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Innovative risk finance project to safeguard Melanesian fishing communities against climate threats
Willis Towers Watson (WTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, today announced the launch of a new financial initiative to help vulnerable fishing communities in Fiji and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to be more resilient to the adverse impacts of climate change.
Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Program
Under the seventh GEF replenishment, GEF-7, Impact Programs (IPs) on Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR); Sustainable Forest Management (SFM); and Sustainable Cities are being developed to address the drivers of environmental degradation, and to support transformational change in these key systems.
Celebrating biodiversity in all corners of the world
The recent IPBES Global Assessment Report revealed that around one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction, many within decades.
Informing action: Pacific nations unite on the environment
The people of the Pacific islands may be among the smallest contributors to climate change, but they are on the frontline of its impacts.
Ridge to reef living landscapes: A model for community-based conservation in Papua New Guinea
“We are a coastal community and have always relied on the sea for food and income – we catch fish, and harvest sea cucumbers and trochus shells. When I was a young boy I can remember that there were plenty of sea cucumbers and we would always come home with a big catch of fish. But, as time passed, our community was taking too much, without thought for the future. The reefs were being damaged and we had to search further and further from the shore to find any fish.