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Insuring resilience: How parametric solutions are transforming climate adaptation in the Pacific
PreventionWeb
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January 30, 2025
Each November, Pacific communities brace for the annual cyclone season, a six-month period that tests the region's disaster risk reduction, mitigation, and adaptation measures. For most Pacific Islanders, this season is fraught with...
Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over ‘direct impact’ of Trump’s climate retreat and aid freeze
The Guardian
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February 1, 2025
Leaders and environmental advocates in the Pacific have expressed alarm over Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and freeze foreign aid, warning the moves will accelerate the existential threats they face as...
SVSG Free Helpline Service Reports Alarming Rise in Child Abuse Cases in Samoa
Samoa Global News
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February 4, 2025
SVSG continues to highlight the alarming increase in child abuse cases reported through its Free Helpline service. The SVSG Free-Calling Number operates 24/7 to provide a confidential platform for the public to report incidents of abuse and...
Pacific Tourism Organisation, SWITCH-Asia & Fijis Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministry Partner for Fiji Scoping Under Sustainable Tourism Enhancement Project
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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January 31, 2025
Recognising the need for a more sustainable approach, the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in collaboration with SWITCH-Asia, has partnered with Fiji’s Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministry (MCTA) to conduct a scoping exercise as part of the...
Climate summit fails to launch as countries battle over agenda
Newsroom
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November 11, 2024
The climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan got off to a less-than-auspicious start – COP29 delegates needed eight hours of deliberations to even agree an agenda for the meeting. Behind closed doors, countries debated how to carry forward COP28’s...
Gov. Green, a Doctor, blames Kennedy for measles deaths in Samoa
West Hawaii Today - Hawaii
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January 29, 2025
HONOLULU — It was a spasm of tragedy on a remote Pacific island that only a few months later was overshadowed by a pandemic. But to Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii, the measles outbreak on neighboring Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly babies and...
Gov. Green blames Kennedy for measles deaths in Samoa
The Garden Island - Hawaii
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January 29, 2025
HONOLULU — It was a spasm of tragedy on a remote Pacific island that only a few months later was overshadowed by a pandemic. But to Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii, the measles outbreak on neighboring Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly babies and...
Hawaii Governor, a doctor, blames Kennedy for measles deaths in Samoa
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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January 29, 2025
HONOLULU — It was a spasm of tragedy on a remote Pacific island that only a few months later was overshadowed by a pandemic. But to Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii, the measles outbreak on neighboring Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly babies and...
Samoa Facing Surging Plastic Tide, Warns UN Expert
The National Tribune
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November 8, 2024
OHCHR APIA – Samoa, like other Small Pacific Island States, is facing a surging plastic tide, a UN expert said today, warning that while the country was taking measures to ban some plastics, including plastic bags, plastic straws and Styrofoam, it...
Climate change could cause GDP drop, ADB report finds
RNZ
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November 4, 2024
Pacific nations, like Samoa, are on the frontline of climate change impacts. Photo: Unsplash: Fine Fifita A new report from the Asian Development Bank says climate change could cause a total loss of 16.9 percent of GDP across Asia and Pacific...
Magiagi Women Learn Skills to Earn Sustainable Incomes for their Families
Samoa Global News
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January 31, 2025
To start afresh for 2025 and empower community women, SVSG conducted a Life-Skills training for Magiagi women of all ages. This initiative focused on building the capacity of women with basic skills to help them advance income-earning...
SVSG Nofotane Samoa Social Enterprise Project Continues to Empower Women through Life-Skill Trainings.
Samoa Global News
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January 31, 2025
To start afresh for 2025 and empower community women, SVSG conducted a Life-Skills training for Magiagi women of all ages. This initiative focused on building the capacity of women with basic skills to help them advance income-earning...
Climate change to cut deep among Asia, Pacific economies in coming years
Inquirer
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November 2, 2024
FILE PHOTO: This picture taken on December 13, 2022, shows a submerged tomb in a village graveyard, now underwater due to the effects of climate change, in the coastal town of Togoru, some 35 kilometers from Fiji’s capital city Suva. – United...
Samoa to host Pacific Academy of Sciences
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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November 1, 2024
Samoa is set to become a major hub for scientific innovation in the Pacific, with the launch of the Pacific Academy of Sciences. Unveiled during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the Academy aims to address pressing regional issues...
Survey finds ‘significant’ mental distress in Samoa
Samoa Observer
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Research in Samoa and Tonga highlights an urgent need to improve mental health services in the Pacific, says University of Auckland Professor Sir Collin Tukuitonga. The surveys conducted in 2023 offer the first comprehensive national data on...
Why doesn't the world have a climate police force?
ScienceNorway
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January 11, 2025
Is it possible to establish an international police force to stop climate crime? (Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder, NTB) We know we need to take care of the planet, but not all countries are willing to contribute. Why can't they be punished? The Paris...
Three lifters off to Samoa
The Fiji Times
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January 29, 2025
Weightlifting Fiji has confirmed the participation of three athletes, Taniela Rainibogi, Daniel Shaw and Nehemiah Elder at a training camp and coaching seminar organised by the Oceania Weightlifting Federation. The camp will be held in Samoa,...
Impact of Trump's decisions on Samoa and the Pacific
Samoa Observer
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A new era in international politics has started. Earlier this week, Donald Trump returned as the president of the United States and minutes after his inauguration, he announced major changes that would impact the world. Of the major announcements...
Major corporations under fire for turning blind eye to horrifying worker exploitation: 'We will report about all your lies and wrongdoing'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 10, 2025
A 2024 report found that women in the Indian state of Maharashtra were being pressured into getting hysterectomies so they didn't have to miss work cutting sugar cane. The report by The New York Times and The Fuller Project also discovered that...
MEDIA RELEASE – SVSG Nofotane Samoa Social Enterprise Project Continues to Empower Women through Life-Skill Trainings.
Government of Samoa
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January 28, 2025
(28 January 2025 Apia) To start afresh for 2025 and empower community women, SVSG conducted Life-Skill training for Ma’agiagi women of all ages. This initiative focused on building their capacities with basic skills that can facilitate economic...