The seas are rising on Pacific islands nations - but so is their powerful resistance | Ellen Fanning

As the climate crisis threatens their existence, an assertive new collective are using their leverage as a flashpoint in geopolitical tensionsLet's face it, Australia has been an awfully bad neighbour in the Pacific for some while now.Not a shouting-at-the-people-next-door, finger-pointing, vengeful kind of neighbour. Rather the sort that blithely parties all night, heedless of the family next door knocking insistently on the door at all hours, trying to make themselves heard over the loud music and laughter inside. Continue reading...