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Tag: Palau

Palau Climate Services and Coordination Workshop

As part of Pacific RISA’s UNEP CIS-Pac5 research program on climate information and early warning systems, the team convened a Sector-based Climate Services and Coordination Workshop in Koror, Palau from February 26 to March 1, 2024. The workshop… Read More

A Coordinated Approach is Needed: Outcomes of the First Pacific Ecological Security Conference

Over 100 representatives from across the Pacific region met at the inaugural Pacific Ecological Security Conference (PESC) that took place in Palau from 3–5 October. Hosted by the Government of Palau, the East-West Center, the Pacific Community (SPC),… Read More

2022 Palau Indigenous Knowledge Exchange

Islanders from across the Pacific Rim gather to share Indigenous Knowledge, climate adaptation practices From July 23-30, a diverse group of Pacific Islanders working on traditional forms of aquaculture and navigation across the Pacific Rim came together for… Read More

2022 Our Ocean Palau Conference

Pacific RISA Project Specialist Paula Moehlenkamp recently attended the Our Ocean conference in Palau, where she represented the collaboration between Pacific RISA and the Local2030 Islands Network. Hosted by the Government of the Republic of Palau and the… Read More

New Resource: The 2021 Pacific Islands Climate Storybook

The new Pacific Islands Climate Storybook details community experiences in addressing the impacts of a changing climate in Pacific Island countries. Originally published in 2015, the Storybook was made possible through the extraordinary efforts of numerous government agencies… Read More

Explore the 2020 PIRCA Report for the Republic of Palau

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

Third US National Climate Assessment

Coral loss, water supplies, increased temperatures  top Hawai‘i and Pacific Region Concerns in  3rd U.S. National Climate Assessment HONOLULU (May 6th, 2014) – Among major climate change concerns and challenges already being felt in Hawai‘i and the U.S.-Affiliated… Read More

Climate Impacts and Outlook

New Hawai‘i and Pacific Islands Climate Impacts and Outlook quarterly briefing sheet The Pacific ENSO Applications Climate (PEAC) Center and the Pacific Climate Information System (PaCIS) have just launched a new resource for decision makers and the public…. Read More

Pacific countries prepare to report on 2010 Biodiversity targets

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Press Release (reprinted with permission) 11 Pacific island countries are to meet in Samoa next week for a workshop to assist them in completing their fourth National Reports to the… Read More