Researchers say that teasing out the role of human-induced global warming — as opposed to natural fluctuations — in individual weather extremes will help city planners, engineers and home-owners to understand which kinds of floods, droughts and other weather calamities are increasing in risk.
Conservationists in Northland say the Whangārei District Council needs to get real about climate change after a hectare of native forest was felled to make way for a subdivision. Link to full article below.
The Pacific Climate Change Centre to be based in Samoa, will open in September.The centre will be the first of its kind in the region and will deliver capacity development programmes in adaptation, mitigation, climate services and project development. Link to full article below.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2nd Pacific Islands Environment Leadership Awards (PIELA).
SPREP invites applications from interested and suitable qualified persons for the position of PACRES, Knowledge Management Officer.
In September this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release a special report on the ocean and the cryosphere, helping to give science based answers on how a changing climate will impact these areas, and us all.
The Pacific Community’s Global Climate Change Alliance: Pacific Small Island States (GCCA: PSIS), funded by the European Union (EU) was the proud recipient of the 2019 Energy Globe Award, recognised for its outstanding work and contribution towards advancing peer to peer learning in climate
The intensifying pressure on the ocean is a challenge for Pacific Islanders, so it is vital that ‘climate issues’ are prioritised. Under the topic ‘healthy oceans’ the biggest fear remains unseen as the ocean ecosystem and communities are being threatened.
The Pacific Islands’ effort and ambition for climate and ocean action was the key message conveyed to the Secretary General (SG) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim, during a public lecture at USP last weekend. Link to full article below.
Coastal communities have a stronger effect on local ocean acidification than previously believed...new measurements taken in California’s Monterey Bay show that it absorbs carbon dioxide emissions from the surrounding cities and agricultural lands, making it more acidic.
