A job is more than a source of income. The skills, connections, and confidence built at work can give people independence, a way to provide for their children, opportunities to explore business ideas, and a sense of purpose.
Several prefabricated modular bridges are being built in Solomon Islands, an island nation vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The approach and lessons learned from a study and procurement process there are applicable elsewhere in the Pacific and beyond.
Solomon Islands has warned participants at the International Maritime Organizations’ (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee that not supporting a resolution that seeks to achieve net zero emissions from international shipping by 2050 would hurt IMO progress on decarbonization.