Pacific Islands Far from unusual: Pita Taufatofua and Pacific sport March 14, 2018 0 Written by C. Richard King. The thought of athletes from tropical nations participating in the Winter Olympics strikes many Westerners as incongruous, even laughable. Accordingly,…
Pacific Islands Climate change in the Pacific: Are community-based adaptation efforts working? December 7, 2017 0 Written by Karen McNamara and James Watson. It is now widely accepted that communities throughout the Pacific Islands are one of the most vulnerable groups…
Pacific Islands Adapting to climate change in the U.S. Pacific Islands December 6, 2017 0 Written by Victoria Keener. The Pacific Islands region spans millions of square miles of ocean, thousands of individual atolls and islands, and dozens of cultures…
Pacific Islands Climate Change in the Pacific Islands: Historical, Physical and Social December 6, 2017 0 Written by Ilan Kelman. The media, and sometimes even scientific journals, frequently suggest that Pacific islands are sinking and disappearing due to climate change. We…
Pacific Islands Migration and Climate Change in the Pacific Islands December 5, 2017 0 Written by Eberhard Weber. Climate change poses a significant threat to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). There are fears that entire atoll states in the…
Environment Climate Change and Health in the Pacific Islands December 5, 2017 0 Written by Alistair Woodward. The south east corner of the Pacific, the area covered by the Secretariat for the Pacific Community, is home to about…
Pacific Islands What Does Climate Change Mean for the Biodiversity of Pacific Island Nations? December 4, 2017 0 Written by Subhashni Taylor. The Pacific Region has a large number of habitable islands scattered across almost one-third of the Earth’s surface. These are clustered…
