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2022 Our Ocean Palau Conference

Pacific RISA Project Specialist Paula Moehlenkamp recently attended the Our Ocean conference in Palau, where she represented the collaboration between Pacific RISA and the Local2030 Islands Network. Hosted by the Government of the Republic of Palau and the… Read More

Republic of the Marshall Islands holds first National Climate Change and Health Dialog

On January 30-31, 2020, Pacific RISA and NOAA International Research and Applications Project Principal Investigator Laura Brewington of the East-West Center led the first national Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Climate Change and Health Dialog in Majuro…. Read More

Hawaii Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked Highest Among U.S. States

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ja-Rei Wang, jwang@ucsusa.org, 202-331-6943 Nearly Seven in Ten Hawai’i Residents Think Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay For Global Warming Damages, According to New Poll Hawaii Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked… Read More

Pacific RISA at the 2018 Pacific Climate Change Conference

This February, Pacific RISA researchers Laura Brewington, Victoria Keener, and Juno Fitzpatrick traveled to Wellington, New Zealand to attend the second Pacific Climate Change Conference. The conference, hosted by Victoria University of Wellington and SPREP, brought together a… Read More

Psychology of Climate Change

Psychology of climate change: social instability Pacific RISA Research Fellow Dr. Kati Corlew contributed an article about climate change and social instability to the Community Psychology Practice blog last month, and we are pleased to share it with you… Read More

The Hungry Tide

Pacific Island documentary: The Hungry Tide screening free online through March 3 Worth watching and sharing this week is the Australian-made film The Hungry Tide, available free online for viewing through March 3.  The Hungry Tide chronicles the… Read More

Public Comments for NCA Draft

Public comment period open for National Climate Assessment draft report On January 11th, the federal advisory committee for the National Climate Assessment (NCA), approved a draft of the Third National Climate Assessment Report for release for public comment…. Read More

Honolulu Weekly Cover

PIRCA report and forum inspires Honolulu Weekly cover story Climate change is front-page news today.  The cover story in this week’s Honolulu Weekly, titled, “Climate Change in Hawaii: It’s Here,” features researcher and state administrator perspectives on adapting… Read More

Climate Change a Priority

Climate change a priority for new Senator Brian Schatz On Dec. 26, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie announced his selection to fill the US Senate seat left vacant by  Senator Daniel K. Inouye’s passing on Dec. 17.  Lt. Governor… Read More

Adaptive Water Management

Hawaii Public Radio program discusses adaptive water management with Richard Wallsgrove “Can you weather a white paper on climate change?”  Beth-Ann Kozlovich, host of Hawaii Public Radio’s weekday morning talk show The Conversation, asked this question by means… Read More