“The Pacific, one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to disasters and climate change”, to share its experience in disaster resilience with the rest of the world at GPDRR
Category: Our region
Creating gas from food waste; Pacific island among the first to make the switch
Residents of Kadavu Island will be the first to start generating cooking gas made from food waste to help reduce the reliance on open fires for cooking
Reclaiming our future
In a world threatened by complex and overlapping crises, we need more crisis-prepared policies to protect Asia and the Pacific region, writes Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Nuclear expert reaffirms harm of dumping nuclear-contaminated water into ocean, calls on Japan to stop pressuring opposition voices
Experts urged the Japanese government to truly listen to concerns from the domestic public and the international community that oppose their plan to discharge Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean
ANZ becomes first bank in the Pacific to issue recycled plastic bank cards
ANZ announces to issue customers in the Pacific with 70% recycled plastic bank cards to lower environmental impacts
Two major projects on climate change adaptation for Vanuatu approved
Projects to improve the resilience of the coastal zone in Vanuatu to the impacts of climate change in order to sustain livelihoods, food production and preserve and improve the quality of life
Factsheets break down key messages in latest IPCC reports
The manager of PCCC says the factsheets that break down key messages in the latest IPCC reports “are an excellent tool to understand and engage people in the conversation about the report and how it impacts them.”
NOAA predicts a below-normal 2022 Central Pacific hurricane season
NOAA predicts a 60 percent chance of below-normal tropical cyclone activity during the Central Pacific hurricane season this year
No opposition to the Mariana Trench’s national sanctuary nomination but…..
Friends of the Mariana Trench co-founder is “asking the Biden administration to keep the Mariana Trench nomination on the list of the inventory of possible marine sanctuaries.”
Mango island community to rebuild on ‘Eua, under island development programme
Mango islanders affected by the tsunamis and volcano eruption early this year will now have their homes rebuilt on the land identified in ‘Eua