Nauru hosts 3rd PACC Multipartite Review Meeting

Acting Minister for Commerce, Industry and Environment of Nauru, Honourable Dominic Tabuna, shared the significant achievement of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project for the people of Nauru as he officially opened the project's recent third Multipartite Review Meeting.

The two day meeting followed by a four day technical and operational training was held in Nauru on 7th August.

"Our Pacific Island Countries and Territories, through the PACC Project, are showing signs we can promote and build resilience at every level, whether it be my role as a policy and decision maker for the government or to the mother fetching potable water from her water tank without stress on the quality or ability of accessing it during long hot days," said Hon. Tabuna.

"I find from the initial results of this project that we are reducing vulnerability at the household level through amazing technology that uses natural heat of the sun to purify our ground water."

He acknowledged the assistance of the project and its agencies, and noted that the MPR will develop and forge better understanding of their strengths and weakness while tackling the issues of climate change in different key development sectors.

The meeting reviewed the progress against project outcomes, shared experiences and lessons learnt from the policy, implementation processes and knowledge management, communication activities, and identified replication and up scaling opportunities based on experience on the ongoing implementation process.

The PACC Project is at its fourth year and midpoint of implementation in three key areas, that is, Coastal Zone Management, Food Production and Food Security, and Water Resource Management. Participating countries include Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Also present were representatives from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the Ambassador of Taiwan and GIZ.

The PACC Project is implemented by UNDP and SPREP. It is funded by Global Environment Facility and AusAID with support from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Climate Change Capacity Development (CD3+) Program.