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While progress in sharing, transferring and applying scienti c knowledge about the world’s biodiversity is steadily improving, gaps in information about the distribution of the world’s biodiversity still impede elective policy decision making

This summary report examines major drivers of change to the environment that emerge from the global, regional and national factors. It evaluates the main environmental pressures created by these drivers and examines their environmental impact.

Tuvalu is the fourth smallest nation in the world with a population of 11,000. Tuvalu is made up of nine inhabited islands five which are coral atolls and four made of land rising from the seabed. The environmental challenges Tuvalu faces include the impacts if a changing climate increasing sea level rises and weather events, increasing salination.

Emphasizing that archipelagic and island states are amongst the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Stressing that archipelagic and island states are committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including combating climate change impacts and conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas coastal and marine resources with collaborative and integrated approach

The Pacific Ocean is the scene of a new wild west. Companies and their investors, hungry for profits are driving a speculative rush for seabed minerals.

Sea-surface temperatures are above ormal across much of the Pacific.

2014-2017 was an unprecedented period of successive record breaking hot years, which coincided with the most severe, widespread, and longest lasting global scale coral bleaching event ever recorded.

An overlook at the tropical cyclones happening the Pacific region. The impact and the results that happens after the tropical cyclone.

Dry conditions were not widespread problem during 2018. Dry conditons on Saipan in early 2018 contributed to some extensive wildfires.

Climate impact on the Pacific region a quarterly report