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One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy: Geo-Epistemology in the Arctic
The Arctic Institute
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July 15, 2025
Back to Publications Orbis et Globus, symbolizing cycles in Arctic knowledge and geopolitics. Photo: Andrii Gladii The Arctic Institute Knowledge Production Series 2025 In The Myth of Sisyphus,1)Camus A (1942). Le Mythe de Sisyphe. Paris:...
Hurricane and Wildland Fire Video Teleconferences Highlight Emergency Management Readiness for 2025
FEMA
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June 18, 2025
This month, FEMA headquarters and regional leadership teams across the nation coordinated with emergency management experts from federal, state, tribal and territorial partners in seven video teleconferences to test connectivity capabilities and...
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology (under Environment & Conservation Division) is investigating the use of banned plastic bottles during the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant.
Solomon Islands Government
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February 19, 2025
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology (under Environment & Conservation Division) is investigating the use of banned plastic bottles during the Miss […]
SAMOA TRAINS 30 ECO-GUARDIANS TO LEAD ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN
Government of Samoa
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April 25, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE 25 April 2025] – Conservation International (CI) and the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) co-hosted a comprehensive Training of Teachers (TOT) workshop at the Elisa Hotel Conference Room in Sogi from the 22 – 25 April. The...
Pacific Islands and the Climate Crisis: Challenges, Injustices, and Pathways Forward
EIN Presswire
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November 29, 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, November 29, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Pacific Islands, some of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, have once again found themselves overlooked on the global stage. As COP29 concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan,...
Superlative Sound: U.S. Pacific Fleet Band Shares Culture with Pacific Islands, Continues Proud Tradition
U.S. Navy
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January 7, 2025
In 2024, the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band shared its music with 2.5 million people in nine countries and four Hawaiian Islands. Its 600 engagements included concerts for the community, performances for school children, official Navy events and...
CONSERVATION EXPEDITION TO STRENGTHEN TOKELAU’S ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
Government of Samoa
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March 27, 2025
[PRESS CONFERENCE Atafu, Tokelau – 28 March 2025] Conservation International, in partnership with New Zealand Geographic and the Samoa Conservation Society, has embarked on an innovative expedition to Tokelau. This collaborative initiative focuses...
Assisting Flood Recovery Efforts in Texas
New York State Office of the Governor
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July 9, 2025
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that four New York State Police staff and three canines will deploy to Kerr County, Texas to support search efforts following devastating floods. This assistance was primarily deployed as part of the Emergency...
THE PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE A TESTAMENT TO REGION’S SHARED COMMITMENT TO BUILDING RESILIENCE
Government of Samoa
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March 12, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE -12th March 2025, Apia Samoa – The leading role played by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), through the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC), in climate change action providing direct support to...
Pacific Islands gather in Funafuti for first-ever Plastic Dialogue
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 8, 2024
7 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - With the community of nations deadlocked in international negotiations to conclude a global instrument to end plastic pollution by the end of 2024, a first-of-its-kind Plastic Dialogue was convened today in...
Pacific Islands region waste management challenges under the microscope at Fourth Clean Pacific Roundtable
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 6, 2024
5 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - Officials and delegates at the Fourth Clean Pacific Roundtable (4CPRT) have been urged to develop tailor-made waste disposal and management measures that are of practical use and application to circumstances in...
Mike Stoker Exposes the Untold Stories of Trump’s Environmental Policy and the Battle to Protect America's Public Health
EIN Presswire
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February 22, 2025
A revealing look behind the bureaucratic curtain in “Inside Trump’s EPA.” COOKSTOWN, NJ, UNITED STATES, February 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Mike Stoker’s “Inside Trump’s EPA” is the first and only insider account of what truly happens within...
Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Keynote Address at the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Symposium 2025, 18 February 2025
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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February 18, 2025
Thank you, Ambassador Koh, for your opening remarks. Excellencies, distinguished guests, 1. Welcome to the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Symposium. I know many of you have travelled long distances to be here, some from as far...
Protecting Sharks and Rays in Pacific Islands waters
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 18, 2024
Main image credit: Luke Gordon A recent assessment using the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species indicated that more than one-third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are threatened with extinction....
Visit by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman to the Kingdom of Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, 26 to 29 August 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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August 26, 2024
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman will visit Tonga from 26 to 29 August to attend the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting. The PIF is...
Climate Leadership and Challenges: Five Environmental Developments Shaping the Asia-Pacific
EIN Presswire
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October 28, 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, October 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As COP29 approaches, the Asia-Pacific region stands at a pivotal moment, with its countries facing both urgent climate vulnerabilities and the potential to lead in global...
EIT Climate-KIC wins Startup Ecosystem Stars Award
Climate-KIC
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December 10, 2024
In The News 10 Dec 2024 Top organisations driving innovation in their respective ecosystems were unveiled in Paris last week during the ninth edition of the Startup Ecosystem Stars (SES) Awards, organised by the International Chamber of Commerce...
How can we rapidly scale and fund climate adaptation?
Climate-KIC
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November 26, 2024
In The News 26 Nov 2024 As people and communities worldwide face increasing climate impacts, recent events serve as reminders of the challenges ahead: severe flooding in Rio Grande do Sul that tragically led to over 100 fatalities, catastrophic...
Coral reefs: a crucial resource for coastal communities
UN Environmental Program
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June 12, 2025
Excellencies, colleagues and friends. Coral reefs are beautiful habitats that support an incredible range of biodiversity and livelihoods, from fishing to tourism. But they are so much more than that. Coral reefs in the Pacific are an intrinsic...
Tropical Storm Condition I Declared For Rota Tropical Storm Condition II Maintained for Saipan and Tinian
CNMI Office of the Governor
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November 12, 2024
(CNMI Office of the Governor) – As of 11:00 pm, November 12, 2024, Governor Arnold I. Palacios, in consultation with the CNMI Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) and the National Weather Service – Guam (NWS Guam), has declared...