Climate Action Pacific Partnership (CAPP) Conference II – 2018
Senior SPC representatives will join climate change leaders from across the region and around the world for this key COP 23 meeting for the Climate Action Pacific Partnership (CAPP). Topics of discussion will include NCD’s, Innovative Climate…
Republic of Marshall Islands strengthens food security measures ahead of future droughts
Communities in the remote, drought prone, northern atolls of the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) are trialling new food security measures to increase the availability of local food crops, expand the use of drought resistant crop varieties, improve…
Meeting of the R2R Regional Programme Steering Committee
Conduct RE Investment Forum jointly with PRIF and PPA
Securing food and water security ahead of drought in remote communities in the North Pacific
Participants from three small North Pacific island countries: Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Palau, joined development partners last week (23-27 April 2018) to share experiences from the 2015-2016 severe El Niño drought and explore…
Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency – A regional entity but a national treasure
On Thursday 26 April, the Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) marked its first anniversary of operations with a ceremony in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. PCREEE was created as a gateway to promote greener and more efficient energy use…
Fresh groundwater potential discovered in Cook Islands could support communities on remote islands
Conducting electrical resistivity surveys along the airport runway
A backup water source to support the communities of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands to access safe and clean drinking water during drought conditions has recently been investigated…
Pacific maritime leaders see community based approach as key to improving safety at sea
Participants at the Third Domestic Ship Safety Forum have recommended adopting a community based approach involving end users of domestic ship services to improve safety at sea.