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Climate Change Matters. Issue 65, April - August 2020

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

An overlook to what has been happening since the last issue was sent out. With the Covid-19 pandemic happening around the world it caused us to postpone all our planned activites and now we have turn to online/virtual meetings.

Charting a "Green Path"for recovery from COVID-19

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Mukanjari, M

Sterner, T

Should the economic recovery from the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) be green ? The current crisis is so severe that we should not take the answer for granted. It requires serious thought and we start by reviewing some arguments for and against a green approach

Public awareness of nature and environment during the COVID-19 crisis

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Deschacht

Rousseau, S

As our behavioral patterns change due to the COVID-19 crisis, our impact on nature and the environment changes too. Pollution levels are showing significant reductions. People are more aware of the importance of access to local green and blue spaces.

CITES and the zoonotic disease content in international wildlife trade.

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Borsky, S

Hennighausen, H

Leiter, A

Williges, K

International trade in wildlife is one contributing factor to zoonotic disease risk. Using descriptive statistics, this paper shows that in the last decade, the volume and pattern of internationally traded wildlife has change considerably and with it, the zoonotic pathogens that are traded.

The consequences of COVID-19 and other disasters for wildlife and biodiversity

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Grimard, F

Perry, B

Rondeau, D

We review the economic by which the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent policy responses may affect wildlife and biodiversity. The pandemic is put in the context of more than 5,000 diseases outbreak, natural disasters, recessions and armed conflicts in a sample of 21 high biodiversity countries.

Call for more investment to cope with extreme weather in Pacific

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Strengthening the climate and weather services in the Pacific. The Pacific is at the fore front of the world changing climate.

MET-related articles and Climate change articles - SamoaObserver newspaper

MET-related articles with climate change articles from the SamoaObserver form August 209-August 2020

Fiji's National adaptation Plan (NAP) Process

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Climatic changes in Fiji are affecting the livelihood in Fiji. Urgent actions are necessary for Fiji to adapt to these climatic changes.

fiji

Monitoring and evaluation framework for Fiji's national adaptation plan process

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The purpose of this framework is to provide guidance to the CCICD on how a system to comprehensively monitor and evaluate the NAP process should be designed and to encourage government entities, their civil servants and other stakeholders to support its development.

fiji

Fact Sheet Waste Funding Systems Deposits and Levies

Waste Management and Pollution Control

SPREP

This is a waste deposit/levy system sheet which is defined as an economic instrument that can assist in sustainably financing waste management. It is a small deposit that is added to the import or sale of the product. This deposit is refunded to the consumer when returned for recycling. A way to create a shared responsibility for the management of waste with both the importer and consumer, can also retained a portion of the deposit and any unredeemed deposits, are used to fund the recovery, recycling and off-shore shipping of the product.

waste management

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