A three-day workshop on “Climate Services Users” organised by the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services is set to begin Tuesday next week. A broad range of climate services users has been invited to the workshop to discuss and familiarise with a wide range of climate-related topics.
A youth advocate says climate change should be seen as bringing positive changes for the country. Christina Ora says climate change is perceived as negative and one of the greatest barriers towards development.
A Climate Change youth advocator has recently returned to the country after attending the 59th Commission on the Status of women in New York, United States early this month.
Solomon Islanders have a duty to the generations that follow. These are the words of the United States Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and PNG, His Excellency Walter North who is in the country.
Solomon Islands maintains its plea on global mitigation ambition. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Dr. Melchior Mataki, leader of the Solomon Islands delegation to the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru made the statement.
Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and environmental management are top priorities for the Solomon Islands. The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology is taking a lead role in driving these initiatives.
Solomon Islands faces a possible El Nino season as it heads into cyclone season – November to January. Deputy Director of the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services, Lloyd Tahani told SIBC News in an interview yesterday the country’s climate condition is heading towards an El Nino season.
The issues of domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, climate change and Environmental degradation has not gone away in Solomon Islands according to the Archbishop of the Anglican Church the Most Reverend David Vunagi.
A Regional Forestry Inventory Workshop is currently being held in Kirakira, Makira-Ulawa province. SIBC News’ Gina Maka’a reports from KiraKira, a consultant of UN Redd program, Chris Heiga, says the workshop aims to equip the forestry officers on how to address climate change issues.
Santa Catalina is beginning to face the brunt of Climate change effects, says Aorigi Chief, Father Mathew Mamae. SIBC’s Gina Maka’a reports from Santa Catalina, Chief Mamae says his people have started to face coastal erosion.
The Permanent Secretary responsible for Climate Change, Dr Melchior Mataki says there is an urgent need to look at fast capitalization of the Global Climate Fund.
A two-day workshop on Solomon Islands Traditional Knowledge Inception has successfully ended today in Honiara. Amongst its aims, the workshop wanted to identify traditional indicators of weather and climate and its reliability.
A five days Climate Change workshop is currently underway in Kirakira, Makira Ulawa Province. Speaking to SIBC News, Chair of the Province’s Climate Change Coordination Committee, Alick Pinihimae says the workshop wants to develop ways to address climate change, vulnerability and risk assessment…
The Country’s new Ambassador to the European Union, EU, Dr Moses Mose has called on the EU to focus on mitigating the impacts of climate change in the Pacific. Ambassador Mose made the call after presenting his credentials to the Belgian King as he takes up his new post.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service is installing and testing a climate-based monitoring and early warning system that will give out early malaria warnings. The office will initially try out the new system in Guadalcanal and Central Islands Province this week.
Communities in Sikaiana in Malaita Outer Islands are in desperate need of food and medicine, and three elders of the Sikaiana community in Honiara have come forward to call for help to get a boat to send supplies to the islands.
Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF) in Solomon Islands has been selected as a recipient of the US Agency for International Development, USAID, Pacific-American Climate Fund (PACF) program.
Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Maelanga, has said, the generosity of modern development assistance means that many projects can be taking place at the same time and often working in the same sector without coordinating their approaches.
The World Bank Group has announced, it will increase its support for disaster and climate resilient development in small island developing states from US$145 million per year to about US$190 million. It will also work with partners towards a Small Island States Resilience Initiative.
Solomon Islands is joining Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu and Kiribati to launch Building Resilience through Child-Centred Climate Change Adaptation (4CA) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Program on Wednesday in Suva, Fiji.
