Search and Rescue (SAR) Facility Opens in Samoa

Hon Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa   The Prime Minister of Samoa, Hon Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi officially opened a state-of-the-art Search and Rescue Facility on Friday, last week. The first of its kind in the…

Building monitoring & evaluation (M&E) capacity in climate change and disaster resilience in Kiribati

Training for development practitioners in Kiribati has been completed this week focusing on  boosting monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity to support the country’s work in climate change and disaster risk management. 

Pacific students gain professional qualifications in climate change adaptation & disaster risk reduction

First cohort – Certificate 4 in resilience (face-to-face session). Country representatives from Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu participating in shrinking island activity.  

Pacific Leaders united on call for action to address climate change and disaster risks

Pacific leaders today called for action to stem the tide of emissions and prevent Pacific Island countries from being devastated by disasters and climate change. President of the Republic of Kiribati H.E. Tenati Maamau whilst speaking at a Pacific…

Climate change and disaster risk finance assessment underway in Solomon Islands

Improved ability to access climate change finance is a priority for the Solomon Islands, and this week representatives from government ministries, non-governmental organisations and the private sector are meeting in Honiara to contribute to the Solomon…

Zoom - Coastal management champions in North Efate

In Vanuatu, North Efate communities are champions of natural resource management awareness. Each village has an environment committee to manage and regulate the use of marine and land resources. Two networks of environment committees work together to…

Zoom - Seawall safeguard for Awak Elementary School

When the people of Awak in the Federated States of Micronesia found their school was under threat from rising sea levels, they made it a priority to solve the problem Awak Elementary School provides education for six villages, serving a total population…

Federated States of Micronesia pursue a common approach between disaster risk and climate change

A joint Environment Summit and Disaster Risk Management Platform is being held this week (15-19 August) in Weno, Chuuk, to address challenges related to the impacts of disasters throughout the Federated States of Micronesia.

Pacific Disaster Net provides daily updates in wake of tropical cyclone Pam

The Pacific’s largest and most comprehensive information management resource on disaster risk management and national sustainable development has commenced daily email updates in the wake of cyclone Pam. Anyone wanting to subscribe to the Pacific…

Cyclone Pam: SPC on standby to assist Pacific Islands

With the extent of the impacts of tropical cyclone Pam on Pacific Island nations not yet known – and indeed still unfolding – the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is on standby to provide technical assistance to the affected countries.Stark…
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