific, SBS News, 16 July 2022
- Australia Shifts Its Tone at the Pacific Islands Forum, The New York Times, July 15, 2022