For a country desperate for change, there was a great appeal in Trump’s election promises to immediately end foreign wars, curb rising inflation and tackle illegal immigration.

The acidification of rivers and chemicalization of soil, air, and food, undergirded with a constant supply of ‘slow violence’ continues to the creation of graveyards in many developing nations.

Three particular aspects stand out and give an early indication of what the Trump doctrine of foreign policy might look like.

Biden’s legasy threatens to be a disappearing presidency, reduced to an ellipsis between the two Trump administrations, judged solely by its tragic end.

If tenants were protected from excessive rent increases and evictions, landlordism could also be recast as an essential service that yields reasonable profits to providers.

Privacy concerns arise as your sensitive medical and financial information flows between multiple systems.

At no time outside of war have economies had to face a 30 to 70% contraction as a consequence of a single cyclone. Fiji, Vanuatu and Tonga have faced this situation within this decade.

The postwar period was a time of shortages and rationing. As well as meat, sugar, clothing and fuel, building materials were in short supply.

The workshop was organised by Suva-based civil society organisation, Dialogue Fiji, in collaboration with Emily’s List Australia and funded by Misereor.

The UK's experience, particularly hiding the ethnic or religious background, underscores the catastrophic consequences of complacency and denial.