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No one working in the aid community in recent years could have avoided the buzzword “resilience” - but what does the term mean practically, and how has it helped shape ...
Post Date: 12-Mar-2013
In the tropical Pacific Ocean, people depend on fish far more than in most parts of the world. Economies are built around the ...
Post Date: 12-Mar-2013
webinar on Finding the Right Tool(s) for Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning
The Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) Tools Network is pleased to announce that it will host a very special webinar on Finding the Right Tool(s) for Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation ...
Post Date: 12-Mar-2013
Outcomes of the Roundtable4 – 6 March 2013 - Honiara, Solomon IslandsBackground to roundtable: The Solomon Islands is a resource rich small island developing state. Many of the people ...
Post Date: 11-Mar-2013
According to Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, the Commander of U.S. Forces Pacific: Significant upheaval related to the warming planet "is probably the most likely thing that is going to ...
Post Date: 11-Mar-2013
Beset by subtle biases, women are struggling to find their place in academia, with consequences for all of us In surprising numbers, women in climate science in ...
Post Date: 11-Mar-2013
Department blong Geohazards oli Report long Green House Gas emissions long ol volcano blong Vanuatu! "We report on one such region—the Vanuatu island arc, in the Southwest Pacific—for which we ...
Post Date: 11-Mar-2013
In December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation (Resolution A/RES/65/154). In reflection of this declaration, the 2013 ...
Post Date: 08-Mar-2013
“Talofa, Today marks a special day for all of us as we commemorate International Women’s Day. The theme for 2013 is The Gender Agenda Gaining Momentum. In reflecting ...
Post Date: 08-Mar-2013
Type: On-line course Duration: 6 weeks Programme area: Environment, policy development Event focal point email: escap-ggcdp@un.org Websites: www.greengrowth.org The objective of ...
Post Date: 07-Mar-2013
28 February 2013: Referencing a recent report from the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), an op-ed from leaders of ...
Post Date: 05-Mar-2013
Climate Change and CDM in Vanuatu Vanuatu is among the countries in the Pacific region that are most vulnerable to the risks of climate change, climate variability and sea ...
Post Date: 05-Mar-2013
Job Code Title: National Programme Officer Pre-classified Grade: ICS 9 (NOB) Supervisor: Project Coordinator - Pacific Risk Resilience Program, UNDP Pacific Centre, Suva, Fiji ...
Post Date: 04-Mar-2013
Women, climate change and food security Climate change will require people to adapt their behaviour. Sounds logical, but it is amazing how quickly people can disappear from focus when the ...
Post Date: 04-Mar-2013
The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18), which was held in Doha, Qatar, from 27 November-7 December 2012. ...
Post Date: 03-Mar-2013
24 February 2013: The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) has released the final working version of its Guidelines on Free, ...
Post Date: 03-Mar-2013
Dear Friends, We are excited to share news about the launch of Reality Drop www.realitydrop.org, a new interactive tool that will profoundly impact the conversation on climate change. This ...
Post Date: 03-Mar-2013
“We are not drowning. We are fighting” – will be the key message when organisers across 14 Pacific Island Nations will come together in mass numbers on their ...
Post Date: 01-Mar-2013
Climate Change & Development (CCD) Community Climate Change & Development (CCD) Community, of the Pacific Solution Exchange ...
Post Date: 01-Mar-2013
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Lydia Owenga is a rarity among young career women in Kenya - a trained installer of biogas systems who doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty. She is ...
Post Date: 01-Mar-2013
What does a “green economy” look like? Few people - including most of the experts pushing for one - have painted a clear picture of what ...
Post Date: 01-Mar-2013
These are National Officer posts for UNDP’s Pacific Risk Resilience (PRR) Programme. Vanuatu - http://www.pacificdisaster.net/dox/UNDPPC_NationalOfficer_PRRP_VUT_20130227.pdf All three posts can be accessed and applied ...
Post Date: 01-Mar-2013
As part of the CRM TASP, Altamirano and Guzmán (2012) studied the impacts of past climate patterns on diarrhoea, dengue and leptospirosis. These are some of the most important ...
Post Date: 01-Mar-2013
Impacts of temperature. Malaria is caused by a parasite transmitted to humans via mosquitoes (the vector). Development of the mosquito and, even more, of the malaria parasite is temperature-sensitive. ...
Post Date: 28-Feb-2013
RECRUITMENT NOTICE Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) 27 February 2013 Pacific Islander Junior Professional (Reef Fisheries Science) Noumea, New Caledonia. SPC is ...
Post Date: 27-Feb-2013