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
Ecological Security in the Pacific
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Posted on September 21, 2020 by pacrisa
The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the strong linkages between ecological health and human health. When ecosystems are disturbed – through activities like deforestation or pollution, for example – the services they provide like clean water, healthy food, and… Read More
Climate and Social Justice: Resources
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Posted on June 2, 2020 by pacrisa
Climate justice and racial justice are inexorably linked. In the United States and globally, the burden of environmental risks and climate impacts have fallen disproportionately on Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. Ignoring past and present racial… Read More
Pacific RISA Stands with Black Communities
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Posted on June 2, 2020 by pacrisa
We at the Pacific RISA condemn systemic and institutional racism and stand in solidarity with our Black colleagues and communities of color as they confront acts of violence that continue to occur in the United States. We… Read More
When Climate Change and Invasive Species Interact
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Posted on May 18, 2020 by pacrisa
The Pacific RISA has partnered with the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to form a working group on… Read More
Climate and Coronavirus Resources
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Posted on April 10, 2020 by pacrisa
Featured image of an empty Waikiki Beach by local photographer Tommy Pierucki (@tommypierucki) The Pacific RISA team continues to work remotely, and team members can best be reached by email (see contacts listed HERE). We continue to collaborate… Read More
Republic of the Marshall Islands holds first National Climate Change and Health Dialog
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Posted on February 11, 2020 by pacrisa
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
Learning from Success in Climate-Informed Decision-Making: Case Studies Across Three U.S. Regions
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Posted on October 1, 2019 by pacrisa
Learning from Success in Climate-Informed Decision-Making: Case Studies Across Three U.S. Regions What motivates some organizations and managers to apply climate information when making decisions? And, what helps them to do this effectively? These questions guided a project… Read More
Hawaii Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked Highest Among U.S. States
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Posted on June 19, 2019 by pacrisa
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
Hawaii’s Coral Restoration Nursery
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Posted on May 15, 2019 by pacrisa
In recent years, corals in Hawaii have experienced widespread bleaching and mortality events due to warmer than average ocean temperatures. According to the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), they will be under continued threat from rising ocean temperatures… Read More
Biosecurity and Invasive Species Management in the Pacific
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Posted on March 18, 2019 by Laura Brewington
The Pacific Invasives Partnership (PIP) recently held its annual meeting in Brisbane, Australia to discuss opportunities to engage PIP members with Australian and New Zealand biosecurity management teams, and to emphasize how Australian expertise can be better utilized… Read More
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