The landslide catastrophe in Enga, PNG, will reverberate for years after the emergency phase. I was invited by the 7am podcast to talk briefly about the broader context of an event like this in the highlands. The things I tried to highlight are the remoteness/lack of basic services; how years of tribal fighting will complicate … Continue reading
In late 2022 I did a couple of field trips in PNG exploring questions of climate change, climate justice & locally lead responses to changing conditions. As well as visiting coastal areas, where rising seas are the urgent issue, I went to the highlands where shifts in rainfall and conditions can wipe out crops and … Continue reading
At the end of particularly gruelling teaching semester, I shot up to Canberra for the Australasian Aid and International Development conference hosted by the Development Policy Centre at ANU. Very grateful for this opportunity to reconnect with some Pacific and development experts and longtime ‘contacts’, and to think about issues in the region. This story for … Continue reading
Notebook & Narrative by Jo Chandler 