Oliver’s adventure is as distinctive as it’s inspiring. Born in Germany to a diplomatic circle of relatives, with roots in each Bougainville and West New Britain, he brings a wealthy mix of global publicity and native figuring out.
Oliver’s involvement in key weather projects and critical safety preparations in Papua New Guinea, together with the PNG-Australia Bilateral Safety Settlement, provides listeners a window into the advanced but pivotal demanding situations going through the Pacific as of late.
Oliver recollects flying into Honiara, Solomon Islands, on a six-seater airplane along senior govt officers within the instant aftermath of the November 2021 unrest, “I take note vividly…there was once smoke blowing within the air after we landed. There was once no one at the runway…so we simply needed to land and determine the place to park the airplane.”
Some of the poignant moments within the dialog is Oliver’s mirrored image at the non-public affect of weather trade: “The surroundings is repeatedly converting… swimming creeks are drying up, the fruit bushes you possibly can experience as a child are not bearing the similar.” This non-public connection to environmental adjustments underscores the urgency of addressing weather problem within the Pacific.
As Oliver embarks on his 12 months with the Lowy Institute, his center of attention on analysis round climate-induced migration and PNG’s social and safety panorama guarantees to convey contemporary views and leading edge answers to the sector.
Music in to this episode of Pacific Alternate Makers for private reflections from Oliver Nobetau, FDC Pacific Analysis Fellow and one in every of PNG’s rising leaders, on witnessing the January unrest in Port Moresby, assembly the PNG High Minister, and dealing on one of the maximum impactful and high-profile regional safety problems within the Pacific as of late.
