Pacific Islands: Without literacy, climate resilience is nigh on impossible (Serena Sasingian – Lowy The Interpreter)

November 10, 2025

Bill Gates’ recent essay “Three tough truths about climate” carried a warning worth heeding in the Pacific: don’t let the urgency of climate change overshadow the slow, vital work of investing in people’s health. The reminder comes as the world prepares for the COP30 climate negotiations in Brazil, and as Australia, alongside the Pacific, bids to co-host COP31. For a region where human security is shaped as much by preventable diseases as by rising seas, this message hits close to home.

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Pacific Islands: Without literacy, climate resilience is nigh on impossible (Serena Sasingian – Lowy The Interpreter)

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