Pacific Games Channels Youth Aspirations in the Solomon Islands — Global Issues

Pacific Games Channels Youth Aspirations in the Solomon Islands — Global Issues

Jovita Ambrose and Timson Irowane are two young athletes training to be part of the Solomon Islands national team at the Pacific Games. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS by Catherine Wilson (honiara, solomon islands) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, Nov 17 (IPS) – The Pacific Games, the most…

International Inertia Follows Israeli Assault on Jenin in the West Bank — Global Issues

International Inertia Follows Israeli Assault on Jenin in the West Bank — Global Issues

Shu’fat refugee camp is home to 120,000 Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. Photo credit: Jawad Al Malhi by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Jul 28 (IPS) – The likelihood of further confrontations remains high following a major…

New Research Seeks Breakthrough in Understanding Global Warming and the Ocean — Global Issues

New Research Seeks Breakthrough in Understanding Global Warming and the Ocean — Global Issues

Youth host Jay Matsushiba, in Vancouver, participating in a beach clean-up with Tanya Otero of the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up. Credit: Nick Hawkins/Ocean Frontier Institute by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Jul 19 (IPS) – The Canada-based Ocean Frontier Institute is very clear about the…

Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal Economies — Global Issues

Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal Economies — Global Issues

Rt. Hon Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, visited the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu in April to discuss climate justice and witnessed the impacts of Cyclones Judy and Kevin in the country. Photo Credit: Commonwealth Secretariat by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Monday, June 05, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Jun 05…

Food Shortages Deepen in Cyclone-Devastated Vanuatu — Global Issues

Food Shortages Deepen in Cyclone-Devastated Vanuatu — Global Issues

Most vendor tables are empty in the large fresh produce market in Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, due to the widespread devastation of food gardens and crops by Cyclones Judy and Kevin in early March. Photo credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS by Catherine Wilson (port vila, vanuatu) Tuesday, April 04, 2023 Inter Press Service…

Climate Finance Action a Priority at COP27 — Global Issues

Climate Finance Action a Priority at COP27 — Global Issues

Corals and coral reefs are found around the islands and atolls of the Pacific. In Vanuatu, the government, with the support of SPC, implemented a coral reef climate change adaptation project based on coral gardening. Photo credit: SPC by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Saturday, November 05, 2022 Inter Press Service Sydney, Nov…

Pacific Community’s Agricultural Gene Bank Wins Global Award — Global Issues

Pacific Community’s Agricultural Gene Bank Wins Global Award — Global Issues

The Pacific Community’s Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees gene bank conserves more than 2,000 varieties of trees and crops in the Pacific Islands. Credit: Pacific Community by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Thursday, September 22, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Sep 22 (IPS) – Safeguarding plentiful, nutritious supplies of food for the…

Pacific Community-Led Health Missions Arrive with Critical Support to Tonga and Kiribati Grappling with COVID-19 Surges — Global Issues

Pacific Community-Led Health Missions Arrive with Critical Support to Tonga and Kiribati Grappling with COVID-19 Surges — Global Issues

Pacific Community health experts conduct laboratory training for COVID-19 testing with their healthcare colleagues in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Credit: Pacific Community (SPC) by Catherine Wilson (canberra, australia) Tuesday, May 03, 2022 Inter Press Service CANBERRA, Australia, May 03 (IPS) – Before the pandemic emerged in 2020, health services in many Pacific Island…