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Ocean Outlook, fortnight to 18 July: • Sea surface temperature (SST) forecasts more than 0.8°C above-normal are favoured in the following country Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZs): Palau, Guam, southern CNMI, western and southern FSM, PNG, western and southern Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, most of Fiji, south and west Tonga, small patches of south-eastern French Polynesia, Pitcairn Is. and patches on southern Cook Is. SST anomalies above 1.2°C are favoured in north-eastern PNG, most of New Caledonia, central and south-eastern Vanuatu, southern Fiji, south-western Pitcairn Is. and south Tonga. Elsewhere, SSTs are predicted to be near-normal.

Ocean Outlook, fortnight to 4 April: Sea surface temperature (SST) forecasts more than 0.8°Cabove normal are favoured in the following country EEZs: Palau, Guam, most of CNMI, western and northern FSM, far northern RMI, most of PNG, central and western Solomon Is., far northern Vanuatu, parts of New Caledonia, most of American Samoa, most of the Cook Is., southern French Polynesia, and much of Pitcairn Is. SST anomalies above 1.2°C are favoured in southern Palau, large parts of PNG, far southeastern French Polynesia and southwestern Pitcairn Is. Elsewhere SSTs are predicted to be near-normal.

The Pacific Resilience Partnership was established by Pacific Island Forum Leaders in September 2017 to support the implementation of the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific: An Integrated Approach to Address Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management 2017–2030 (FRDP).

Gender plays a key role in the access to and utilisation of water resources and the livelihoods that they support. In many places around the world women and men exhibit distinct differences in their perspectives and priorities concerning environmental quality, natural resource use and access to basic requirements such as water, energy and food.