Oceans cover the bulk of the Earth's surface. They provide vital environmental economic and social benefits to humanity, including food, marine biodiversity, carbon sinks, trade tourism and cultural identity to coastal communities.
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) through the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP) awarded a range of youth-led initiatives that build climate change resilience involving 11 groups across the region in March 2022 and supported by the government of Australia. The youth-led efforts and activities contributed to the effective implementation of the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) covering a wide range of sectors including preserving traditional agricultural practices and so forth....
This interactive webinar presented opportunities for Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to undertake peer-to-peer learning on the implementation or expansion of a Sustainable Financing for Waste Management scheme, and the launch of the Sustainable Financing for Waste Management in the Pacific community of practice on the Green Forum.
Sustainable Finance for Waste Management systems are legislative instruments designed to create a way to sustainably finance waste management and recycling. In the Pacific, Sustainable Financing systems are called Advanced Recovery Fee & Deposit, Container Deposit, Beverage Deposit, Advanced Disposal Fee, or a Waste Levy.
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.
This report presents findings from the mid-term review of the Cleaner Pacific 2025: Pacific Regional Waste and Pollution Management Strategy 2016-2025 (CP2025). The mid-term review was requested by the SPREP as part of the CP2025's monitoring and evaluation framework, and funded by the UNEP.
