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).
By Ana Uili of MEIDAC, Tonga
15 August, 2017, Honiara, Solomon Islands, PMC-4 – The head of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has called on the Pacific to break the barrier of withholding information from one another.
By Repeka Nasiko of Fiji Times
15 August, 2017, Honiara, Solomon Islands, PMC-4 – Strengthen tsunami early warning trainings for national weather and climate offices is being urged at the Pacific Meteorological Council meeting in Solomon Islands yesterday.
