Pacific Institute of Public Policy

1 July, 2015

Cyclone Pam – Anatomy of a disaster

In the lead-up to the global climate conference in Paris at the end of this year and in light of the World Summit Humanitarian Pacific consultations currently underway in Auckland, we have compiled a timeline of events before, during and after Pam made landfall in Vanuatu. It provides a comprehensive, blow-by-blow account of the disaster.

29 May, 2015

Dan McGarry

On be(com)ing happy

'A few days after cyclone Pam destroyed his home, a twelve-year-old boy taught me a paradoxical lesson about happiness,' writes Dan McGarry

So far, most atolls winning the sea level rise battle

11 May, 2015

Giff Johnson

So far, most atolls winning the sea level rise battle

An increasing number of atoll studies are not supporting the claim that “Pacific islands are sinking.” Giff Johnson discusses why the disconnect between scientific research and Pacific leaders’ statements about climate effects matters.

2 April, 2015

Kaliopate Tavola

Nothing new from the World Bank

Kaliopate Tavola examines some of the self-evident advice from this major multilateral donor on innovative approaches to tackling the many complex and unique sustainable development challenges facing the Pacific’s small island states.

20 January, 2015

Derek Brien

Transforming global development

Negotiations on what should succeed the Millennium Development Goals resumed in New York this week. Negotiations are well under way to decide what development goals will succeed the MDGs, and this time there has been much broader input.

National perspectives on green economy – Vanuatu and Palau

1 November, 2012

PiPP Staff

National perspectives on green economy – Vanuatu and Palau

PiPP undertook national assessments for Vanuatu and Palau as part of the UNESCAP study 'Green Economy in a Blue World - Pacific Perspective 2012' in the lead up to the Rio+20 global summit on sustainable development.