BY JOHN HOUANIHAU CLIMATE finance is an important topic in the overall climate change space, according to the National Program Coordinator and Head of the Project Coordination Management Unit of the Ministry of Environment Climate Change & Disaster Management, Barnabas…
The National Government through Environment and Conservation Division (ECD) of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), has been embarking on training workshops with stakeholders to ensure proper monitoring, compliance and enforcement of the three Environment…
BY MIKE TUA THE U.S. Navy Pacific Partnership 2022, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief team is currently working with the Solomon Islands professionals to help improve the emergency disaster response, planning, management, preparedness, resiliency, and capacity in the country. U.S. Navy Pacific…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU IF the Solomon Islands want to mount a good case of loss and damage due to climate change effects at the Climate Change Conference, very good credible data is paramount says Dr. Morgan Wairiu, the Acting Director…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU DR. Morgan Wairiu has urged Solomon Islanders to start writing climate change stories in international journals. Dr. Wairiu who also has a broad knowledge of Pacific regions’ environment and development issues including Government structures and systems both…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE catastrophic impacts of climate change in the Solomon Islands have a dire effect on the livelihood of people living with disability in the country says People with Disability Solomon Islands Country Manager, Casper Fa’asala. Casper Fa’asala…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU FORMER intern at the Solomon Breweries Limited, Franklin Fiuta has previously left his job after being temporarily laid off during the economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Franklin is a qualified mechanical engineer,…
REPRESENTATIVES from the government, private sector, civil society, and development agencies have validated a new draft climate finance and public spending roadmap for the Solomon Islands. The validation rounded off a half-day workshop in Honiara, on Friday 12 August. The…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU FOIROBO Tribal Biodiversity Conservation Association in North East Malaita, Malaita province has recently welcomed and celebrated a milestone project aimed to protect their forest as a solution to the effects of Climate Change. In a ceremony to…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare launched the Solomon Islands Renewable Energy Roadmap on Friday 22 July – announcing major reforms in the energy sector in the areas of policy, legislation, regulation, institutional, financial, and management arrangements. The new Roadmap provides the…
A delegation of Lenders flew into Honiara last week, marking the first face-to-face supervisedLenders’ mission for the Tina River Hydropower Development Project before COVID-19 andthe closing of international borders. Representatives from the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Korea…
PRIME Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare and his Fijian counterpart, Hon. Frank Bainimarama have today signed a historical Maritime Boundary Agreement. The signing is consistent with the intention of all PIF Members to maintain maritime zones in the face of climate…