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November Vol 49 No 11
CONTENTS

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5 Editor’s Note Food Processing
6 Briefs 32 Trends in food and beverage manufacturing
8 Whispers 34 From Samoa with Alofa
10 The long, hard road to climate finance 36 Supporting Pacific cacao farmers

15 Two-headed monster, or myth?
Unpacking geopolitical pressures in and on the Renewable Energy
Pacific Islands, and the effect on militarisation
and the climate debate. 41 Tuvalu’s floating solar panels
20 Strengthening the Pacific’s nukes-free zone 42 OTEC: Challenging the status quo
Nuclear issues are on the agenda as Pacific
Islands Forum leaders meet.
44 Movers and Shakers
23 Whose rule is it?
Fiji’s ruling coalition is in disarray.
26 Pacific prepares for El Niño
Cover image: Courtesy of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
28 Water shocks impact the food chain

American Samoa ............US$10.00 French Polynesia .............. CPF500 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Samoa ............................T12.00
French Polynesia .............. CPF500
Australia ....................... AU$6.00
Solomon Islands ............. SL$30.00
Australia ......................AU$10.00 Guam..........................US$10.00 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Samoa ............................T10.00
New Zealand .................NZ$10.00
Hawaii ......................... US$6.00
Cook Islands ................... NZ$6.00
Niue ...........................NZ$10.00
Tonga .............................P10.00
CNMI ..........................US$10.00 Hawaii ........................US$10.00 New Zealand .................. NZ$6.00 Solomon Islands ............. SL$20.00
Federated States of Micronesia ......
Kiribati ......................... AU$6.00
Tuvalu .........................AU$10.00
Palau ..........................US$10.00
Cook Islands ..................NZ$10.00 Kiribati ........................AU$10.00 Niue ............................ NZ$6.00 Tonga .............................P10.00
Marshall Islands .............. US$6.00
US$6.00
Papua New Guinea .............K15.00
Vanuatu ........................ Vatu500
FSM ............................US$10.00 Marshall Islands .............US$10.00 Palau ........................... US$6.00 Tuvalu .......................... AU$6.00
Fiji Islands.......................F$4.35
Nauru .......................... AU$6.00
Fiji Islands.......................F$8.00 Nauru .........................AU$10.00 Papua New Guinea .............K10.00 Vanuatu ........................ Vatu500
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