By Yvette D’Unienville of Tuvalu Broadcasting Services

16 August, 2017, Honiara, Solomon Islands, PMC-4 – The United Nation Education Scientific and Cultural organisation (UNESCO) wants to increase its support for sustainable water services in the Pacific Island countries.

It plans to bring to the region its International Hydrological Programme (IHW), which is the only intergovernmental programme in the UN system devoted to water research, water resources management, and education and capacity building.

By Pita Ligaiula of Pacific Island News Association (PINA)

16 August, 2017, Honiara, Solomon Islands, PMC-4 – Fiji has offered to host the first lead authors meeting for the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere to be held in October this year.

By Bentaake Kiima of Broadcasting and Publications Authority

16 August, 2017, Honiara, Solomon Islands, PMC-4 – Tuvalu is looking forward to using a new climate prediction model once it is release for use later in the year, says the Director of the Tuvalu Meteorological Services, Mr Taula Katea.

Mr Katea was speaking to journalists covering the Pacific Meteorological Council meeting in Honiara, where information about the new PICASO model was released.

By Seia Ualesi of Savali Newspaper

16 August, 2017, Honiara, Solomon Islands, PMC-4 – A new Pacific Climate Change Centre that will provide meteorology training and research opportunities is scheduled to be opened in April 2019

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Director General Leota Kosi Latu said that the centre would benefit the whole region in terms of training researchers in climate change-related areas including meteorology.

By Repeka Nasiko of Fiji Times

15 August, 2017, Honiara, Solomon Islands, PMC-4 – Twelve member countries of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC) have complied with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).