The Zoom discussion was also the launch of a new partnership between the two institutions which are uniting in a unique research project 鈥 The Pacific Ocean Climate Crisis Assessment听鈥撎齮hat will explore the impact of climate change in the Pacific and the role indigenous knowledge can play to help communities to adapt.
The Assessment is funded by New Zealand鈥檚 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is co-led by听Professor Steven Ratuva, who is the Director of the听Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies听(MBC) at UC, New Zealand, and Professor Elisabeth Holland, Director of the听听(PaCE-SD) at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji. The project will provide a robust evidence-based assessment of climate change impact and social resilience in the Pacific to help inform the global stocktake or assessment of progress and climate change resilience over time.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 - Climate Action.
Other UC and USP academics supporting the project include Assoc Prof Joeli Veitayaki (USP), Dr Viliamu Iese听(USP), and Prof Bronwyn Hayward (UC), who were joined by听Pacific youth leaders Josiah Tualamali鈥檌 (UC postgraduate student) and Salote Nasalo (USP student) in this discussion.
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