Pacific: Drought - May 2022 Updates

Survey Findings Background In July 2022, the Government of Tuvalu declared a State of Emergency due to worsening drought conditions across the country. The northern islands were severely impacted,...

HIGHLIGHTS East Asia and the Pacific remains the region most prone to natural hazards worldwide, with an average of 122 million people affected yearly throughout the region. This is severely...

Climate change impacts increase in South-West Pacific Press Release Number: 18082023 Sea level rise increases more than global average Ocean heat and acidification threatens ecosystems and way of...

UNICEF is working with partners to support families affected by the drought Emma Temakei For Batouta, a 46-year-old grandmother, life was as usual until a drought hit Kiribati. Life before the...

Introduction The Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT) is a network of humanitarian organizations working together to assist Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) to prepare for and respond to...

Flooding. Droughts. Landslides. Storm surges. Coastal Inundation These were some of the impacts of a triple-dip La Niña event, which was declared for the Pacific last year. A triple-dip La Niña means...

Highlights In Tonga, the WFP-led Emergency Telecommunications Cluster conducted the first-ever High-Frequency Radio training for first responders from 23 – 27 January. As part of WFP’s ongoing...

In the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator, is the picturesque atoll nation of Kiribati. Around 120,000 people, spread across 21 atolls, call the small island state home. From...

(Excerpt) 3 . ENSO UPDATE: • LA NINA continues in the tropical Pacific. • Though ocean temperatures have risen in recent weeks, atmospheric indicators are largely unchanged and remain at La Nina...

(Excerpt) 3 . ENSO OUTLOOK FOR TUVALU IN DECEMBER • LA NINA continues in the tropical Pacific and is likely to persist into early 2023. • Monthly maximum and minimum temperatures for December are...

(Excerpt) 4 . ENSO OUTLOOK FOR TUVALU IN DECEMBER: • LA NINA continues in the tropical Pacific and is likely to persist into early 2023. • Monthly maximum and minimum temperatures for December are...

Highlights In observance of the 16 Days of Activism on GenderBased Violence (GBV), WFP organized a brown bag session in partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) on 5 December...

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu – A Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the Pacific, Tuvalu, has been suffering from drought in many parts of the country since August 2022 due to La Niña. The resulting...

Excerpt Joint situational analysis The Pacific Islands covered in this plan are spread across a vast and diverse region which represents more than 15 per cent of the earth’s surface. Largely made up...

The year 2022 was yet an another reminder that Asia-Pacific is the world’s most disaster-prone region. The major disasters of 2022 fell across the development spectrum, from floods in Afghanistan,...

HIGHLIGHTS East Asia and the Pacific remains the region most prone to natural hazards worldwide, with an average of 122 million people affected yearly throughout the region. This is severely...

Highlights WFP’s Pacific Humanitarian Air Service (PHAS) completed two years of operations in the region. An event commemorating its success was held in Suva, Fiji. Participants included key donors,...

Highlights US$1.33 million six months (October 2022-March 2023) net funding requirements Operational Updates Food Security and Livelihoods • The first Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster...

Malia Tuitupou, a volunteer working at one of the “Women Friendly Spaces” established and supported by the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific in Tonga, still vividly remembers the...

FUNAFUTI, TUVALU (16 November 2022) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a $4 million emergency grant to the Government of Tuvalu to help fund drought relief efforts. On 8 November, the...