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Updated on June 9, 2023
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Last week the Secretariat of the Pacific Environment Programme (SPREP) went live with their new website and resources pages to accompany the 2020 State of Environment and Conservation Report for the Pacific Islands, which was featured at the… Read More
Updated on November 15, 2023
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On March 25, the Pacific RISA was invited by the East-West Center and the Government of Japan to participate in a workshop on “Strengthening Resilience, Cooperation, and Partnership in the Pacific” in a panel focused on the impacts… Read More
Updated on October 27, 2023
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Climate Change Brings Challenges for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands—Read the 2021 Assessment Stronger typhoons, threats to coral reefs, and human health risks are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change… Read More
Updated on August 9, 2024
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Hotter weather, risks to freshwater supplies, coral reef death, and stronger typhoons are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in Guam. Threatened resources include high-value coastal infrastructure and the millions of dollars… Read More
Updated on August 9, 2024
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Higher temperatures, stronger typhoons, coral reef loss, and coastal flooding are among the major challenges detailed in a new report by the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) on climate change in the Republic of Palau. Threatened resources… Read More
Updated on October 27, 2023
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The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the strong linkages between ecological health and human health. When ecosystems are disturbed – through activities like deforestation or pollution, for example – the services they provide like clean water, healthy food, and… Read More
Updated on November 15, 2023
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Climate justice and racial justice are inexorably linked. In the United States and globally, the burden of environmental risks and climate impacts have fallen disproportionately on Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. Ignoring past and present racial… Read More
Updated on June 9, 2023
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The Pacific RISA has partnered with the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to form a working group on… Read More
Updated on June 9, 2023
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On January 30-31, 2020, Pacific RISA and NOAA International Research and Applications Project Principal Investigator Laura Brewington of the East-West Center led the first national Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Climate Change and Health Dialog in Majuro…. Read More
Updated on June 9, 2023
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ja-Rei Wang, jwang@ucsusa.org, 202-331-6943 Nearly Seven in Ten Hawai’i Residents Think Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay For Global Warming Damages, According to New Poll Hawaii Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked… Read More
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New Resource: SPREP’s State of the Environment and Conservation Report for the Pacific Islands
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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Last week the Secretariat of the Pacific Environment Programme (SPREP) went live with their new website and resources pages to accompany the 2020 State of Environment and Conservation Report for the Pacific Islands, which was featured at the… Read More
Category: Blog, General, News Tags: biodiversity, climate change, conservation, ecological security, SPREP
Addressing Compound Threats through Pacific Regional Cooperation
Updated on November 15, 2023 by pacrisa
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On March 25, the Pacific RISA was invited by the East-West Center and the Government of Japan to participate in a workshop on “Strengthening Resilience, Cooperation, and Partnership in the Pacific” in a panel focused on the impacts… Read More
Category: Blog, General, News Tags: climate change, Pacific Islands, Pacific RISA
Explore the 2021 PIRCA Report for CNMI
Updated on October 27, 2023 by pacrisa
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Climate Change Brings Challenges for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands—Read the 2021 Assessment Stronger typhoons, threats to coral reefs, and human health risks are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change… Read More
Category: Blog, General, News Tags: Climate adaptation, climate change, CNMI, coral, PIRCA
Explore the 2020 PIRCA Report for Guam
Updated on August 9, 2024 by pacrisa
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Hotter weather, risks to freshwater supplies, coral reef death, and stronger typhoons are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in Guam. Threatened resources include high-value coastal infrastructure and the millions of dollars… Read More
Category: Blog, General, News Tags: Climate adaptation, climate change, Guam, PIRCA, wildfire
Explore the 2020 PIRCA Report for the Republic of Palau
Updated on August 9, 2024 by pacrisa
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Higher temperatures, stronger typhoons, coral reef loss, and coastal flooding are among the major challenges detailed in a new report by the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) on climate change in the Republic of Palau. Threatened resources… Read More
Category: General, News Tags: climate change, Palau, PIRCA, sea-level rise
Ecological Security in the Pacific
Updated on October 27, 2023 by pacrisa
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The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the strong linkages between ecological health and human health. When ecosystems are disturbed – through activities like deforestation or pollution, for example – the services they provide like clean water, healthy food, and… Read More
Category: Blog, General, Media, News Tags: climate change, ecological security, invasive species, Pacific Islands
Climate and Social Justice: Resources
Updated on November 15, 2023 by pacrisa
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Climate justice and racial justice are inexorably linked. In the United States and globally, the burden of environmental risks and climate impacts have fallen disproportionately on Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. Ignoring past and present racial… Read More
Category: Blog, Features, General, News Tags: climate change, climate justice
When Climate Change and Invasive Species Interact
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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The Pacific RISA has partnered with the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to form a working group on… Read More
Category: Blog, General, News Tags: climate change, ecological security, invasive species, Pacific Islands
Republic of the Marshall Islands holds first National Climate Change and Health Dialog
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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On January 30-31, 2020, Pacific RISA and NOAA International Research and Applications Project Principal Investigator Laura Brewington of the East-West Center led the first national Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Climate Change and Health Dialog in Majuro…. Read More
Category: Blog, Media, News Tags: climate change, communities, health, Indigenous knowledge, law & policy, Marshall Islands
Hawaii Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked Highest Among U.S. States
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ja-Rei Wang, jwang@ucsusa.org, 202-331-6943 Nearly Seven in Ten Hawai’i Residents Think Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay For Global Warming Damages, According to New Poll Hawaii Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked… Read More
Category: Blog, General Tags: climate change, Hawaii, law & policy
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