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Home » Disasters

Tag: Disasters

Disaster-hit Vanuatu hopes for ‘historic’ UN climate change resolution

By Sanjeshni Kumar March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

Vanuatu hopes for a ‘historic’ UN climate change resolution that would help establish important legal context “for many of us, who are facing the devastation caused by climate change”

Vanuatu’s existential climate threat: “Losing my country is not an option”

By Ralph Regenvanu March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

In the wake of the latest warning from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Pacific island nation renews calls for a global phaseout of fossil fuels

Taiwan handed over US$1 million to Palau Government to implement Climate Change Project

By Sanjeshni Kumar February 17, 2023February 17, 2023

Palau receives US$1 million to fund “Palau’s Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Project”

‘Is there going to be another tsunami?’: Tonga in limbo a year after volcano eruption

By Taina Kami Enoka February 10, 2023February 10, 2023

The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caused devastation across the Pacific Island nation that remains ongoing a year later

Pacific Disaster Ministers show leadership, Goodwill and a future vision to build a safer Pacific for communities

By SPC and Fijian Government September 20, 2022September 20, 2022

Pacific leaders endorsed the ‘Nadi Declaration’ to raise the bar for resilience building in the Pacific, given the escalating risks facing the region

New report highlights increased disaster risks for the Pacific

By United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

A new report revealed every increment of a degree between 1.5°C and 2°C translates into increased climate risks that will have multidimensional impacts on Pacific people and their livelihoods

New agreement boosts vital scientific collaboration in the Pacific

By SPC July 12, 2022July 12, 2022

A new agreement to spur action on Pacific Ocean science and increase collaboration on the implementation of the UN Decade of ocean science for sustainable development

US$10 million will boost Vanuatu’s resilience and preparedness for recovery from future disasters

By Tom Perry and Kym Smithies June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

US$10 million to help improve Vanuatu’s resilience and preparedness for recovery from future disasters and strengthen efforts on climate change adaptation

Deployment of a new wave buoy in Palau to improve monitoring of ocean conditions

By Sanjeshni Kumar June 20, 2022June 20, 2022

Deployment of a new wave buoy to enhance disaster and climate resilience and monitor the conditions of the ocean in Palau

Don’t saddle Pacific Islands with disaster debt

By Luke Fletcher June 6, 2022June 6, 2022

It would be immoral for high-emitting countries to put an extra burden of disaster debt on Pacific nations who are suffering more extreme weather events, writes Luke Fletcher

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