
Discussions

Remittances in the Pacific Islands: Challenges and Solutions
The importance of remittances is widely recognised, and awareness has become even more pronounced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of global goals have been developed over the years to address the challenges facing...

Enhancing Palau’s Eco Paradise radio station to broadcast climate resilience information
His Excellency President Surangel Whipps, Jr., President of the Republic of Palau at Eco Paradise FM updating the public live via Facebook & radio during Typhoon Surigae. Awareness about climate resilience, health and...

Global Climate Change Alliance Plus - Scaling up Pacific Adaptation project holds initial meeting in Fiji
Delegates from ten Pacific Island countries are gathering in Suva, Fiji this week for the inception and planning meeting of the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus - Scaling up Pacific Adaptation (GCCA+ SUPA) project. The €15...

New opportunities in the agritourism sector in the Pacific
Agriculture and Tourism are two critical industries for most Pacific economies, and strengthening linkages between the two will provide new income generation and growth opportunities for value chain actors serving the broader...

New country classifications by income level: 2017-2018
The World Bank data for the first adjustment come from estimates of 2016 GNI per capita which are now available. This year, the thresholds have moved down slightly because of low price inflation and the strengthening of the US...

Project breaks new ground with exciting way to share climate change adaptation knowledge in the Pacific
In a new approach to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on climate change adaptation in the Pacific, the Global Climate Change Alliance: Pacific Small Island States project ran a series of eight roadshows in November 2015...

GCCA Pacific Small Island stories featured at the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable
At the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable (PCCR), held in Samoa 12-14 May 2015, 190 climate change practitioners mainly from the Pacific region and also from the international arena, met to review the delivery of the Pacific...

Island nation takes on the world’s polluters
A Russian film crew arrived in Palau at the end of 2013 to shoot the reality show ‘Octpob’ on one of the archipelago’s more than 500 islands. The show leaves contestants in isolated locales with limited water and food to test...