Episodes

  • Making Pacific Climate Policy

    Making Pacific Climate Policy
    May 11 2023

    The Pacific has been a global leader in innovative policymaking on climate change, which has been reflected in the latest IPCC report.


    Salā Dr George Carter and Mahealani Delaney join Akka Rimon to discuss the importance of embedding traditional knowledge and the IPCC's latest recommendations in Pacific climate policies.

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    44 mins
  • Migrating with Dignity: A conversation with Anote Tong

    Migrating with Dignity: A conversation with Anote Tong
    May 1 2023

    Former Kiribati President Anote Tong joins the Pacific Wayfinder to discuss the IPCC Synthesis Report and reflect on his own journey leading one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change.


    Join Akka Rimon and Jay Caldwell as they explore the Former President's time in office, his Migrating with Dignity policy and what can be done in response to the IPCC's report findings.

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    43 mins
  • Final Warning: What the last IPCC Report means for the Pacific

    Final Warning: What the last IPCC Report means for the Pacific
    Apr 18 2023

    A final warning - the IPCC has released its landmark Synthesis Report for the AR6 reporting cycle, outlining the drastic action needed to be taken by the world to prevent the worse impacts of climate change.


    But what does it mean for the Pacific?


    Prof Mark Howden, Vice Chair of the IPCC, and Pasha Carruthers, a Review Editor from the Cook Islands, break down the report's findings for the region with APSC's Prof Dave Peebles and Dr Henry Ivarature.

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    45 mins
  • Writing our own stories: Pacific Women in security

    Writing our own stories: Pacific Women in security
    Mar 21 2023

    "Women have always been there. We are 50% of the community. All the decisions about safety, food, security and the well-being of Pacific people come through us."


    Hear from Dr Gemma Malungahu & Dr Theresa Meki about the important role Pacific women have always played in security, including the deep cultural and traditional knowledge they bring to decision-making.


    Hosted by Akka Rimon, this discussion for Women's History Month also touches on the need for greater representation of Pacific women in institutions, current challenges facing Pacific women, including gender-based violence, and the power women have to mentor each other and write their own stories.

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    31 mins
  • Unpacking the Pacific Security Outlook Report

    Unpacking the Pacific Security Outlook Report
    Mar 6 2023

    From climate to cyber to fisheries, the recently released Security Outlook Report from the Pacific Islands Forum paints an insightful and stark picture of current and future threats to our Blue Pacific Continent.


    APSC’s newly appointed Director, Prof Dave Peebles, Deputy Directors, Dr Henry Ivarature & Jay Caldwell, and new guest co-host of the Pacific Wayfinder, Akka Rimon, provide their analysis of the report and discuss how we can apply its findings.


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    47 mins
  • What does the future of climate negotiations look like?

    What does the future of climate negotiations look like?
    Jan 31 2023
    What is it really like at a UN climate COP? What could an Australia Pacific COP31 look like? Join a conversation between Salā Dr George Carter, Mahealani Delaney and Brianna Gordon, three members of ANU’s Pacific and First Nations contingent to COP27 in Egypt, as they discuss the importance of Pacific diplomacy, Indigenous knowledge and the future of the Loss and Damage Fund.

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    45 mins
  • Loss, damages & hope before COP27

    Loss, damages & hope before COP27
    Nov 1 2022
    Climate finance, ocean security, Indigenous voices and gender will be at the forefront of climate negotiations taking place in Egypt next week at COP27. Dr Henry Ivarature discusses these issues with Dr Siobhan McDonnell, Pacific climate negotiator and ANU Lecturer, Akka Rimon, APSC PhD candidate, and Brianna Gordon, ANU Climate Alumni COP27 scholarship recipient.

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    45 mins
  • The Pacific's climate ahead of COP27

    The Pacific's climate ahead of COP27
    Oct 26 2022
    COP27 is soon to be held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with leaders deliberating on the crucial action needed to curb the worst impacts of climate change. We talk with Prof Mark Howden, Vice-Chair of the IPCC, and Mr Choi Yeeting, Kiribati Presidential Advisor for Climate, to discuss the updated climate science impacting Pacific countries since the last COP meeting in Glasgow, setting the scene for what is at stake in Egypt.

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    35 mins