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La nina continues in the tropical Pacific, but oceanic indicators (sea surface temperatures, SSTs) have weakened since their peak during spring 2022.

This report is an outcome of the high degree of cooperation and collaboration that exists between the implementing partners of the Australia Aid-funded Climate and Ocean Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac). specifically the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), the Pacific Community (SPC) and Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP) together with the valuable ongoing support from the national meteorological services in the IS partner countries and territories.

The PACRES Project was represented at the COP27 through four side events, and they laughed an online Pacific Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Planning (EbA) tool. In addition to the launch of the EbA tool, PACRES in collaboration with Samoa's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) launched in an implementation video on the work of Marine Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (MEBACC) in Samoa.

For Pacific island countries in the western and central Pacific region, there is a large region where below normal rainfall is likely or very likely stretching east and southeast from the northwest PNG in the west to French Polynesia and Pitcairn island in the east.

La Niña continues in the tropical Pacific and models suggest a return to ENSO-neutral SSTs in January or February 2023.

PACRES aims to improve regional, national adaptation and mitigation solutions to climate change concerns faces in 15 Pacific ACP countries.

Key atmospheric and oceanic indicators of ENSO show an established La Niña. Models indicate this La Niña event is likely to decline early in the southern summer, with a return to ENSO-neutral (neither La Niña nor El Niño) early in 2023

This past quarter, with the practiced confidence from the field trial of the tailored impact analysis methodology for adaptation in the Pacific, has been all about connecting with others and sharing ideas through communications.

Segment one of April focused on freshwater security in atolls with case example of Nukuoro atoll, Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.

This yer kickstarted with assembling field results from the four countries participating in this trial application of draft impact analysis methodology. To tells stories with data on residual impacts of climate change adaptation interventions unique or similar type to another island setting were shared during the 1-2 March review workshop.