- At the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers' meeting in Sydney last week, leaders emphasised that the region needs to take control of all aspects of disaster relief management.
- The Secretariat of the Pacific Community has put together this compendium of case studies on climate and disaster resilience which highlights lessons learned at the program and project level.
- A new book from journalist Giff Johnson, based in the Marshall Islands, looks at corruption in the Pacific in conjunction with development and climate change.
- New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully took advantage of the PIF meeting to raise his concerns over the deterioration of civil rights in Nauru with President Waqa, concluding that they clearly disagreed on some issues.
- Julie Bishop held up Coca-Cola as an example of a business that excels at distribution when discussing the role of the private sector in aid delivery recently. On Devpolicy, Sam Byfield asks if Australia should partner with Coke in the Pacific?
- With the rise of non-communicable diseases in the Pacific, Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community Colin Tukuitonga is calling for a tax on junk food to tackle obesity.
- The Northern Marianas is nearing a state of emergency after a week without power, as a boulder cut the only undersea fibre optic cable to Guam.
- Lastly, a touching video on babies named Pam born during the devastating cyclone in Vanuatu:
Pacific Island links: Disaster preparedness, Coke aid, Cyclone Pam babies and more
Published 15 Jul 2015
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