The Pacific Way

Nov 20 2024 53 ep. 10 mins 1k

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A podcast by the Pacific Community, bringing stories of science, culture, traditions and innovation from across the region. This is the Pacific Way.

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COP 29: The Urgent Need for Loss and Damage Support in the Pacific

Nov 20 2024 11 mins

The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat but an urgent reality. Pacific Island communities feel the worst effects, even though they produce less than 0.03% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. This unfair situation brings attention to the "loss and damage" concept, highlighting the need to address the economic and non-economic losses these vulnerable regions face that a

S04 - E10: Pacific Voices at COP27 - '1.5 to stay alive' for the blue pacific continent.

Nov 17 2022 10 mins

The solidarity amongst the pacific islands delegation to conserve our region and protect it from the ongoing impacts of climate change was evident at the United Nations Climate Change conference or COP27. Climate Change Experts from the Pacific Community and other CROP Agencies were present in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt to support and lend a voice to the pleas of the pacific people for

S04 - E09: 50th Anniversary of the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture - ‘Our future is in our past’

Nov 03 2022 9 mins

For half a century the Pacific Community has been working in collaboration with pacific islands countries and territories to preserve, protect and promote the regions unique traditions as custodians of the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture or FestPac. In July 2022, SPC celebrated the 50th anniversary of FestPac and the launch of the Pacific Regional Culture Strategy 2022-2032. T

S04 - E08: Creating the winds of change in Pacific Education

Oct 13 2022 10 mins

In early September 2022, the fourth cycle report of the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) was launched in Suva Fiji. Administered through the Pacific Community’s Educational Quality and Assessment Programme (EQAP), over 40,000 students sat for PILNA in 15 pacific island countries and territories. Through PILNA, the region has set a global benchmark to ensur

S04 - E07: Building Research Capacity for food security

Aug 25 2022 10 mins

To ensure the region has the capacity and the technical know- how to advance agriculture and aquaculture in the region, a new cadre of experts are being trained through the Australian Center for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR). The Pacific Community (SPC) is a key partner for ACIAR and SPC and ACIAR have worked in partnership for more than 30 years. SPC helps deliver Aus

S04 - E06: The 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent

Aug 04 2022 12 mins

Pacific Islands Leaders met in Suva Fiji in July 2022, where the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent was endorsed. The strategy focuses on seven key thematic areas: political leadership and regionalism, people-centered development, peace and security, resources and economic development, climate change and disasters, ocean and environment, and finally, technology and connec

SO4 - EO5: Safeguarding Pacific Health

Jun 15 2022 10 mins

From the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, the Pacific Community has worked with donor agencies and partners to strengthen and safeguard the health of Pacific Islanders. Working with international agencies and local authorities, SPC, the World Health Organisation and the World Food Program helped provide much need medical and humanitarian resources to strengthen COVID 19 preparedness

SO4-E04: Island Innovation and Clinton Global Initiative shine spotlight on Pacific Food Systems

May 29 2022 10 mins

The Pacific Community (SPC)'s Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT) has won the 2022 Island Innovation award for Innovative Island Research. The award, which supported by the Clinton Global Initiative, was presented by Island Innovation, a global network that connects island stakeholders through digital communication and events. It is part of the rapidly increa

S04-E03: Growing 'Green Gold' in the Pacific

Apr 21 2022 10 mins

As the Pacific region looks towards a post COVID economy, the potential of cocoa is seen as a valuable resource for small hold farmers. Known by local farmers as green gold, the quality of Pacific cocoa is increasingly being recognized internationally, and in some cases the resulting chocolate products have been ranked with some the the best in the world.

S04-E02: A new Pacific champion for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls

Mar 24 2022 8 mins

The Pacific Community (SPC) has announced the appointment of Mereseini Rakuita as its ‘Principal Strategic Lead – Pacific Women’. Ms Rakuita will champion the organisation’s work on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls to bring about the transformational changes required to improve the status of women and girls in the Pacific. “I’m deeply humbled