Oceania & Pacific

- Climate summit in Fiji and Tuvalu urges global action to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius; Pacific leaders push for fossil fuel transition at UN summit, criticizing Australia's coal expansion. - US sanctions a Fijian businessman linked to corruption and ties with China. - New Zealand records highest greenhouse gas levels, threatening catastrophic glacier melts. - Australia hosts pre-COP talks but faces criticism for inviting few non-Pacific leaders.

Recent headlines

• Climate summit warns stronger action needed to curb global warming — al_monitor
• Climate summit calls for stronger action to curb global warming — rappler_ph
• ‘Overshoot is not a reason to surrender’: UN calls for accelerated climate action ahead of COP31 summit — un_news
• From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach — un_news
• New Zealand greenhouse gas levels hit record highs threatening catastrophic glacier melts — guardian_world