🇺🇳 This week UN S-G António Guterres addressed school children in Tonga about disaster risk. 📖 💡We must educate children and youth about DRR & preparedness to empower the next generation for a resilient future. Discover #DRRday ➡️ ow.ly/5xy550T8t9h #AreYouReady24

Dilworth's Choir 'Fortissimo' took to the stage at the Big Sing 2024 & stole the hearts of the crowd with their beautiful rendition of Samoan Classic 'Pese O Le Tatau' thecoconet.tv/songbook/islan…

♀️ 20 women leaders addressed the world at 🇺🇳 #UNGA79's general debate which took place from 24-28 + 30 September in New York. We celebrate these remarkable women driving global change & inspiring current & future generations! 🙌

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#ResilientPacific | The PARTneR-2 Meeting & Workshops (Nov 4-8) focus on national use cases, boosting climate resilience, and integrating RiskScape & Nexus tools. Outputs include better risk analysis & capacity building in PICs. Funded by New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade in collaboration with @niwa_nz

SDG Update 14 November 2024 createsend.com/t/i-BEC7B0DBE6…

Championing gender equality at Inaugural Pacific Talanoa for women in tourism ⁦⁦Pacific Tourism Organisation⁩ “Thriving Together – Gender Equality for Tourism Growth and Transformation.” solomonstarnews.com/championing-ge…

Pacific storytellers document traditional environmental & cultural knowledge at risk of being lost due to CC. They’re at COP29. #ABCID abc.net.au/abc-internatio…

⚠️ #AHORA: El fuerte #Maretazo arrasa las embarcaciones pesqueras ante el asombro de los propios pescadores en #CaboBlanco (Piura 🇵🇪).

1/3.📢CASE STUDIES WANTED: Ahead of the 5th Board meeting of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage submit your case studies on access to climate ⛈️, development 🏗️ or humanitarian ❤️‍🩹finance. ✏️Fill in the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🤝 Trust is the magic ingredient in risk communication! In Kenya, distrust of weather forecasts put lives at risk, but training scientists & journalists to collaborate can build trust to protect & empower communities. 🎥 ➡️ ow.ly/FfKu50UIukk #EarlyWarningsForAll

The Silver Fox of Dunedin, Aaron Hawkins, with a near perfect submission yesterday. Watch unill the end to also see Tod Stephenson (ACT) get wrecked.

I never publicly comment on political matters because they are usually irrelevant to my work of providing hurricane data and forecasts to people in my personal capacity. Today though, it is highly relevant, and as a member of the meteorological community, I am angry. Planned or

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Walking out the front door last night in Venetie, Alaska - 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle - during a geomagnetic storm.

Join the Commonwealth Secretariat and Commonwealth Sport on 26 March for the 9th #Commonwealth Debate on Sport and Sustainable Development. 🏏 Sports leaders, athletes and experts will debate the role of traditional games in modern sport. Register now 👉🏾: bit.ly/3DRfZgL

DYK that the Pacific Islands Fire and Emergency Services Association was established in 2005. It has helped foster the relationship between fire and emergency services across the Pacific. Working together with NDMO&Police -> Pacific Islands Emergency Management Alliance #PIEMA

DYK Pacific Islands Incident Management System Awareness course is used by Solomon Islands NDMO during the induction of the National Emergency Management Response Team. #PIEMA Pacific Community gem.spc.int/piema-accredit…

Explore pottery at the Fiji Museum veranda in Suva every Wednesday!

Increasing numbers of people are being affected by larger, more complex and expensive disasters because decision makers are failing to put people first and prevent disasters. Midterm Review of the #SendaiFramework Report ➡️ ow.ly/gBX750WIQer #ResilienceForAll