By 2050, Palau is predicted to lose 25% of its fisheries catch potential due to climate change alone. The unrelenting demand for fish, joined by the threats of a changing climate and continually advancing technology, require more sophisticated and effective conservation measures. For Palau, this means that, in addition to ensuring community and leadership support […]
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UOG research informs report on impact of climate change on Guam’s freshwater availability
If current climate conditions persist, Guam’s water resources are projected to diminish by 2080 due to an increase in average temperature and decrease in average rainfall. This was the prediction that came out of a federally funded U.S. Geological Survey study published on Sept. 30 that evaluates water resources on the island’s U.S. Department of […]
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Not just climate but legal challenges looming
APIA, 21 OCTOBER 2019 (SAMOA OBSERVER) — Samoa Supreme Court Justice Vui Clarence Nelson is looking ahead to a future when climate change starts to pose legal challenges, not just environmental ones. While groups of children take entire countries to task over climate change inaction, and students are turning to the International Court of Justice […]
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On the brink of a crisis financing development in Pacific SIDS due for a drastic re-think
By Matthew Johnson-Idan, Development Economist, UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, Bram Peters, Programme Manager – Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme, UNCDF and Sanjesh Naidu, Economic Adviser, UNESCAP Pacific Office SUVA, 11 OCTOBER 2019 (UNDP/UNCDF/UNESCAP) — Climate change has created unprecedented development challenges for Pacific SIDS. Thinking about the cost of increasing frequency and severity of climate-related […]
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Young Palauans show support for viral Filipino teenager questioned for representing Palau in world stage
Young Palauans and other adults held a surprise welcome for a Filipino teenager that went viral online after some netizens questioned his representation of Palau in the world stage in the fight against climate crisis. Carlos Manuel, 17, a Filipino who has spent most of his life in Palau, had received an overwhelming support and […]
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Politics of climate change put corporations in tough spot
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer The polarizing politics of climate change have forced companies to choose between supporting the Trump administration’s deregulation policies that could boost profits or opposing them to win over environmentally conscious consumers. That dynamic played out again Thursday when President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency sought to revoke regulations on […]