The focus on not letting world temperatures rise more than 2C can distract from the fact that many places are already feeling the effects of climate change, writes Roz Pidcock

An emaciated man whose boat washed up on a remote Pacific atoll this week claims he survived 16 months adrift, floating more than 12,500km from Mexico, a researcher said.

A Pacific islander whose homeland is threatened by rising seas failed in an attempt to become the world’s first climate change refugee, with a New Zealand judge dismissing his case as “novel” but “unconvincing”.

Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual back-up plan: Moving the populace to Fiji.

Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji.

SYDNEY’S Harbour Bridge exploded in a spectacular blaze of New Year fireworks yesterday as people around the globe began welcoming 2011 with a glittering array of parties.

SIX sites located in Brazil, China, Mexico, France’s Reunion Island and the South Pacific nation of Kiribati won World Heritage status from a UNESCO panel meeting in Brazil.

A BOAT made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles docked in Sydney Harbour yesterday after four months crossing the Pacific Ocean on a journey meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned of a “catastrophe” for the planet, if action to tackle climate change is not agreed at forthcoming UN talks on global warming.

An Indian warship sank a pirate boat after it refused to stop and be searched in the latest encoutner in the Gulf of Aden where piracy has been described as 'out of control'.

A COALITION of conservation-minded nations has managed to thwart Japan’s attempt to form a pro-whaling majority on the International Whaling Commission and reverse the moratorium on commercial hunting that went into effect two decades ago.

A coalition of conservation-minded nations have managed to thwart Japan’s attempt to form a pro-whaling majority on the International Whaling Commission and reverse the moratorium on commercial hunting that went into effect two decades ago.

OVER the next decade, two million children will die, 40 million people will be without safe drinking water, and five million children will be forced out of school if current trends continue in 14 countries across Asia and the Pacific that are among the world’s least developed, a UN report said yesterday.

Over the next decade, two million children will die, 40 million people will be without safe drinking water, and five million children will be forced out of school if current trends continue in 14 countries across Asia and the Pacific that are among the world’s least developed, a UN report said today.

Three men were rescued after seven weeks adrift in an open dinghy in the Pacific Ocean off the island nation of Kiribati, it was announced today.

THE Communications regulator yesterday launched an attempt to crackdown on internet dialling scams.

A SPOOF story claiming the United States was planning to invade the Pacific state of Kiribati sparked panic and prompted the tiny state’s government to broadcast public reassurances that the country would not be overrun