Anote Tong

For the region's climate advocates, Australia's push to host COP was an opportunity to show the world how the climate crisis was affecting Pacific people. Audio

An independent group of prominent Pacific leaders has condemned the AUKUS security pact saying it goes against the spirit of the Blue Pacific. Audio

After a big week at the Pacific Islands Forum Summit we speak to someone who's been in the game for decades, former president of Kiribati Anote Tong. The PIF was formed 51 years ago as independence… Audio

A former Kiribati president and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Anote Tong says the Paris Climate Agreement has come too late for low-lying Pacific states like Kiribati. Audio

The leader of the Commonwealth Secretariat's election observer mission to Nauru, Anote Tong, says polling day on the island has been competent, transparent, free and fair. Audio

There were tears and tales of panic as well as messages of hope from Pacific islanders at a climate change conference in New Zealand this week. Audio

The outgoing president of Kiribati is hoping wealthy individuals like Bill Gates will come to his country's rescue and provide funds to deal with the effects of climate change. Kiribati, a nation made… Audio

Engineers from The Netherlands have been in Kiribati checking out the feasibility of building up parts of the atolls to help deal with rising seas. Audio

President Anote Tong of Kiribati made the world sit up and take notice with his simple plea for the survival of his people, when he spoke on the opening day of the international climate change… Audio

Pacific Island nations have told the United Nations climate change summit in Paris they are already bearing the brunt of the effects of climate change and urgent action is needed. Audio

Pacific leaders are calling for immediate action from the United Nations saying changing weather patterns are threatening their future existence. Audio

The president of Kiribati says there is a need for radical solutions to dealing with the effects of climate change, such as creating floating islands or building up the land. Audio

The President of Kiribati Anote Tong says whatever action the world decides to take at climate change talks in Paris, it comes too late for low-lying island nations like his own. Audio

Fiji has nominated the president of Kiribati, Anote Tong, as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work around climate change issues. Audio

Fiji has nominated the president of Kiribati, Anote Tong, as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, for his work around climate change issues. Audio