“The unmistakable smell of death is everywhere a grisly reminder that the ruins lining the streets hide the remains of mothers, fathers, children.” ... #NZ “When Gaza burned, and children starved, and hospitals collapsed – did you act?” @MFATNZ @NewZealandMFA @chrisluxonmp

⏪RECAP: Corporate greed and empire-building are extending from land to ocean. #SOTPOC2026 #PacificOcean #OceanGovernance #PacificVoices

⏪RECAP: Deep-sea mining remains divisive in the Pacific, despite evolving legal frameworks.

⏪RECAP: The BBNJ Agreement brings clear obligations. #SOTPOC2026 #PacificOcean #OceanGovernance #PacificVoices

⏪RECAP: Deep-sea mining is not a debate in isolation. As noted by Naima Taafaki-Fifita (OVL) at Ocean Governance at a Crossroads (USP, 10 June 2026), today’s discussions cannot be separated from the Pacific’s past, or its lived realities, without restorative justice. #SOTPOC

⏪SOTPOC OCEAN ECHOES: Sabrina K. Suluai-Mahuka of Finafinau in American Samoa shared a powerful poem reflecting on what the ocean has always meant to us as Pacific peoples, our connection, identity, and source of life.

RT @etangata: “In effect, Goldsmith has substituted his own view … and adopted an approach that ignores the advice of both his Ministry of…

RT @etangata: “The government is aggressively utilising Te Tiriti as a progressive currency to secure elite global market access, while act…

RT @etangata: “I think that I completely misunderstood the complexity of the Māori world and the depth of the Māori worldview. What comes a…

I am very excited to announce that the comic of my report ‘Ocean and Human Rights’ is available online! Here the webinar to learn more about this project, made possible thanks to Espace pour la Vie's support: youtube.com/watch?v=9JVe2ENj… ⬇️Access in 4 languages in the next posts

#Perspective: How students from the Pacific took the fight against climate change to the world’s top court. Read @vishlprasad's journey of turning “heartbreak into action” here: amnesty.org/en/latest/campai… @pisfcc

Who gets a badge - and who gets influence? “Women from frontline communities cannot get badges. Indigenous defenders are sidelined and criminalised. And yet the financiers of fossil fuel expansion walk freely through these halls.” Babitha PS @WGC_Climate #KickBigPollutersOut

4/ Across the panel, one clear message: The communities facing climate impacts, war, displacement and pollution should not have to fight for access while fossil fuel interests and their financiers enjoy privileged influence. People before polluters. #KickBigPollutersOut #SB64

🧵#SB64 At least 20 of the world’s largest banks attended COP30 in Belém, despite financing US$409 billion in fossil fuels in 2024. They joined more than 1,500 delegates with direct fossil fuel ties at the talks. Who gets a seat at the table matters. kickbigpollutersout.org/SB64…

ECO 6 is out: 🟢Climate talks must not become a closed conversation 🟢COP30 Presidency’s roadmap for #TAFF 🟢Forests myths of “sustainable management”, 🟢Agroecology 🟢Workers’ rights in carbon markets. Transparency & accountability matter. climatenetwork.org/resource/…

"Peace is not just made at conference tables, but in classrooms, neighbourhoods and everywhere people meet with open minds, open hearts. Together, we can build a more just world, with compassion, equality and dignity for all" - @antonioguterres

At a time of rising global tensions, Pacific Islands Forum Leaders stand in solidarity. Grounded in the Blue Pacific’s Ocean of Peace Declaration, Forum Leaders have issued an Appeal for Global Peace, calling for dialogue, restraint and renewed commitment to international cooperation. Read the Statement from Forum Leaders: bit.ly/4emarJk #iumitugeda #OneBluePacific

Hey science fans get ready to doff your caps and put the kettle on for Hug a Climate Scientist Day! theguardian.com/commentisfre…

🔔 NEW REPORT Civilians around the world continued to experience severe harm from the use of explosive weapons in 2025, as widespread bombing and shelling extended a three-year pattern of elevated harm. Read more: bit.ly/EWM-2025

BREAKING: Israeli army responsible for 56% of civilian deaths by explosive weapons in 2025: Report 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/q9qy6y?update=46482…

BREAKING: Justice Jeremy Johnson has ruled that the Filton 4 will be sentenced as terrorists – even though two juries refused to convict them of violence charges over their efforts to disable an Israeli factory in the UK making killer drones for use in Gaza. They were found guilty of a minor charge of criminal damage. Judge Johnson kept the jury in the dark of his plans to sentence the four as terrorists. This is the first time in British legal history that anyone has been sentenced as a terrorist for damaging property. It's a very dark moment in an increasingly authoritarian Britain. Thousands of legal professionals complained about Johnson's clear abuses of legal procedures to help the government's case for proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group. Johnson has now proved this was always a show trial. I explain how he rigged the two trials here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/…