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Increasing Community Resilience to Climate Extremes and Natural Disasters. By closely observing their local environment, communities in the Pacific have developed skills that enable them to build coping strategies for extreme weather and climate events. They are able to make their own predictions for weather and climate variables based on traditional knowledge that has evolved through observation and experience over a considerable period of time.

The Pacific is biologically unique, as its isolated islands provide ideal conditions for the evolution of new species. Thus, Pacific islands have high numbers of "endemic"species - species that are restricted to only one or a few islands and found nowhere else in the world.

There is a lot of information available on the web today, and it can be overwhelming and confusing, especially when you are reporting on issues relating to science. Scientific information is constantly being updated, and scientists and experts need to consistently research, review and fact check to ensure the information they are giving to their audiences is up to date and accurate

On 8 June this year, World Oceans Day, five new factsheets are launched as part of the Oceans Toolkit for Pacific Media which was launched during World Oceans Day in 2018. These new factsheets span information on ocean acidification, tides, Pacific Ocean Portal and, Pacific sharks. The five factsheets were developed with support from the Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac).

On 8 June this year, World Oceans Day, five new factsheets are launched as part of the Oceans Toolkit for Pacific Media which was launched during World Oceans Day in 2018. These new factsheets span information on ocean acidification, tides, Pacific Ocean Portal and, Pacific sharks. The five factsheets were developed with support from the Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac).

On 8 June this year, World Oceans Day, five new factsheets are launched as part of the Oceans Toolkit for Pacific Media which was launched during World Oceans Day in 2018. These new factsheets span information on ocean acidification, tides, Pacific Ocean Portal and, Pacific sharks. The five factsheets were developed with support from the Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac).

On 8 June this year, World Oceans Day, five new factsheets are launched as part of the Oceans Toolkit for Pacific Media which was launched during World Oceans Day in 2018. These new factsheets span information on ocean acidification, tides, Pacific Ocean Portal and, Pacific sharks. The five factsheets were developed with support from the Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac).

Climate change is one of the most serious threats to sustainable development and to the very survival of Pacific Island Countries and communities. In 2007 the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders reiterated their deep concern over this serious and growing threat to the economic, social and environmental well being of Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), their communities, peoples and cultures. They have been calling on the international community to take concerted action to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere since 1990. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report shows unequivocally that climate change is occurring and that it is very likely caused by human actions. Adaptation to climate change is now an inevitable requirement, as the Earth begins responding to greenhouse gases already emitted. In this regard the Leaders recognized the special concerns and interests of the small low lying island countries on the adverse implications of climate change, in particular sea level rise. The Leaders welcomed the guidance from the IPCC that it is physically and economically feasible to mitigate climate change and that with concerted international support, adaptation can also succeed. Conversely, without serious action, the global economy and the fragile resources of the Pacific will be severely affected.

Minutes and report of the 29th SPREP Meeting of Officials and Ministerial meeting held in Apia, Samoa 2019

Concerns for the future of sharks and rays have been growing for some time. In 1999, an International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA) was adopted.