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Updated on October 27, 2023
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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
Updated on June 9, 2023
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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
Updated on September 8, 2025
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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 Hawai’i Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked… Read More
Updated on June 9, 2023
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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
Updated on November 16, 2015
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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
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
Court rules on Maui stream flows In August 2012, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled to vacate a 2010 decision made by the state Commission on Water Resource Management that impacts stream flows in Nā Wai ʻEhā, or the… Read More
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2022 Our Ocean Palau Conference
Updated on October 27, 2023 by pacrisa
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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
Category: Blog, General, Media, News Tags: climate change, law & policy, Palau, sea-level rise
Republic of the Marshall Islands holds first National Climate Change and Health Dialog
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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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
Category: Blog, Media, News Tags: climate change, communities, health, Indigenous knowledge, law & policy, Marshall Islands
Hawai’i Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked Highest Among U.S. States
Updated on September 8, 2025 by pacrisa
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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 Hawai’i Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked… Read More
Category: Blog, General Tags: climate change, Hawaii, law & policy
Psychology of Climate Change
Updated on June 9, 2023 by pacrisa
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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
Category: General, News Tags: climate migration, El Niño, law & policy, Pacific RISA
Climate Change a Priority
Updated on November 16, 2015 by pacrisa
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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
Category: Featured News, General, News Tags: Hawaii, law & policy, PIRCA
Adaptive Water Management
Updated on June 9, 2023 by Laura Brewington
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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
Category: General, Media Tags: climate change, Freshwater resources, Hawaii, law & policy
Maui Stream Flows
Updated on June 9, 2023 by Laura Brewington
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Court rules on Maui stream flows In August 2012, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled to vacate a 2010 decision made by the state Commission on Water Resource Management that impacts stream flows in Nā Wai ʻEhā, or the… Read More
Category: Featured News, General, News Tags: environment, Freshwater resources, Hawaii, law & policy
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