Panel: Compound Climate Threats Increase Need for Regional Cooperation in the Pacific
share HONOLULU (April 7, 2021) -- Even as the COVID-19 pandemic remains the focus in the Pacific, compound threats increase the need for regional cooperation to address the mounting economic and environmental impacts from climate change, according to panelists at a recent East-West Center workshop on “Strengthening Resilience, Cooperation, and Partnership in the Pacific.” The aftermath of 2015's devastating Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. Photo: Graham Crumb via Wikimedia. Supported by the Government of Japan, the March 25 workshop convened academics, practitioners and policy professionals fro...