SPC/GTZ Regional Programme

Adaptation to Climate Change

in the Pacific Island Region

Programme Status
October 2010
Project Objective
The capacities of member countries of the SPC to
cope with the adverse effects of climate change and
to avoid deforestation are strengthened, with
sustainable management of land based natural
resources as a fundamental element

…as recommended at HOAFS 2006

 INDICATORS

 POLICY  STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION

1. The sector programmes and working teams of SPC

REGIONAL
SPC Land Resources Division systematically integrate C
climate change adaptation and mitigation concerns A
into strategic approach and advisory services P
A
2. utilize the new C
3. Existing strategies, I
services
TONGA planning documents and T

NATIONAL
and knowledge
related processes on land Y
provided by
use planning integrate
SPC-LRD as a
climate change issues, D
regional
with gender aspects E
knowledge hub
VANUATU taken into consideration, V
Implement and the subsequent first E
efficient and steps in implementation L
effective carried out O
national

LOCAL
P
adaptation 4. Signs at least one contract M
strategies (at using international carbon E
FIJI
least 1 financing instruments on N
country) certificates for avoided T
deforestation
 SPC/GTZ Regional Programme
Coping with Climate Change in the
Pacific Island Region CCCPIR

- Programme extension -
 Changes:
• 4.2 million Euro
• Timeframe: 2009-2012
• Focus on land-based resources
• Three project countries: Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu
• SPC main implementation partner
 Changes:
• 4.2 million Euro  14.2 million Euro
• Timeframe: 2009-2012
• Focus on land-based natural resources
• Three project countries: Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu
• SPC main implementation partner
 Changes:
• 4.2 million Euro  14.2 million Euro
• Timeframe: 2009-2015
• Focus on land-based natural resources
• Three project countries: Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu
• SPC main implementation partner
 Changes:
• 4.2 million Euro  14.2 million Euro
• Timeframe: 2009-2015
• Focus on land-based natural resources, marine
resources, tourism, sustainable energy
• Three project countries: Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu
• SPC main implementation partner
 Changes:
• 4.2 million Euro  14.2 million Euro
• Timeframe: 2009-2015
• Focus on land-based natural resources, marine
resources, tourism, sustainable energy
• Three project countries: Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, FS
Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau,
Papua Neu Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu
• SPC main implementation partner
 Changes:
• 4.2 million Euro  14.2 million Euro
• Timeframe: 2009-2015
• Focus on land-based natural resources, marine
resources, tourism, sustainable energy
• Three project countries: Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, FS
Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau,
Papua Neu Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu
• SPC main implementation partner, stronger
cooperation with SPREP
 Components
1. Capacity development at regional level  SPC,
SPREP, SPTO
2. Mainstreaming and developing adaptation
strategies  12 PIC
3. Implementing adaptation and mitigation measures
including community level  12 PIC
4. Sustainable tourism and climate change  Fiji,
Palau, Samoa, Vanuatu
5. Sustainable energy management  Tuvalu,
Kiribati, Nauru, Vanuatu and Tonga
Regional steering:
Regional Steering
Programme adviser
with SPC office
Pohnpei

Strengthen cooperation
with SPREP:
Programme adviser with
Institutional SPREP in Apia
attachment:
SPC Noumea, CC
Coordinator

GTZ Programme
office: Suva
 Climate protection through forest
conservation in the Pacific Island Countries

A Regional REDD+ programme funded

by the German government
HOAFS Meeting 2010
15/09/2010 by Felix Ries
Ries-
 The proposed programme
 Funded by the International Climate Initiative
(ICI) by the German Federal Ministry for the
Environment Nature Conservation and Nuclear
Safety (BMU)
 Regional implementation partner: SPC
 Regional project: focus on forested PICs (Fiji,
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu)
 Duration: 2010 -2014
 Budget: 4.9 Million Euro
 Project goals
 Overarching goal:
‘The conservation of forest ecosystems in the Pacific island countries is
supported in order to mitigate climate change and preserve
biodiversity’
 Objective 1: Regional REDD+ policy
‘The PICs have a coherent joint regional framework for REDD+’
 Objective 2: REDD+ Information and support platform
‘The implementation of REDD+ activities in the melanesian island
states is improved through the use of a regional and supra-regional
information and support platform’
 3: REDD+ readiness
‘Central elements of REDD+ are implemented in 3 countries, leading to
the fulfilment of all requirements to participate at REDD+ in at least
one country’
Vinaka!