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...
In September 2023, El Niño was officially declared in FSM, raising concerns for the upcoming months. The drying trend, intensifying from October to November, typically peaks in January after an El...
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...
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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...
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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,...
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...
New Report: Federated States of Micronesia Faces Stronger Storms, Health Threats, and Challenges for Atolls and Fisheries from Climate Change HONOLULU (July 18, 2023) – Stronger typhoons, growing...
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...
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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...
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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...
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Introduction The Pacific region is at a crossroads. The advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals aspirations across all sectors are facing the test of international solidarity. The Pacific...
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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...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is an island country in the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire.” However, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions pose a less frequent...
Kiribati + 12 more
On September 28-29, 2022, during the first-ever U.S.- Pacific Island Country Summit hosted by President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken announced that the U.S. Agency for International Development...
Fiji + 11 more
CHAPTER 1 The shifting contours of the Pacific small island developing States (SIDS) disaster riskscape Blue Pacific 2050 Climate Change and Disasters Strategic pathways: Governance, Partnerships and...
USA + 3 more
This paper is part of USCRI’s ongoing policy and advocacy work highlighting strengths and weaknesses in existing U.S. and international policy toward migration from climate-affected countries and...