thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar

North Korean "smuggling networks" are registering ships in Pacific nations to disguise themselves while trafficking oil, according to former United Nations sanctions experts and documents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/08/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-smugglers-disguise/?utm_content=buffer56899&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

‘What is your backup?’: Niue's premier says complete phase out of fossil fuels 'very hard' (www.rnz.co.nz)

Niue has nearly exhausted its climate mitigation options and its focus now is on adaptation, the island's Premier Dalton Tagelagi says. Tagelagi told RNZ Pacific that Niue's contribution to global warming is one-thousandth of a percentage point (0.0001%) and they are already halfway to achieving their renewable energy target of...

tml, to random
@tml@urbanists.social avatar

What a missed opportunity: The code for the Venice Lido is LIPV, not LIDO.

Is there any airport for which the four-letter ICAO code, or even the three-letter code, would match a name for the location?

tml,
@tml@urbanists.social avatar

And the winner is:

International Airport, code: NIUE.

Found using the list from https://datahub.io/core/airport-codes and this Perl code:

#!/usr/bin/env perl -an -F,

use strict;

my $icao = $F[0];

next unless $icao =~ m/[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]/;

foreach my $name(split(/ /,$F[2].' '.$F[7])) {
if (uc($icao) eq uc($name)) {
print $icao, ' ', $F[2], ' ', $F[7], "\n";
}
}

Ignoring two matches with bogus data: BOBS and SWYX.

IATA check left as an exercise to readers.

takvera, to climate
@takvera@c.im avatar

Finance ministers from Pacific Island nations met in Fiji this week for an Pacific Islands Forum Economic Ministers Meeting. After three days of deliberations, the ministers welcomed the Port Vila Call for a Just Transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific. It will be taken to the Pacific Leaders forum later this year.

https://fossilfueltreaty.org/port-vila-call

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