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News 12 September 2022

Curtain falls on Third SPREP Executive Board Meeting.

9 September 2022, Apia – The second and final day of the Third Executive Board Meeting of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) saw the Third Executive Board members who represent the 21 Pacific island Member countries

News 12 September 2022

Sir Collin Tukuitonga imparts wisdom on health system and climate change action in the Pacific

08 September 2022, Apia Samoa - Practitioners working to strengthen the resilience of health systems in the Pacific have benefitted from the wisdom of one of the Pacific region’s most respected leaders.

News 12 September 2022

Call EXTENDED for side events in the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion at COP27

Strong Pacific interest in the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion at the Twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP27) in November has seen an extension in the deadline for side event submissions to 17 September 2

News 12 September 2022

Tonga Chairs 3rd SPREP Executive Board Meeting, encourages active engagement from members

08 September 2022, Apia, Samoa - Tonga has been appointed to Chair the 3rd Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme’s (SPREP) Executive Board meeting taking place on 08 September – 09 September 2022.

News 12 September 2022

Third SPREP Executive Board meeting opens with call to strengthen Pacific’s resilience

08 September 2022, Apia Samoa - The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme’s (SPREP) third Executive Board Meeting has opened with a call from the Prime Minister of Samoa, Honourable Fiame Naomi Mata’afa to strengthen the Pacific’s resilience and pa

News 05 September 2022

Pacific Climate Change Centre builds capacity of Pacific officials on Access to Climate Resilience

Twenty eight participants from 10 Pacific countries and Timor-Leste have completed the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) executive training on “Understanding Access to Climate Finance Part 3 and 4: Project planning and management.”

News 05 September 2022

Training on Climate Change Integral for Youth Empowerment.

Youth representatives of the Brown Girl Woke have built their capacity on the basics of climate change, climate change variability and impacts as well as climate actions needed to adapt and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

News 05 September 2022

Pacific countries embrace new ecosystem-based adaptation tool

To the beautiful tune of ‘isalei’ ringing out loud in the Orchid Room, Pacific delegates at the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES) Protect Steering Committee Meeting have embraced the latest tool in their arsenal to combat climate change.

News 05 September 2022

European Union encourages continuation of good work to combat climate change

The European Union (EU) has acknowledged the positive audit report for the Intra ACP GCCA+ Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES) Project.