Maintaining A 1.5°C Course To Decarbonize Pacific Shipping - Presentation by Prof. Capt. Michael Vahs What are the technologies available today and what’s on the horizon for Pacific scale shipping? Pacific Islands Transport Forum & Expo - Presentation by Prof. Capt. Michael Vahs
Reducing the 75 percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions coming from the transport sector in the Pacific Islands, will be the focus of the Pacific Islands Transport Forum and Expo hosted by the University of the South Pacific (USP) as part of their 50th anniversary from 8 – 10 November 2018.
The need for urgent collective action to sustainably manage, use and conserve the Blue Pacific oceanic continent and its resources was a recurring theme raised by Pacific Islands Forum Leaders both at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Nauru, and at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York held in late September. In her
By Dr TRANSFORM AQORAU* The ceremonial changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace is a tourist attraction for people form all over the world. It is wonderfully atttactive and captivating occasion. Dr Transform Aqorau Photo: iss-foundation.org In our beautiful Pacific Islands region, we too are going through a changing of the guards
By MAKERETA KOMAI* When I was approached to speak on the topic ‘Australia and China in the Pacific, I wondered why there was interest in my views, particularly when there was already much public discussion and debate around the topic in the media in Australia, with all the views and opinions seeming to suggest
By KOSI LATU* Kosi Latu, SPREP Director General. Photo: SPREP As we are faced with darkness there is hope. Today a special report from the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius was released. The messages within the report will generate both hope
The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, says the ‘Blue Pacific’ identity is about collective empowerment of Pacific people to determine their own development agenda. Dame Meg made the comment in Suva on 27 August 2018 at the University of the South Pacific’s Research Week. “The Blue Pacific is about
A consortium of educators and international policy experts aims to develop and inspire a new generation of fisheries leaders across the Pacific Islands region. Pacific Catalyst is a partnership of the University of the South Pacific, the University of Wollongong, Duke University, iTunaIntel and Environmental Defense Fund. Dr. Transform Aqorau, former deputy director of
By JAMES SLOAN* Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have legal rights to and within enormous ocean areas. These legal rights are, to a large extent, provided by operation of international law and are codified in the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC). The LOSC is often referred to as a
As Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, #Samoa has spoken a lot about the the #BluePacific. Last year's Communique from Forum Leaders says the #BluePacific is about Pacific people. Populations across our ocean of islands, who recognise their needs and potential, who plan and own their future, and
The Pacific Network On Globalisation (PANG) is calling on Pacific civil society and individuals to support a petition that is calling on Pacific governments to ensure upcoming negotiations with the European Union support self-determined national and regional priorities. The petition calls to Pacific leaders to ensure that the upcoming negotiations
A French Polynesian anti-nuclear group has been advised that eight compensation claims lodged over the French atomic weapon tests have been accepted. The Association 193 told a news conference in Tahiti it had been encouraged by the response from the commission charged with assessing claims for poor health. The
