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Tuvalu developed this Policy as a response to recent water crises, and to ensure together we stand ready for future challenges.

On Wednesday 28 September 2011 the Government of Tuvalu declared a state of emergency due to drought. This followed the declaration of national crisis situations on two atolls (the capital Funafuti and the southern island of Nukulaelae) after a prolonged period with little or no rain and identification by the Government of Tuvalu of the need for emergency measures to provide sufficient safe water for the populations living on these two islands.

The Fourth Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers’ Meeting was organised by the Pacific Community (SPC) and hosted by the Government of Samoa at the TATTE Conference Centre, Apia, Samoa from 18-20 September 2019.

This paper examines the use of sail assistance for shipping propulsion in Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs). It considers the topic within the framework of sustainable supply chain management, within which the ships concerned must operate and conduct their functions.

Vili and the rainbow (children's book)

PacWaste News Issue 6 on Pacific Healthcare, e-waste, asbestos waste management and atoll waste management updates and latest events in the Pacific.

PacWaste News Issue 6 on Pacific Healthcare, e-waste, asbestos waste management and atoll waste management updates and latest events in the Pacific.

Pac-Waste country profile for Samoa.

PacWaste News Issue 5 on Pacific Healthcare, e-waste, asbestos waste management and atoll waste management updates and latest events in the Pacific.

New asbestos discovered after a hospital fire in Solomon Islands has sparked a call for a Pacific-wide ban on the toxic substance. The call from the regional environmental body SPREP comes because the Gizo hospital in the Western Solomons had been cleared of old asbestos in a regional study conducted prior to the fire. Local inspectors however identified asbestos materials at the site in the aftermath of the fire on the 22nd of July. This was confirmed by experts from the Pacific Hazardous Waste Management Project (PacWaste) who helped to clear the site. The team identified new building materials used in recent renovations at the hospital as the most likely source of the contamination. PacWaste project manager Stewart Williams told Koroi Hawkins the cost of cleaning up old asbestos in the region is already daunting without more being imported.