Pacific Prepared Podcast

Vanuatu government is pushing to have climate change recognised as a human rights violation 10.11.2022 30:00 ↓

A campaign to have climate change recognised as a human rights violation is moving forward and the Vanuatu government is hopeful of an outcome

Weather services rolling out predictions and warnings ahead of Pacific cyclone season 04.11.2022 ↓

As the cyclone season starts for 2022-2023, weather and emergency offices are issuing predictions and warnings hoping to prepare communities.

Finding ‘less traditional’ methods of getting health information to communities in Palau 27.10.2022 30:00 ↓

Finding different ways to communicate health messages to the community in Palau

Residents from the Fijian village being eroded by the ocean speak about slowly losing their home 20.10.2022 30:00 ↓

Increasingly more powerful storms and cyclones are chipping away at a Fijian village coastline, and their homes are under threat.

Climate literacy in the Pacific means understanding how traditional knowledge can still be relevant 13.10.2022 30:00 ↓

A researcher has been working with young people in Fiji to get an idea of what they know about traditional methods of reading the environment, and where they learned it.

The complexities of relocation in the Pacific and the real-life impacts climate change is having 06.10.2022 30:00 ↓

Aside from the logistical challenges of moving a village, there are more reasons why this short-term solution to climate change is complex in the Pacific.

Why risk communication 'does not work if there is no trust' 29.09.2022 30:00 ↓

Trust in the media was one of the things discussed at the recent disaster risk reduction forum in Brisbane.

Tongan authorities draw attention to tsunami sirens with weekly tests 22.09.2022 30:00 ↓

Tongan authorities are hoping that weekly tsunami siren tests will raise awareness of the meaning of the sound, and also what people need to do after hearing it.

PNG reacts to an earthquake that killed a number of people and destroyed hundreds of homes 15.09.2022 30:00 ↓

Residents have had to quickly take stock of their situation as communications and power went down in areas near the large earthquake of September 11.

Vanuatu, the most vulnerable nation in the world to climate change, releases commitments 08.09.2022 30:00 ↓

Climate plea from one of the most vulnerable countries in the world

Drinking water delivered to Tongan residents as drought dries up local supplies 01.09.2022 30:00 ↓

As drought takes its toll on Tonga’s local drinking water, the government has stepped in to provide for communities and villages.

How the Tongan Red Cross continues to assist people impacted by the volcanic eruption of early 2022 18.08.2022 30:00 ↓

More than six months on from the volcanic eruption, Tongan communities are still receiving valuable assistance.

The ‘half modern, half traditional’ job that helps some of Fiji’s outer islands prepare for natural disasters 11.08.2022 30:00 ↓

How remote Fijian communities communicate with their councils.

With increased cyclone and storm risks, some Fijian villages turning back to traditional styles of homes also known as a bure 04.08.2022 30:00 ↓

With the increased risk from cyclones and storm, some Fijian residents are favouring a more traditional style of homes known as a bure.

Disaster preparation talks take place in Tonga, through the lens of the volcanic eruption earlier in 2022 28.07.2022 30:00 ↓

The Tongan volcanic eruption in early 2022 shaped some of the conversation around disaster preparedness that happened recently

How Tonga has managed keep up food supply in the face of a triple disaster 21.07.2022 30:00 ↓

Tonga’s agriculture sector has been forced to keep the countries food supply operating in the face of a volcanic eruption, tsunami and COVID outbreak

Students in a remote Fijian village are now catching a boat to school because the roads are being washed away 14.07.2022 30:00 ↓

After the main road was washed away due to rising sea levels, students from a remote school in the Yasawa Islands are travelling to school by boat.

How one Fijian village is slowly disappearing due to increased flooding 07.07.2022 30:00 ↓

Increased flooding and changing weather patterns is slowing eating away one Fijian village.

Managing the relationships between Indigenous Fijian islanders and the modern world of the Pacific 30.06.2022 30:00 ↓

Island hopping and drinking coconut milk; it’s all part of the job.

How Fiji is communicating with communities around disaster preparedness, while respecting traditional knowledge 23.06.2022 30:00 ↓

Maintaining traditional knowledge, while introducing new disaster preparedness technology 

Revegetating mangroves in Papua New Guinea is helping to restore coastlines back to health 16.06.2022 30:00 ↓

Coastline health sees benefits of mangrove revegetation by woman in PNG, plus gender inclusion helps boost disaster preparedness in Vanuatu.

How Tonga’s fishing industry has been impacted from the volcanic eruption and how the ministry of agriculture are assisting 09.06.2022 30:00 ↓

Months on, Tonga’s fishing industry is working with the government to help turn bring some normality back

We just ran and left everything’: Residents describe Flooding in Vanuatu sparked by Cyclone Gina through 02.06.2022 30:00 ↓

Cyclone Gina caused widespread flooding in Vanuatu during May, residents share their experiences.

Looking back at two very different volcano stories from Tonga and Solomon Islands 26.05.2022 30:00 ↓

Research continues in Tonga after the volcanic eruption in 2022

Sustainable farming practices helping Vanuatu farmers become more resilient against 19.05.2022 30:00 ↓

Vanuatu farmers combating natural disasters