Invasive species removal in the Ko‘olau Mountains, Hawai‘i This November, East-West Center Fellows and Pacific RISA researchers Victoria Keener (third from top right) and Laura Brewington (bottom, right) worked with the Ko‘olau Mountains Watershed Partnership on Oahu Island… Read More
Invasive Species in Hawai‘i
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Posted on November 27, 2013 by pacrisa
Invasive species removal in the Ko‘olau Mountains, Hawai‘i This November, East-West Center Fellows and Pacific RISA researchers Victoria Keener (third from top right) and Laura Brewington (bottom, right) worked with the Ko‘olau Mountains Watershed Partnership on Oahu Island… Read More
Extreme Events in the RMI
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Posted on June 26, 2013 by pacrisa
Coastal inundation in the Marshall Islands forebodes the future of extreme events On Tuesday, waves inundated the southern part of Majuro, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), flooding homes and causing extensive damage to… Read More
Information Sharing in the Pacific
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Posted on May 20, 2013 by pacrisa
Can Network Analysis Strengthen Information Sharing in the Pacific? Pacific RISA recently launched a multi-year social network analysis project to examine how climate information spreads across different sectors and countries in the Pacific Islands region. Using the December… Read More
Drought in the RMI
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Posted on May 10, 2013 by pacrisa
Severe Drought Affects the Northern Atolls of the Republic of the Marshall Islands A persistent drought in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has reached a severe level, affecting 8,000 to 10,000 people of the northern atolls…. Read More
Psychology of Climate Change
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Posted on April 23, 2013 by pacrisa
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
Security Threat
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Posted on March 13, 2013 by pacrisa
US Pacific Forces Chief calls climate change the biggest security threat This week a Boston Globe article reported that the top military official for the Pacific, Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, has named climate change the most… Read More
Sustaining Hawai‘i’s Freshwater
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Posted on February 11, 2013 by pacrisa
Market-based measures could provide critical funding for sustaining Hawai‘i’s freshwater supply The Hawai‘i legislature is currently reviewing measures that would provide reliable, dedicated funding to protect the state’s important watershed areas, with the long-term goal of ensuring a… Read More
Climate Change a Priority
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Posted on December 26, 2012 by pacrisa
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
Pacific Regional Climate Forum
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Posted on December 20, 2012 by pacrisa
Over 200 attend the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Forum The Pacific Islands Regional Climate Forum was held on December 10, 2012 at the East-West Center’s Imin International Conference Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The forum brought together researchers, sector… Read More
PIRCA Release
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Posted on December 4, 2012 by Laura Brewington
PIRCA releases report on climate change HONOLULU (December 4, 2012)—The Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) today released its first report, Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Island Press). The report highlights the findings of more… Read More
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