12 September 2023, Port Vila – The importance of understanding the role of the media in helping to build resilience in Vanuatu was emphasised during the start of a two-day communications training workshop for staff of the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department (VMGD). 

The call has come for more Pacific island authors and contributors to be part of the science reports released by the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change.

A special IPCC report on the Impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways is to be released in 2018.