Pacific Islands must stop relying on foreign aid to adapt to climate change, because the money won’t last

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blogs: 6 blogs

twitter: 54 X users
facebook: 1 Facebook page

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Title	Pacific Islands must stop relying on foreign aid to adapt to climate change, because the money won’t last
Published by	The Conversation
DOI	10.64628/aa.wjsu7s3fy
Authors	Nunn, Patrick, Kumar, Roselyn
Abstract	Western solutions to Pacific Island issues often end in failure. These countries must build their autonomy to survive climate change.

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country	Count	As %
Australia	10	19%
Fiji	6	11%
United States	5	9%
New Zealand	3	6%
United Kingdom	3	6%
Canada	2	4%
Indonesia	2	4%
Taiwan	1	2%
Norway	1	2%
Other	4	7%
Unknown	17	31%

Demographic breakdown

Type
Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	44	81%
Scientists	6	11%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	4	7%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 209. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2024.

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#25,611

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