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Natural disasters such as wildfires cyclones and floods can damage asbestos-containing materials and lead to asbestos exposure among first reponders, clean-up crews nearby residents. This guide is designed to provide assistance on respose and management and to supplement knowledge and skills - utilising this guide does not imply qualifications and we strongly recommend undertaking appropriate training and employing necessary protective measures prior to handling asestos containing materials.

While we face the pandemic of COVID-19 resultig in cancellation of regional meetings and travel restrictions but manage to hold small workshops through tele-conferencing. As we face this pandemic it is important to keep track of climate change actions and our ambition. Since the sea provides a significant role to our daily livelihoods (nourishments and economic) we need to address the climate change issues as they are a threat to our biodiversities. Working on a Flagship Regional Project that will bring in millions of medication and adaptations programmes in the region. Seeking solutions that are appropriate to our communities and would bring transformational and serious change. This programme is hoping to achieve a free fossil fuel pacific a resilient ecosystem with a significant shift to a 100% renewable energy. Implentations of effective adaptations efforts. These efforts will be build on exsisting inteventions and projects in the region that will help build our resilience and protect our livelihoods. Climate change actions should remain urgent and critical for the pacific, because it threatens every aspects of our island.

The NBSAP is a national document that outlines national strategies and actions that will contribute to the halt of biodiversity loss.

Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of a strategy to help people adapt to climate change.

This newsletter looks st the risk governance Technical Working Groups (TWG) co chaired by Loti Yates, Director of Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office and Vasisti Soko, Director of Fiji National Disaster Management office.

Pricing carbon and pollution and removing fossil-fuel subsidies, can accelerate the transition raise revenues for the necessary public investments, and lower the overall cost of the green transition

Presentation by JPRISM II programme at the PWP steering committee meeting

Presentation by PRIF at the PWP steering committee meeting

Presentation by SPC at the PWP steering committee meeting

Presentation by the Institute of Applied Sciences at the University of the South Pacific during the PWP steering committee meeting