Solomon Islands - A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services (SIMS) Forecasting Unit building was held by the UN Development Programme, in partnership with the Australian Government and the Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) and Tropic Group Builders.
The new SIMS building is a 2 million Solomon Islands Dollar initiative implemented by the UNDP Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRM) Project funded by the Australian Government. It will play a significant role in enhancing early warning system of Solomon Islands and will effectively provide weather and marine weather forecasting and timely and accurate information with regard to cyclones, floods, other severe weather warnings, earthquakes, and tsunamis.