Climate Change Resilience
SPREP's media outreach is strengthened through a one year project on Media and Climate Change funded by the Government of Australia through the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning Program (PACCSAP), this project began in June 2012 and will end in July 2013.
Pacific reporters take on climate change!
"The training was excellent personally it further developed my understanding of the environment and climate change issues" – evaluation form feedback.
"The training was excellent personally it further developed my understanding of the environment and climate change issues" – evaluation form feedback.
From 27 – 31 May, Pacific reporters were a familiar sight at the SPREP compound as SPREP coordinated the Pacific media and climate change training workshop in partnership with PACCSAP.
Over 15 Pacific reporters, from FSM; Fiji; Kiribati; Niue; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tuvalu; and Vanuatu, spent a week learning more about climate change and the environment, and ways they can report on such issues in their national media upon their return home.
One of the outputs of the training was a daily news item to be developed based on the presentations of the day. These were submitted to their national media for publication and broadcast.
"This workshop was helpful as I came without any understanding about where to start writing on climate change and impacts on our Pacific," - statement from evaluation feedback.
The training also saw the support of the Samoa Meteorology Office with a field visit and presentation from Lagomauitumua Fata S.K. Seuseu, the Principal Climate Scientific Officer of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, as well as a visit to the Samoa Observer Office with a tour provided by Publisher Savea Sano Malifa.
SPREP celebrates World Press Freedom Day with Pacific media
May 2013 - Publishers, Editors and Senior Reporters from the Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu took part in a one day climate change training before the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day activity in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 1 May.
May 2013 - Publishers, Editors and Senior Reporters from the Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu took part in a one day climate change training before the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day activity in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 1 May.
It is hoped that the focus on climate change and environment news in the region will grow as more senior level Pacific media professionals learn more about climate change in the Pacific.
Officers from the Solomon Islands Division of Climate Change and the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service partnered with officers from SPREP and PACCSAP to give more insight into the issue of climate change and the impacts and adaptation activities underway in the Pacific region."I liked the discussions from the participants and this stimulated my thinking on how my staff can report effectively on climate change," - statement from the evaluation feedback.
Over 10 participants took part in the training that included a field trip to the PACC Solomon Islands site to visit a solar drier to send food to the low lying atolls in Ontong Java, this provided reporters with a practical example of climate change adaptation
Solomon Islands Media give climate change a go!
May 2013 - A one day climate change training for the national media of Solomon Islands was delivered to a full house with over 30 reporters attending the event, coordinated by SPREP in partnership with PACCSAP.Over the course of the day, Solomon Island reporters learnt more about climate change; spent time learning and understanding climate change terminology and acronyms; and heard about specific climate change adaptation projects in the Solomon Islands to help strengthen their reporting skills.
"This training was really good in that it went beyond climate change and showed links between climate change and the environment in general, such as the role of EbA. I think the reporters soaked up all the information provided, they seemed very interested," said Mr. Evan Wasuka, a Solomon Islands reporter that co-facilitated the training.
"This training was really good in that it went beyond climate change and showed links between climate change and the environment in general, such as the role of EbA. I think the reporters soaked up all the information provided, they seemed very interested," said Mr. Evan Wasuka, a Solomon Islands reporter that co-facilitated the training.
Ecosystem-based Adaptation was a key feature of the training, with a special presentation on the EbA project underway in the Choiseul Province. Mr. Carlo Iacovino, the Communications Officer for the USAID-funded project, participated in the training and provided more information on EbA, a new term for Pacific media.
The training took place on 4 May and was open to all national media in the Solomon Islands.
Special climate change training for journalism and media students of the National University of Samoa
April 2013 - Over 30 NUS students received climate change training from SPREP as part of the media and climate change project coordinated by SPREP and supported by PACCSAP.
The day began with an inspirational keynote presentation by Pacific environment reporter, Ms. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, helping to set the tone for a day of learning.
Seminars from climate change and environment experts at SPREP were provided to help the students learn more about the role of our Pacific environment to help them better report on this issue when they enter into the workforce. These were followed by group activities during the day.
"We are really pleased to be able to help contribute to the successful future of these students. We believe that through helping Pacific media fully understand environmental issues, they can strengthen their reporting ability and help share the message of such an urgent topic," said Nanette Woonton, SPREP's Media and Public Relations Officer.
The NUS students have each produced News items based on the information learnt during the one day training. These are now being judged and prizes will be awarded to the students.
The training took place at the SPREP compound on April 23.