AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoPublic Health: Solomon Islands has cut scabies cases by 83 per cent, from 23.2 per cent of the population in 2021 to 3.9 per cent in 2025, after nationwide treatment campaigns. Poverty: A new national report estimates 322,500 people—40.4 per cent of the population—live below the poverty line, with rural communities worst affected. Climate Action: At COP31, Prime Minister Matthew Wale called for faster, grant-based climate finance, warning climate impacts cost the country US$79 million a year. Solomon Islands has also begun developing its first National Adaptation Plan, while the Government’s US$400,000 pledge to the Green Climate Fund faces criticism from Opposition Leader Manasseh Sogavare. Skills and Safety: 150 Solomon Islanders graduated from working-at-heights training aimed at improving workplace safety and opening up construction jobs.
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