Understanding the relationship between inequality and climate change risk is increasingly recognized as being central to informing effective adaptation action. In this research, negative outcomes of inequality associated with factors contributing to climate change vulnerability are traced in case studies in two high-risk Pacific nations;...
17.02.2017
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A new climate change adaptation project for Tonga, likely to cost more than $40m in grant financing, is expected to be submitted to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) board for approval in June. The new project is a combination of two ongoing Green Climate Fund design...
10.06.2014
The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project in Tonga has brought about a new water supply system in the Hihifo District with the objective to strengthen the capacity to supply and store water and to better able to manage the demand and use of...
10.02.2014
The inception meeting for a three-year multi-million dollar climate resilience project was held at the headquarters of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Apia, Samoa this week, bringing together donors, partners and Pacific countries to strengthen planning as the project...
24.09.2013
The World Bank’s leading official for the Asia-Pacific region has highlighted the Bank’s support for action on climate change, insurance and disaster risk management, as Pacific leaders meet this week in the Marshall Islands. Axel van Trotsenburg is the new World Bank Regional Vice President...
The Project will improve the urban infrastructure by providing an efficient and well-maintained primary road network, all-weather roads to low-income and low-lying residential areas, well-maintained and functional drainage systems, effective trunk drainage systems, and groundwater quality monitoring wells. This project considers climate change adaptation during...
Under the Pacific Mangrove Initiative (PMI), the MESCAL project was developed to address key challenges to mangrove management and conservation. The overall goal of this project is to help Pacific Islanders effectively manage their mangrove and associated coastal ecosystems to build resilience to the potential...
The GEF assistance will be targeted at improving adaptive capacity to address climate change concerns at the national level and, and to co-finance the implementation of pilot projects that reduce vulnerability to climate impacts which countries themselves have identified on the basis of nationally and scientifically...