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April 2024 | Newsletter No.1
Welcome to the inaugural Indo-Pacific Climate (INPACC) Hub newsletter. We are pleased to launch this platform to keep our members updated on the latest news, events, and exciting developments within, and relevant to, the INPACC Hub community.
Since the Inception Workshop held last November in Bangkok, the INPACC Hub team has been undertaking a number of activities to further the aims of the Hub, including continued regional stakeholder engagement, hosting the first meetings of the 2024 Steering Committee, pursuing funding opportunities and scoping priority activities.
Committed to collaboration and co-design, we will continue to engage with the network at each step of the way as the Hub grows. Thank you for being part of this expert network working towards igniting change for a sustainable future in the Indo-Pacific.
INPACC Hub Inception Workshop 2023
There was positive and enthusiastic engagement from participants at the Inception Workshop last November and the opportunity to co-design a Hub action plan with regional experts was invaluable. Over the three days, the group worked to 1) contextualise current perspectives on the regional status quo, 2) identify and prioritise needs and activities, and 3) determine the governance mechanisms required to achieve the activities.
A report summarizing the key decisions, discussion points, and identified priorities is available on the INPACC Hub website, along with the illustrations created by the brilliant visual storytellers from Tofu Creatives.
News from the network
Heat stress causes lower fertility, productivity and reduced cognitive capacity: Project HeatSafe How much of an impact and influence does heat stress have on one’s health, work productivity and even the economy?
Second stage of Pacific leaders for Advancing Climate, Health and Equity Outcomes programme gets underway in Samoa The second stage of the Australia Awards Fellowship program which seeks to empower a global network of talented individuals to develop leadership potential and stimulate lasting change in Pacific communities and beyond, took place recently in Samoa.
We Need the Voices of Youth in Climate Change Governance About four years ago a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu, got together to look at how to take on the world, for the cause of climate justice.
Our Heritage, Our Future: Indigenous young woman breaking stereotypes and rising above adversity A glimpse into the life of Sabba Rani Maharjan who is a young Indigenous woman and frontline climate activist on issues related to Indigenous youth communities.
Breaking the vicious cycle of haze and climate change in Southeast Asia Transboundary haze has reared its ugly head again, no thanks to peatland burning and the compounding effects of the El Nino phenomenon and climate change. It is high time to break the vicious cycle of haze and climate change.
Green Horizons: Reflections on Working in the Environmental Field as a Youth Thibault Le pivain, Climate Action and Environmental Advocate reflects on eco-anxiety and the challenges of working in the environmental field.
Indigenous Knowledge has the power to help address the Climate Crisis Indigenous advocates aim to ensure that Indigenous knowledge is fully recognised as part of the solution to climate change
Navigating Climate Change through a Planetary Health Lens Exploring the intersection of climate change and health in Borneo from adversity to resilience.
Do you have content for sharing in our newsletter? Please email enquiries@inpacchub.org with a link to your story/opportunity/event.
Member publications
Global Methane Pledge: A Review of Data, Policy and Transparency in Reducing Methane Emissions in Malaysia (co-authored by Dr Helena Varkkey)
Member profile
Associate Professor Joeli Veitayaki
INPACC Hub Steering Committee member Joeli Veitayaki has dedicated his career to the study of human-environment relations. His research interests encompass various topics, including subsistence and artisanal fisheries, indigenous knowledge, traditional resource management systems, climate change, disaster risk reduction, sustainable development, and regional cooperation in the Pacific Islands.
Joeli is currently Strategic Adviser for Blue Prosperity Fiji (BPF), a partnership led by the Government of Fiji and the Waitt Institute of the USA. It supports the implementation of the Fiji National Ocean Policy’s three priority areas: Marine Spatial Planning, Blue Economy and Sustainable Fisheries. In 2023, Joeli was part of the BPF team that undertook the largest marine resource management assessment of the state of coral reefs in Fiji in the last century. The team is currently working to forge and further collaborations with all stakeholders to ensure that all BPF project activities are successfully completed.
Joeli taught marine and environment resource management at the University of the South Pacific for over three decades and undertook marine resources management and community-based projects and research in most of the Pacific Island Countries. His focus now is to empower and mobilise community-based resource management in local communities where all appropriate resource management ideas should be articulated and put to practice to support resilient Pacific Island communities into the future.
His Masters research was conducted among the Turtle Fishers of Qoma Island in Tailevu, while his PhD research focused on the lack of success of development projects.
Joeli is enthusiastic about the INPACC Hub and the promises it brings in relation to much-needed financial and technical support, the sharing of best practices, learning from each other, and increasingly successful community-based projects.
View Joeli's 2017 TEDx talk Acting Locally to Sustain the Planet below.
Submit an impact story, opportunity or event to be featured in the next issue of this newsletter by emailing the team at enquiries@inpacchub.org.
Accelerating transformative climate resilient development and igniting change for a sustainable future in the Indo-Pacific.
