The University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway, and the regional University of the South Pacific (USP) (both IAU members) have intensified their long-term collaboration by launching on 28 April 2020, the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme (N-POC), an ambitious and interdisciplinary partnership in research and PhD training. UiB’s Rector Dag Rune Olsen mentioned that “the two universities share the conviction that the ocean is central to understanding the urgent challenges posed by climate change”. USP’s Vice-Rector and President Pal Ahluwalia, expressed thanks to the Norwegian Government, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian people for funding this science initiative on the ocean-climate nexus. Read more:
https://www.uib.no/en/sdgbergen/135464/new-pacific-phd-programme-launched
http://www.usp.ac.fj/news/story.php?id=3254