“Pacific Island
Adaptation Initiative (2003 – 2015)” ![]()
Proposed Partners (Further consultation required to
confirm partners at all levels)
Governments
Pacific island countries and
territories (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of
Micronesia, Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Republic of
Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Is, Republic of Nauru, New
Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Samoa, Saipan,
Solomon Is, Tokelau Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis & Futuna),
and Australia, New Zealand, France, UK, USA
Intergovernmental Organisations
Pacific
Islands Development Program (PIDP), Pacific Islands Forum
Secretariat (PIFS), Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC),
South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), South Pacific
Regional Environmental Program (SPREP), University of the South
Pacific (USP)
Potential
Major Groups/NGOs
NGOs including, Greenpeace, Pacific
Concerns Resource Centre (PCRC), World Wildlife Fund
(WWF)
Possible
donor/partners
ADB, Australia, Denmark, ESCAP, EU, France, Japan, New
Zealand, UK, USA, UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank
Leading
Partner (To be determined through consultation)
Name of the
contact person:
Andrea Volentras; Address: PO Box 240, Apia, SAMOA; Phone:
(685) 21929,; Fax: (685) 20231 Email:mailto:[email protected]
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Main objectives of the
Partnership/Initiative
The overall goal of this initiative is “to catalyse action
and strengthen partnerships at all levels to enable the Pacific
Island’s region understand and respond to climate change, climate
variability and sea level rise”. The primary objectives for this
initiative are:
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Effective coordination of adaptation initiatives in support
of sustainable development
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Support for enabling activities in accordance with the
UNFCCC
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Mainstreaming climate change and adaptation into national
and regional planning
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Mobilisation of resources for national level adaptation
measures
Expected
results to be determined by countries on the basis of National
Communications for UNFCCC, national climate change planning
documents, studies related to adaptation, and relevant national
policies and planning guidelines and the national assessments and
stakeholder consultations undertaken for WSSD.The Pacific Island
Adaptation Initiative is intended to implement the Pacific Island
Framework for Action on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Sea
Level Rise (2000) in the area of response measures. This
Multistakeholder Framework outlines urgent action required within
the Pacific region to enable PICs to understand and respond to
climate change, climate variability and sea level rise.
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Specific Targets of the Partnership/Initiative and Timeframe
for their Achievement
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July 2002 Consideration by Forum
Economic Ministers Meeting (Vanuatu)
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July 2002 Consideration by SPREP
Environment Ministers (Marshall Islands)
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Aug 2002 Consideration/adoption by
Heads of Government PIF (Fiji)
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Dec2002 Extension of technology,
capacity building and financing options
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2003 - 2015 Commence the implementation
of priority activities, monitoring, reporting (these activities to
be ongoing) including the review of partnerships
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Coordination and
Implementation Mechanism
National level coordination and
implementation to be determined through consultation. Regional level
coordination through the Climate Change Roundtable with
implementation, where appropriate, by the relevant organisations
e.g. SPREP, SOPAC, SPC and USP.
Arrangements for Funding
Baseline of
investment at national and regional levels includes: Asian
Development Bank, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Japan, New Zealand,
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank. This initiative seeks to extend and
complement these existing arrangements and also attract other
interested donors and parties. Option for a Regional Adaptation
Facility to deliver resources at the national level is currently
being considered.
Arrangements for Capacity Building and
Technology Transfer
Specific capacity building and technology transfer requirements
will be determined by national assessments and stakeholder
consultations for WSSD. Capacity building arrangements will utilize
and strengthen existing capacity developed through GEF funded
enabling activities as appropriate. Within the boarder context of
capacity building there is also the need to accelerate technology
transfer. Depending on resource mobilization this can be either
through full scale or demonstration projects to address adaptation
needs or where appropriate through workshops, the technical exchange
of personnel or production and circulation of technical
publications.
Links of
Partnership/Initiative with on-going sustainable development
activities at the international and/or regional level (if
any)
The activities under this initiative will be
established and integrated into ongoing programs and projects both
nationally and regionally where appropriate. Where the opportunity
avails itself at the international level the program initiatives
will be linked to form partnerships so as to enhance the overall
impact of the program.
Monitoring
Arrangements
Monitoring and reporting on the initiative
at the national level is expected through the Climate Change Country
Teams. It is anticipated that there will also be reports to the
Climate Change Roundtable, CROP Head Meetings and the annual
meetings of relevant organisations.
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Other
information
Pacific countries have agreed that any
initiative of this kind must be programmatic in nature. Ministers
meeting in Nadi, 2001, urged SPREP, in collaboration with relevant
organisations, to support the development of the Pacific islands
region programmatic approach and to coordinate efforts to obtain
assistance from the GEF and the international community for that
purpose. Ministers also called on countries … to ensure that the
Summit becomes a platform for strengthening the political will to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for mobilising … resources
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Name and
contact information of the person filling in this table:
Andrea Volentras, Address: PO Box 240, Apia, SAMOA, Phone: (685)
21929, Fax: (685) 20231 E-mail: [email protected]
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