It commences on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, indicating that violence against women is the most pervasive breach of human rights worldwide.
Humanity needs leadership and solidarity to defeat COVID-19
“At least we had an asteroid,” the dinosaur warns, referring to the popular theory explaining dinosaurs’ extinction 70 million years ago. “What’s your excuse?”
“This is the story of my life; the story of my community,” says George Taiuka when we met him near the UNESCO World Heritage Site at the Lake Tegano.
Students and youth leaders from around the Pacific region are coming together to discuss the importance of integrity and stronger youth action on anti-corruption, transparency, and accountability towards progress on the sustainable development agenda in the Pacific.
For the people of Tamana island, in Kiribati, climate change is already an existential reality.
The IPCC report and the climate crisis in the Pacific
Over 4000 pages, 14,000 scientific papers addressed, thousands of scientists from all over the world, one message: code red for humanity.
The takeaways from the latest IPCC report published in August 2021 are unequivocal: based on our current trajectory, the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, rising sea levels, global warming, and ocean acidification will increase. The Paris Climate Agreement target to limit global temperature rise at 1.5C is likely to be exceeded in the next 10-15 years.
An inclusive digital economy can accelerate development and growth in Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands’ Government has made digital transformation central to its financial inclusion agenda, with other Pacific countries following its progress closely. Notwithstanding the challenges due to the country’s status as a developing, isolated economy, this initiative holds much promise if the latest trends are anything to go by. Globally, digital technologies are a key component of inclusive eonomies and have provided a path for the financially excluded to enter the formal economy.
Re-purposing food supply chains during times of disaster
The COVID-19 crisis has knocked many companies off balance. In the food security space, fundamental changes in consumer behaviour, supply chains, and routes to market have also emerged. As we observed, responding to the pandemic has underscored the need to accelerate the adoption of agile and flexible ways of working, as well as transforming the value chain to help out-manoeuvre uncertainty. In-fact the pandemic has tested supply chains like no crisis in recent history.
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