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Fiona, 18, eating breakfast with her siblings inside their home in a community affected by rising sea levels in Malaita Province, the Solomon Islands. (2)

7 May 2026

When the price of fuel becomes the price of childhood: Pacific families in a crisis

by Phil Brewster and Kristyn Lobendahn

16 May 2025

Electrifying PNG: challenges and opportunities for decentralised solar

by Martin Davies and Christian Lohberger

25 August 2021

Pacific stories: Devpolicy Blog posts in 2013-14

by Karen Downing

Standby generator at the University of PNG (Michael Kabuni)

14 July 2021

The crisis of governance in PNG’s power sector

by Michael Kabuni, Kingtau Mambon and Stephen Howes

4 September 2019

How not to design energy feed-in tariffs: a look at Indonesia and the Philippines

by James Guild

(Mark Dries/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

22 October 2018

Regulation in small island states

by Matthew Dornan

Solar Power at Matava Fiji's Premier Eco Resort (Stephanie Hicks/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

3 November 2017

Achieving Fiji’s Paris Agreement energy commitments

by Peter Johnston

Meenakshi Dewan tends to maintenance work on the solar street lighting in her village of Tinginaput, India (Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Pictures/DFID/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

27 February 2017

Australia’s development program – delivering clean solutions to energy poverty

by Scott Ludlam

Lethaba Power Station outside Sasolburg in the Free State, South Africa, 2007. South Africa relies heavily on coal for its energy needs. (Flickr/World Bank)

20 January 2016

Coal, poverty and energy access

by Matthew Dornan

23 October 2015

Fortnightly links: Deaton’s Nobel, Canada votes, global poverty guesstimates, and more…

by Camilla Burkot and Terence Wood

17 July 2015

Weekend links: Iran deal, catalytic aid, Chinese well-being, solar power, health subsidies, and the value of celebrities

by Camilla Burkot and Terence Wood

15 September 2014

Some questions about NZ Aid’s renewable energy program

by Matthew Dornan and Jo Spratt

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