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The public is invited to join the County of Maui Office of Innovation & Sustainability today for the launch of the ‘Mayor Sustainability Series.’ Featuring individuals dedicated to caring for the planet, this series seeks to facilitate critical conversations on climate change and how to come together to create a more sustainable Maui Nui and collective world.

$20 Million in Funding to Strengthen Climate Resilience for Native Hawaiian Community Announced

The new Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program aims to enhance climate change mitigation efforts for the Native Hawaiian community.

These are among the findings of the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released by the Biden Administration which involved five UH Mānoa researchers.

  “Landscape conservation,” a now common term in conservation biology, emphasizes the importance of planning at scales that encompass ecological processes and species migrations, and addresses large-scale environmental threats. Formal frameworks for evaluating the effectiveness of these efforts are rare, however, and made difficult because these multi-scalar efforts involve many actors over multiple jurisdictions and long timescales. Recognizing the need for collaborative responses to larg...

U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. The session drew more than 100 participants from around the world through Zoom. It was the first time UH has presented at the conference since becoming a member of CUGH in 2018. “By virtue of its geographic location and longstanding partnerships with academic institutions and ministries of health in the Asia-Pacific region, UH is strategically positioned to provide a Pacific-focused perspective to the global health conversation,” said Aimee Grace, direct...

SONDH) has been selected to join the Consortium of Universities for Global Health ( CUGH) Board of Directors. Professor Kristine Qureshi, associate dean for research and global health, was selected from a group of more than 80 applications. Her three-year term will begin in April 2021. Qureshi will help support CUGH to strengthen its academic global health community of 179 member institutions from around the world engaged in addressing health challenges to improve the well-being of people an...