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The Business of Plastics: The Impacts of Plastics Pollution on Human Rights in the Pacific Region - Factsheet 5

Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Despite the known environmental and human health harm of plastics, the Pacific Islands are under tremendous pressure to continue to import plastic products, to meet the high consumption expectations of tourists, and to manufacture plastics domestically. Current legal and policy frameworks in the region either exclude or include limited trade-related provisions, production, manufacturing, importation, packaging and end-of-life standards, and technical regulations for plastics, persistent organic pollutants and chemical activities.

Asbestos Management Policy and Regulation for Pacific Island Countries and Timor-Leste.

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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The advice on management of asbestos in the region is focused on the prevention of community exposure to asbestos fibers in order the eliminate asbestos-related disease. Inhalation of asbestos fibres can cause a range of fatal disease such as asbestosis (fibrosis of the lungs) and a range of cancers, including mesothelioma (WHO, 2018). When products containing asbestos are damaged or become degraded over time, asbestos fibres are exposed and can become airborne.

UNFCCC COP26 : Pacific NextGen projections digital digest

Climate Change Resilience

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Temperatures have increased, sea level has risen, cyclones have become less frequent but more intense, and ocean acidification has occurred1,2. This is affecting water resources, health, agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity, infrastructure, tourism and other sectors

State of the climate in South-West Pacific 2020

Climate Change Resilience

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This report on the State of the Climate in South-West Pacific 2020 is the first of its kind for this region and a milestone multi-agency effort to deliver informed climate analysis and climate change trends. It includes a comprehensive integrated risk assessment and climate action guidance for building resilience to extreme weather events and climate change thus promoting sustainable development

Clean Pacific roundtable side event #5

SPREP Publications, Environmental Governance, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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A talanoa session on how effective the role of women, youth and communities are in the implementation of the regional multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) addressing waste.

SPREP-Tok : Issue 80. October, 2021.

SPREP Publications

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

Amplifying Pacific Voices at COP26: Hear us, see us, work with us Part 1.

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience

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A special side event bringing you real voices from our Pacific island – calling for 1.5. Held at the Moana Blue Pacific on 4 November from 7.20 – 8.25pm Glasgow time, this event shared Pacific voices through three different lenses – religious, academic and our NGO’s.

Amplifying Pacific voices at COP26: Hea us, see us, work with us Part 2

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience

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The second part of our special side event bringing you real voices from our Pacific island – calling for 1.5. Held at the Moana Blue Pacific on 4 November from 7.20 – 8.25pm Glasgow time, this event shared Pacific voices through three different lenses – religious, academic and our NGO’s.

Pacific Climate Demands at COP26

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience

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Coordinated by the Pacific Islands Climate Action Network, the event gave voice to Pacific island peoples sharing their challenges and what can be done at the global level to help address these. This was held at the Moana Blue Pacific on 4 November from 8.35 – 9.55pm Glasgow time. 8.35 – 9.55pm

SWAP - Committing to Sustainable Waste Actions in the Pacific

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Pacific island countries and territories offer rich ecosystems that are threatened by population and urbanisation growth and changing consumption patterns leading to increased waste generation.

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