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The key highlights of this month's issue include: Using blue economy to improve ocean health for sustainable development; Measuring Progress: Environment and the SDGs; Recommendations for strengthening the Post-2020 GBF; Empower customs officials to combat illegal wildlife trade; averting biodiversity crisis; Industry involvement in sound management of chemicals and waste; Boost e-waste collection and recycling in East Africa; Phasing out lead from paint manufacturing; celebrating Cartagena convention; CARICOM launches second biodiversity webinar series; Preparing Easter Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean for the 2021/2022 BRS COPs; Free Self-Pace Trainings course on marine litter pollution prevention.

The 2021-22 La nina event has ended. However, observations and cimate model outlooks suggest La nina may reform later in 2022. Most climate models surveyed by the Bureau indicate ENSO is likely to remain neutral through the southern hemisphere winter.

A monthly e-bulletin of activities and assistance from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme to its member countries

Estimates of moisture/water stress are based on recent rainfall compared with historical observations using the Percentile (Decile) Index. A division is listed once at the highest station alert within that division.

Sound waste and pollution management is an urgent priority for our Pacific Island leaders – ours here at SPREP is just to “Make it Happen.”

The 2021-2022 La Niña event continues in the tropical Pacific, with little change in strength in the past few weeks. The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) has recently been weak and is expected to remain mostly weak for the coming fortnight.

The workshop aimed to re-cap the findings from trainings, share good practices found through the trainings and provide advanced technical knowledge regarding proper maintenance of the vehicles and heavy machinery.

A monthly e-bulletin of activities and assistance from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme to its member countries.

Lately the meteorological team have developed an online tool for surfing the weather patterns. This can help anyone with access to the internet what the weather will be like daily. Information provided has been given on a divisional scale as Pacific Island Countries can experience a high range of rainfall variability within country. It is possible to have forecasts which simultaneously favour above and below normal rainfall in different parts of the one country.

The key highlights of this month issue include: - Outcome of the Geneva biodiversity conference - Blue Deal for economic recovery and sustainable growth - Roles of indigenous communities in biodiversity protection - Rise in online wildlife trade - Financing chemicals and waste management - Plastic taxes as new environmental policies - Regionalizing UNEA 5.2 plastic resolution in East Africa - Promoting the Science-Policy-Society Interface of synthetic biology - Launching ACP MEAs 3 Youth Engagement and Training Initiative in Europe