INTRODUCTION This volume is intended as a companion to Blue Pacific Continent, Volume I – Primer on Pacific Regional Climate Change Action. This reference book offers an overview of Pacific countries...
Micronesia + 20 more
Micronesia + 20 more
INTRODUCTION This volume is intended as a companion to Blue Pacific Continent, Volume I – Primer on Pacific Regional Climate Change Action. This reference book offers an overview of Pacific countries...
Micronesia + 20 more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The “Blue Pacific Continent” is both a mindset and a geographic region. The Southwest Pacific Ocean is home to more than two dozen island states and territories that range in size...
World + 37 more
Executive summary The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caught the world unprepared, revealing society’s vulnerabilities, systemic fragility and lack of resilience. In 2020, the Data, Strategy...
World + 6 more
OVERALL PROGRESS Context The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) member Pacific Island National Societies are spread across a diverse and vast region. Largely made...
World + 4 more
By Dr Jun Gao, Acting World Health Organization Representative to the South Pacific and Christophe Bahuet, Deputy Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme With...
World + 15 more
Executive summary The 14 Pacific Island countries and territories covered by this multi-country strategic plan – Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau,...
SOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati – “I am very fortunate to have been part of this ‘MISP’ training. I have gained more knowledge and practical skills. I feel more confident that I now can provide even better...
Fiji + 9 more
For Immediate Release Office of Press Relations press@usaid.gov Monday, August 14, 2023. Press Release Today while in Suva, Fiji, Administrator Samantha Power will announce additional investments as...
Kiribati + 3 more
26 July 2023 Joint News Release Suva, Fiji The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are launching a new partnership today to support four countries -...
World + 37 more
A disaster emergency is underway in Asia and the Pacific as risks outpace resilience, warns new UN study The Asia-Pacific region has a narrow window to increase its resilience and protect its...
World + 39 more
War, violence, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, rising inflation, and spiraling prices; these are all factors that contributed to an overall increase in people’s needs, to which nearly 63,000...
Kiribati + 1 more
Tarawa, 19 May 2023 — The Government of Kiribati’s efforts to strengthen the national health system’s resilience to the impacts of climate change are receiving a boost thanks to a partnership between...
Kiribati, a country spread across dozens of atolls in the central Pacific, is one of the most remote and geographically dispersed countries in the world. It is also one of the most vulnerable...
Tonga + 12 more
Commitment to expand World Bank support for health, education, social protection and climate-resilient infrastructure projects across the Pacific over next eight years SYDNEY, May 8, 2023 – The...
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ADB Operations Reach $20.5 Billion in 2022, Addressing Crises, Building Resilience MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its own...
Cook Islands + 14 more
Overview Through its interim Multi-Country Strategic Plan (iMCSP) 2019-2023, WFP prioritized close collaboration with national governments and communities across 15 Pacific Island Countries and...
Cambodia + 22 more
East Asia and Pacific Regional Growth to Accelerate as China Rebounds Slowing global growth, commodity prices, financial tightening to weigh in 2023 WASHINGTON, March 30, 2023 – Growth in developing...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) officially launched medical activities in the equatorial Pacific island nation of Kiribati in October 2022. Our team there, including a paediatrician, midwife and...
Cook Islands + 8 more
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 of small island and archipelago...
Cook Islands + 9 more
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...