@thejuicemedia I am stealing that line about being fluent in cuntonese 🤣 ! As for the substance of it, I had no idea #pacificislands had been strongarmed into this #COP31 bid. It's gonna be awkward, but given that's following #Dubai #COP28 and 8 years global societal collapse, I think no one will notice!

"Another challenge is whether a population could maintain its legal rights and cultural cohesion as a permanent diaspora. Galvão Teles noted that international law does not have a special legal category for #ClimateRefugees or people affected by #SeaLevelRise, so it is necessary to rely on existing agreements on #HumanRights and #refugees." #RisingSeas #ClimateChange

‘We could lose our status as a state’:what happens to a people when their land disappears #PacificIslands
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/27/we-could-lose-our-status-as-a-state-what-happens-to-a-people-when-their-land-disappears

"Climate Change and Pacific Islander Life"
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2023/04/28/climate-change-and-pacific-islander-life
 
#IslandStudies #PacificIslands #Climate #ClimateChange #Pacific #IslandLife #island #islands #islanders

Secluded white sand tropical beach, Aitutaki, Cook Islands, South Pacific. May 1990.

#tropical #landscapephotography #nature #trees #beach #hiking #island #tropicalisland #Pacific #Pacificislands #PacificOcean #SouthPacific #whitesandbeach

Alternatives To Dumping #Fukushima Wastewater Into The #Pacific

#Japan plans to dump treated, #radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific. but it could be used in other ways instead.

By CodeBlue | 12 April 2023

"Claims of total safety are not supported by the available information. The world’s #oceans are shared among all, providing over 50 percent of the oxygen we breathe, and a diversity of resources of economic, #ecological and #cultural value for present and future generations.

"Within the #PacificIslands in particular, the ocean is viewed as connecting, rather than separating, widely distributed populations.

"Releasing #radioactive contaminated water into the Pacific is an irreversible action with transboundary and #transgenerational implications. As such, it should not be unilaterally undertaken by any country.

"The #PacificIslandsForum has had the foresight to ask the relevant questions on how this activity could affect the lives and livelihoods of their peoples now and into the future. It has drawn on a panel of five independent experts to provide it with the critical information it needs to perform its due diligence.

"No one is questioning the integrity of Japanese or International Atomic Energy Agency scientists [I am], but the belief that our oceans’ capacity to receive limitless quantities of #pollutants without detrimental effects is demonstrably false.

"For example, tuna and other large ocean fish contain enough mercury from land-based sources to require people, especially pregnant women and young children, to limit their consumption. #Tuna have also been found to transport #radionuclides from Fukushima across the Pacific to California.

"Phytoplankton, microscopic organisms that float free in the ocean, can capture and accumulate a variety of radioactive elements found in the Fukushima cooling water, including #tritium and carbon-14.

"#Phytoplankton is the base for all marine food webs. When they are eaten, the contaminants would not be broken down, but stay in the cells of organisms, accumulating in a variety of invertebrates, fish, marine mammals and humans. Marine sediments can also be a repository for radionuclides, and provide a means of transfer to bottom-feeding organisms."
#PacificOcean #FukushimaWater #TEPCOLies #OpTEPCO #Japan #NoNukes #NoDumping #Bioaccumulation

Read more: https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2023/04/12/alternatives-to-dumping-fukushima-wastewater-into-the-pacific/

Tropical Beach with small pandanus tree. Aitutaki, Cook Islands, South Pacific. May 1990.

#tropical #pacific #southpacific #island #pacificislands #ocean #beach

#China's imperialism in the South #Pacific-
https://journa.host/@w7voa/109996790573656052
w7voa@journa.host - “I have had direct threats against my personal safety from PRC officials acting in an official capacity,” says #Micronesia president. https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/micronesias-president-writes-bombshell-letter-on-chinas-political-warfare/ #China #PacificIslands

What was the financial cost & who paid to move large numbers of Indian migrants to Fiji as indentured labour 1884-1916? Careful forensic accounting by Alexander Persaud reveals that employers paid although this was never reported in the Blue Books. https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12257
@econhist @devecon @laborecon @economics @ecosocio @sociology #history #histodons #India #Fiji #Pacific #PacificIslands #immigration #immigrant #labour #labor #colonialism #PublicFinance #FiscalCapacity

I've just spotted this system - cyclonic? High winds? Near Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

The satellite image shows a large purple spot north of Vanuatu and east of the Solomon Islands.

#weather
#PacificIslands

Thanks @micefearboggis for this superbly readable paper! Findings are a big surprise, too; would love a sister piece (in same style:) looking at #ecology alongside physical geography #pacificislands #risingsealevels #BiosphericEmergency

Poetry, song, dance & prayer today in local language Norfuk to farewell the Norfolk Island lighters that were central to island life & culture for 2 centuries. Lovely community event with a Pitcairn presence. #NorfolkIsland #history #histodons #Pitcairn #Australia #PublicHistory #shipping #lighters #Pacific #PacificIslands #song #dance #poetry #prayer

New Zealanders and some Pacific Islanders: "No."
#NewZealand #PacificIslands #meme

I had the pleasure of contributing to the conference today with a presentation on #reef passages typology in the #SouthPacific

#PacificGeospatialConference2022
#PGC2022 #GIS #coralreef #reefpassage #mapping #fishery #PacificIslands

#PCRAFI project https://risk.spc.int/ presented their #RiskAssessment survey in multiple #PacificIslands countries. I loved to learn that they use #Kobotoolbox and #KoboCollect - great #OpenSource #DataCollection tool!

Rafael Kargren pointed out the importance of available #remotesensing data for #PacificIslands
Apparently #ESA #Copernicus satellites did not scan the area before 2019 but were using the flying time over it to recharge batteries. I need to check up on that, but if so, sorry that's not called #GlobalCoverage

@Cassana Thanks for the share! I hadn't seen or heard them before, or known any of the other things about Tuvalu.

Their performance is just as calming to look at, as the music; and I love how they are all beaming through it.

#Music #Dance #Performance #PacificIslands #Polynesian

If useful for #COP27 #COP27Egypt, some papers on the #Pacific and #ClimateChange #Climate #ENSO #ElNino #LaNina #CCA #DRR:
1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-017-0045-3
2. https://ajem.infoservices.com.au/items/AJEM-32-01-04
3. http://japanfocus.org/-Ilan-Kelman/4406/article.html
4. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v8i1.288
5. https://doi.org/10.1353/cp.2021.0039
#IslandStudies #PacificIslands