Pacific Prepared Podcast

Fiji's oldest settlement, Viseisei village, is feeling the impacts of rising sea levels threatening grave sites. 

Samoa’s fishing industry relies exclusively on the weather, so when natural disasters hit, they’re often out of work for large periods of time.

A Solomon Islands theatre company is hoping a climate change-themed production will help put the story back in the hands of Pacific islanders.

We look at the importance of working in the disaster risk reduction space and motivating stories from the role.

Passing on traditional knowledge in Samoa through stories, we find out when this happens and who has the responsibility for it.

While some parts of the Pacific have seen constant rain over the past few months, others are in severe drought.

Focussing on more resilient infrastructure in Fiji to help communities cope with the increased risk from natural disasters.

How does working with knowledge holders in Solomon Islands lead to preserving customs and culture in the face of climate change?

For more than ten years, people have been voluntarily relocating from Carteret Islands in Papua New Guinea and now they’re slowly running out of time to make the move.

How flooding in Fiji is having flow-on effects on markets and the availability of some fruit and vegetables across the country.

A marine conservation group in Papua New Guinea has been focusing on diversity and learning how local women are changing the way they think about their work.

Putting the focus on getting the messaging and translations right when it comes to natural disasters in the Pacific. 

How the weather service in Tonga has been including traditional knowledge into forecasts and how that’s been received by the community.

The international court of justice needs stories from people living in the Pacific to inform an advisory opinion due in 2025.

Millions of dollars of aid makes it way to the Pacific every year, so what does that look like on the ground for those communities who need it, especially after natural disasters?

The Yasawa Islands are one of the most exposed and isolated areas in Fiji, so how will the government help this idyllic archipelago, especially after a natural disaster?

Some villagers from communities in Vanua Levu in Fiji have been living in temporary accommodation since late 2020 — now, they’ve finally got some news on a relocation.

A Papua New Guinea chief is concerned that culture and traditional knowledge isn’t being passed on to the next generation.

The Fijian village of Namuka in Bau, Tailevu, is in a beautiful coastal location, close to the ocean and a river – but rising sea levels and high tides are constantly leaving the community isolated.

The 28th COP, hosted by Dubai, has heard from global leaders including the Fijian Prime Minister, who is pushing for more outcomes from the meetings.

How a group of women in Papua New Guinea has been helping to preserve the ‘vital’ mangrove population along the coastline.

Representatives from right across the Pacific came together to discuss everything related to the fishing industry and how local voices can help give a better understanding.

The Samoan weather station that has been in the same spot for more than 100 years, and how the service is now looking at new methods of messaging.

Most irrigation for Tongan food crops relies on rainwater, so with the El Niño weather pattern taking over in late 2023, farmers need to think differently about how they work.

How traditional knowledge is passed down through generations of Samoans and its importance to their culture.