Dr Andrew Jones, Director Geoscience, Energy and Maritime
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Andrew Jones as the Director of Geoscience, Energy and Maritime at the Pacific Community (SPC). His appointment will formally take effect on 16 October 2017.
Building a Culture of Education Data Use in the Pacific
Successful delivery of capacity building and support to education systems, particularly in the Pacific, requires addressing both technical solutions and political challenges. To that end, the Pacific Community (SPC) is currently reinforcing its support…
Building a Culture of Education Data Use in the Pacific
Delegates from Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Tuvalu explore EMIS data use with SPC
Advancing regional climate change finance priorities
Climate Change and Finance government representatives from eight Pacific Island countries meet this week to discuss climate change finance. These discussions have the overarching goal to assist the present countries with accessing climate change funds.
NCDs needs renewed energy and effort
I recently attended a meeting of an international expert group convened by WHO in Geneva to assess progress being made by the global community in taking actions to reduce the impact of NCDs following high level meetings sponsored by the UN General…
Sharing experiences on global climate change finance, a key feature of the Samoa Climate Finance Forum
Learning from the experience of neighbouring countries was on the agenda at Samoa’s National Climate Finance Forum in Apia. Given the increasing climate change financing to the Pacific, there is a need to share experiences and lessons given the varying…
Samoa climate change finance stakeholders discuss way forward
Climate change financing stakeholders of Samoa converge today in Apia for a week-long series of activities geared towards knowledge-sharing and collective formulation of solutions to challenges presently experienced in this particular field of…
Australia reaffirms commitment to strengthening Pacific Island meteorological services
The Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac) continues to build capacity of Pacific Island Meteorological Services to understand and apply climate, ocean and sea level information for the benefit of Pacific Island governments and…
Samoa holds its first National Climate Finance Forum
Five programmes alone have resulted in over USD 100 million for Samoa to strengthen resilience to climate change. This was presented at the very first Samoa National Climate Finance Forum held today in Apia.
Advanced in its’ coordination of Climate…
Improving understanding of oceans and tides in the North Pacific
In a first for the North Pacific, the Marshall Islands Weather Service will host an Oceans and Tides Workshop this week (6-10 March) in coordination with the Pacific Community (SPC) in an effort to increase knowledge, technical capacity, understanding…