Pacific Regional Disaster and Emergency Managers Meeting 2024
Disaster Managers and Emergency Service Managers are core constituents of three SPC projects : Pacific Islands' Emergency Management Alliance (PIEMA); Building Safety and Resilience in the Pacific II (BSRP II); and the Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing…
Educators trained to offer resilience qualifications in the Pacific
As discussions on resilience and climate change are growing amongst different sectors and platforms in the Pacific, formalising practices and creating career pathways through the newly developed Resilience Qualifications has scaled up the need to offer…
Fiji and SPC collaborate to boost disaster preparedness and climate resilience
Credit: Aqela Susu/Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management
In response to the escalating threats of climate change, including rising sea levels, climate-induced displacement, and increased frequency of extreme weather…
Nadave makes Resilience Qualification a core course for TVET students
The Centre for Appropriate Technology and Development (CATD) in Nadave, Fiji, received essential equipment to offer the Certificates in Resilience Qualifications, Levels 2 and 4, from the Pacific Community (SPC) on February 20th, 2024.
Flowing forward - Marshall Islands schools' drinking water project
To increase students' access to safer drinking water, the Republic of Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority (RMI EPA), supported by the Pacific Community (SPC), is piloting the construction of drinking water stations in six Majuro schools…
Pacific Island countries come together to discuss water scarcity
Water is essential for life, but it is a scarce resource in many Pacific Island countries. Climate change adds to the undersupply, with rising sea levels threatening freshwater supplies.
Launch of the Pacific Regional One Maritime Framework development and funding announcement
(R-L) European Union (EU) Ambassador to the Pacific, Her Excellency, Ms Barbara Plinkert, Acting Permanent Secretary Ministry of Public Works, Meteorological Services and Transport, Mr.