The government of Kiribati hosted a special side event at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion titled 'A Blue and Resilient Atoll Nation'. Members of the panel included the President of Kiribati, Taneti Maamau, and the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor.
Fiji's Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, and Minister responsible for Climate Change, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, officially launched Fiji's displacement guidelines which helps vulnerable communities in Fiji relocate from the dire impacts of climate change in their villages.
Kiribati dance at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion.
Kava ceremony at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion.
Knowledge Frontiers Forum Fellow in Australia, appointed by the British Academy, 2019.
The British Academy selected me as one of the 39 early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to participate in a research collaboration forum on the broad theme of 'the future'. During the Forum, we critically engaged with the futures theme through sessions focusing on: futures of the past, environmental futures and co-designing and co-producing knowledge in the future. Based on my research on the ontological (in)security of the Pacific island countries and islanders in the context of climate change (OSPICs), the British Academy asked me to provide general remarks on the theme of 'environmental futures' at the start of the session. Following the Forum, the British Academy funded two collaborative projects which enable me to work with excellent colleagues from Australia, Samoa and Fiji.
Knowledge Frontiers Forum (2019)