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The Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contributions Hub (NDC Hub) supports 14 Pacific Island Countries to implement and enhance their Nationally Determined Contribution under the COP 21 Paris Agreement.

“The Nafa”. As 2024 draws to a close, we reflect on a year filled with significant events – challenging, yet ultimately rewarding. The experiences and opportunities we encountered this year will significantly shape our future work in serving the Pacific community.

Plastic production and plastic pollution negatively affect our environment, environmental justice, and climate change. Using detailed global and regional plastics datasets coupled with socio-economic data, we employ machine learning to predict that, without intervention, annual mismanaged plastic waste will nearly double to 121 Mt (100 - 139 Mt 95% CI) by 2050. Annual greenhouse gas emissions from the plastic system are projected to grow by 37% to 3.35 Gt CO2 equivalent (3.09 - 3.54 CO2e) over the same period. The United Nations plastic pollution treaty presents a unique opportunity to reshape these outcomes. We simulate eight candidate treaty policies and find that just four could together reduce mismanaged plastic waste by 91% (86% - 98%) and gross plastic-related greenhouse gas emissions by one third.

The Book of Abstracts for the 4th Pacific Ocean Pacific Climate Change Conference, joint coordinations between two universities in the region; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and the National University of Samoa with SPREP through the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC), on the 20th – 24th May 2024 in Apia, Samoa.

Internal displacement often is understood to be a phenomenon that occurs within the context of conflict and violence, pushing people away from their homes in a temporary flight for safety until they can return in peace.

This book is a major intellectual breakthrough. It offers a reasoned meditation on how competition law and policy could be made more relevant for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. The starting point of its analysis is that competition cannot be an end in itself but must contribute to the economic development of developing economies.

Asia and the Pacific is home to some of the world's most climate-vulnerable economies. At the same time, the region's strong growth, which has lifted millions out of poverty, contributes to more than half of global greenhouse gas emissions. As the climate crisis intensifies, this region finds itself at the center of both its worsening impacts and transformative potential solutions.

A study by the Pacific Disability Forum (2022) found that climate change is increasing the impacts of pre-existing exclusion for persons with disabilities and creating new risks and negative impacts for persons with disabilities. The report also highlights that early warning information is not always designed or delivered in a way that reaches individuals with disabilities, and particularly those who are deaf, blind or have vision impairment, or intellectual or psychological disability.

A study by the Pacific Disability Forum (2022) found that climate change is increasing the impacts of pre-existing exclusion for persons with disabilities and creating new risks and negative impacts for persons with disabilities. The report also highlights that early warning information is not always designed or delivered in a way that reaches individuals with disabilities, and particularly those who are deaf, blind or have vision impairment, or intellectual or psychological disability.

These guideline will serve as a vital resource for auditors and assessors alike, providing clear instructions and methodologies for conducting environmental audits, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing sustainable solutions through industry support.