On June 15 2010 Ursula Rakova, Executive Director of IWDA partner Tulele Peisa, spoke to Pearson Vetuna on Pacific Beat, Radio Australia, about a recent New Scientist report which claims that island
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‘Screw Light Bulbs: Smarter Solutions for Australia’s Future’ Book Launch

Screw Light Bulbs: Smarter Solutions for Australia’s Future by Age journalist Liz Minchin and Award winning UNSW scientist Dr Donna Green is being launched in Melbourne and Sydney.

Australians are spending more time stuck in traffic, are at risk of more blackouts because of stalled investment in our power supplies, and are being asked to spend more money to act on climate change. But even now, we’re still wasting time and money on solutions that don’t work.

Screw Light Bulbs is about how Australia can get serious about tackling climate change while dealing with many of the other problems we face. And the authors are generously donating all their royalties to climate adaptation work in the Torres Strait and to the International Women’s Development Agency.

Copenhagen…where to now?

One week into the two-week summit, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said, ‘the time for delay and blame is over…We must leave this conference…with a strong, robust and substantive outcome’. As marathon negotiations continued, the possibility of a politically binding negotiation slipped further and further from reach. Despite calls for decisive, binding targets from activists and communities the resulting accord has left us asking “where to now?”

Carteret Islanders Hold a Climate Change Action Day

On the eve of the climate change talks in Copenhagen, the small community of the Carteret Islands[i] held a candlelight vigil with the theme Give us a Chance to Survive – Sign Now! In doing so, they joined their brothers and sisters from across the world in a global movement committed to furthering a global solution to the climate crisis.

Fiji women send a clear message to world leaders in Copenhagen

Women’s Action for Change have been lobbying for climate justice in lead up to COP15 and are now sending this clear message to governments from around the world that the women of Fiji want carbon dioxide emissions reduced to at least 350ppm to ensure survival of small island states – for the future of women, families and children.

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the expert body responsible for reviewing implementation of the UN Convention of the same name, has expressed
“its concern about the
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The Carteret Islands are islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Their population is one of the first to be impacted by rising sea levels caused by global warming.
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Climate change is never far from the news these days. Peaks of activity around major new reports build on a background of frequent climate-related references. But you have to
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