Widespread coral bleaching has been reported in the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Moorea, even though there was no El Nino event this year. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Governments around the world must introduce carbon taxes, halt plans for new coal plants and accelerate the closure of existing ones if damage to the Pacific from climate change is to be limited, the UN secretary general has told Pacific leaders on his first visit to the region.
Marine heatwaves are defined as periods of five days or more during which ocean temperatures are unusually high, compared with the long-term average for any given place. Click on the link below to read the full article.
On Wednesday, Pacific leaders are joining United Nations Secretary General António Guterres in Fiji to discuss climate change and what the international community must do to address it. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The local government of Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands has bought hundreds of acres of land in Hawaii as a climate change bolthole. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has praised Fiji for, as he described it, "standing up for the planet". Click on the link below to read the full article.
Temperature rise and climate change affect not just some countries but the entire globe, on which all species live- humans, animals, plants, fish, microbes. Click on the link below to read the full article.
SPREP is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Re-Advertised Vacancy. CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE - Manager, Pacific Climate Change Centre – (International) new position.
New research finds that marine animals have disappeared from their habitat due to global warming at twice the rate of wildlife on land. Click on the link below to read the full article.
A new interactive map can help you identify, in near-real-time, areas where the sea is warming up at alarming levels, increasing the risk of coral reef bleaching. Click on the link to read the full article.
