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Our rapidly warming climate is threatening coral reefs as thermal anomalies trigger mass coral bleaching events. Click on the link below to access the full paper.

New research finds that the mass bleaching event that led to the death of 30 percent of shallow-water corals on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 also had a substantial impact on deep reefs. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A group of 17 philanthropic foundations has committed nearly half a billion dollars in support of land-based solutions to climate change and the recognition of indigenous peoples’ and traditional communities’ collective land rights and resource management.Click on the link below to read the full

We have an opportunity to involve graduate students and scientists from the Southern Hemisphere and Pacific sector into the OceanVisions2019 - Climate Summit. The summit is centered around ocean solutions and success stories in the areas of resilience, adaptation, and s

As climate change continues its assault on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Queensland Minister for the Great Barrier Reef Leeanne Enoch has called for global action to tackle the issue head-on. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

This is the 62nd issue of SPREP Climate Change Matters Newsletter for the period January to July 2018. Click on the link below to read the full newsletter. 

SPREP Invites Applications From Interested And Suitable Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, PACRES. Click on the link below for further details.

New Zealand and Japan will cooperate to ensure the success of the Pacific Climate Change Centre in Samoa, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

This study applies Modern Portfolio Theory...to create a global selection of reefs with a higher chance of surviving climate change impacts... Click on the link below to access the full article. 

The International Partnership for Blue Carbon (IPBC) – together with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat-Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (PIFS-OPOC) – is hosting two blue carbon events at the PIFS campus in Suva, Fiji, this September: the IPBC’s third annual meeting and a Pacific blue