The purpose of the Greening of the Games
Sustainability Report is to share the vision, strategy,
key outcomes, best practices, and lessons learned
before, during, and subsequent to the Samoa 2019
Pacific Games
The Pacific is home to around 25% of the world’s coral reefs. Reefs are critical for the future of the Pacific Island People. They provide food and nutrition, protection from the sea, etc. and play an important role on the culture of the Pacific. In September 2021, the Members of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) endorsed the Pacific Coral Reef Action Plan.
Information provided gives an indication of predicted total rainfall over the next three months, not how intense the rain may be in any one event, nor how it may vary from month to month. - Information provided has been given on a divisional scale as Pacific Island Countries can experience a high range of rainfall variability within country. It is possible to have forecasts which simultaneously favour above and below normal rainfall in different parts of the one country.
This session provides participants with an overview of the EIA process including reference to SPREP SPTO Regional EIA Guidelines which includes templates for how to assess an EIA and mitigation risk for a development project.
Climate change and natural disasters can have lasting consequences on livelihood, economies and fiscal balances - spanning immediate reconstruction costs and fiscal shocks to long-term halts in tourism and agriculture economies. Although continues in the Pacific are the most exposed globally to these impacts, they have severely limited resources with which to prepare for and respond to them. This publication anazlyses the vulnerability of Pacific economies to climate change and disaster events, and identifies existing resources for responding to economic shocks. It also considers measures that public and private sector stakeholders can take develop new tools to increase economic and fiscal resilience across the Pacific region.
The 2021-2022 La Niña is past its peak, with outlooks indicating a return to neutral El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) levels neither La Niña nor El Niño during the southern hemisphere autumn (March to May 2022). As La Niña weakens, it will continue to influence global weather and climate
The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) recently weakened while in the Australian region and is now indiscernible with most climate models suggest the MJO is likely to remain weak for the coming fortnight.
This most recent report on the state of food security and nutrition in Asia and the Pacific tells a grim story. The pre-existing food security and nutrition situation in Asia and the Pacific in 2019, described in last year's report, was already quite discouraging. Progress had stalled in reducing the number of underhourished, and the prevalence of certain nutritional indicators, such as stunting in children five years of age, was much too high.
An overview of findings for the Pacific form the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) sixth assessment report (AR6) on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
