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Tropical Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures have persisted at ENSO neutral values for several weeks. Below the surface, much of the tropical Pacific is now at near average temperatures. Atmospheric indicators are also generally at neutral ENSO levels. The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is close to zero, while trade winds are currently being enhanced by the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO). Only cloudiness near the Date Line continues to show a weak La Niña like signature.

A monthly e-bulletin of activities and assistance from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme to its member countries.

The impact of waste and pollution on sustainable development in the 15 Pacific countries is taking its toll on the health of Pacific communities, degrading natural ecosystems, threatening food security, impeding resilience to climate change and adversely impacting on social and economic development. The Pacific – European Union (EU) Waste Management Programme, PacWastePlus, a EUR 16.5 million programme, will generate improved economic, social, health and environmental benefits by enhancing existing activities and building capacity and sustainability into waste management practices.

There is presently no single international organization or convention that establishes rules of general application management, potentially creating conflicts and gaps and making it difficult ti take a comprehensive global approach issue of waste management.

We, representatives pf the governments of Pacific Island countries and territories, our partner countries and the Heads of the Organizations of members of the Pacific Island Round table for Nature Conservation, gathered for the High-level session of the 10th Pacific Island Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, declare that the global biodiversity crisis is urgent, and that transformative action must not be delayed. This is a crisis is an existential threat to our Pacific Ocean, our Pacific Islands, and to ourselves as Pacific peoples.

In order to showcase knowledge and solutions related to nature conservation action in the Pacific Islands, the original face-to-face conference provided space in its programme for 61 parallel sessions, each with a duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes. By going virtual a lot of that space in teh agenda was lost, but we still wanted to bring those stories! By creating a virtual galleries on the website and by the event feed on the conference platform, we were able to provide new and open spaces for lightning stories to be told and striking facts to be shared!

Statement by Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) for the 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management hosted from March 11, 15 – 19, 2021 online conference about 3R, waste, and circular economy. To learn more about the conference please visit: https://www.3rincs.org

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Updates from each country participants concerning ABS work in their respective countries.

Video on the results of the monkey survey developed by SPREP under the GCCA+SUPA project to gauge the level of interest on a methodology to assess impacts of adaptation in the Pacific. The GCCA+ SUPA project, funded by the European Union is delivered collaboratively by SPREP, SPC and USP with the aim to enhance climate change adaptation and resilience within the Pacific region. Credit: Video snips taken from Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) projects videos in the UNDP Climate Channel.