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The position of Climate Prediction Services Coordinator (CliPSCo) addresses the following Key Result Areas:
1. Project coordination and management
2. Technical Advice, Capacity and Awareness Building
3. Communication and Coordination with other Programmes

Alarm bells were ringing as the 32nd SPREP Meeting came to an end, with the shocking revelation that all sea turtles in the Pacific are threatened with extinction.

The final meeting of the National Steering Committee (NSC) for the Management and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems (MACBLUE) project in Solomon Islands has ended in the Solomon Islands.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, members and partners continue to collaborate to strengthen the Noumea Convention as the major multilateral umbrella agreement in the Pacific region for the protection of natural resources and the environment. 

Central Guadalcanal MP Peter Shanel Agovaka recently raised concerns in Parliament over ongoing illegal mining practices at the Gold Ridge mine site, accusing both the investor and government ministries of failing landowners.

The Climate Finance Adviser (Adviser) will support TSSP3 and PNG transport sector agencies (TSAs) to identify and develop financing pathways for climate-resilient transport infrastructure through international climate finance mechanisms.

The role of the Senior Climate Finance Adviser is primarily to provide strategic and technical guidance to MECDM and the Solomon Islands Government to increase Solomon Islands’ access to climate finance, including from global funds.

This past week Alanna Smith, director of Te Ipukarea Society, attended the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Major Groups and Stakeholders Meeting held in Fiji.  While there she joined as an observer to the Sixth Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities of the Asia Pacific.

s the world negotiates the future of life in the oceans beyond national borders, small island developing states are making their voices heard.

Throughout history, stories from oceanic expeditions, such as those led by National Geographic Explorers at Large Sylvia Earle and Bob Ballard, have left people with a sense of adventure and, most importantly, urgency for protecting our blue planet.