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This report assesses the impacts of climate change from a world-wide to a regional view of ecosystems and biodiversity, and of humans and their diverse societies, cultures, and settlements.

Cumulative impacts are changes to the environment caused by an action (i.e., project/s) in combination with other past, present, and future human actions.

The Shared Approach is intended to benefit the Pacific Island Countries through supporting and strengthening country safeguard/environmental and social systems; improving development effectiveness through the implementation of common methods, procedures and terminology; and refining counterpart understanding of PRIF development partner processes.

Single-use disposable diapers have been identified as a waste issue in Pacific countries, both in landfills and as a commonly littered item.

Single-use disposable diapers have been identified as a waste issue in Pacific countries, both in landfills and as a commonly littered item

Single-use disposable diapers have been identified as a waste issue in Pacific countries, both in landfills and as a commonly littered item.

Single-use disposable diapers have been identified as a waste issue in Pacific countries, both in landfills and as a commonly littered item. The Pacific faces challenges: attempting to reduce environmental risks from the disposal of single-use disposable diapers, while balancing the social and economic benefits that single-use disposable diapers bring.

Lately the meteorological team have developed an online tool for surfing the weather patterns. This can help anyone with access to the internet what the weather will be like daily. Information provided has been given on a divisional scale as Pacific Island Countries can experience a high range of rainfall variability within country. It is possible to have forecasts which simultaneously favour above and below normal rainfall in different parts of the one country.

The key highlights of this month issue include: - Outcome of the Geneva biodiversity conference - Blue Deal for economic recovery and sustainable growth - Roles of indigenous communities in biodiversity protection - Rise in online wildlife trade - Financing chemicals and waste management - Plastic taxes as new environmental policies - Regionalizing UNEA 5.2 plastic resolution in East Africa - Promoting the Science-Policy-Society Interface of synthetic biology - Launching ACP MEAs 3 Youth Engagement and Training Initiative in Europe