04.08.2017
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UNDP-supported, Green Climate Fund (GCF) financed project will benefit one in three people in one of the world’s most vulnerable Small Island Developing States With an average elevation of only 1.83 meters, Tuvalu is distinctly vulnerable to rising sea levels and intensifying tropical storms...
UNEP helps countries and their National Implementing Entities (NIEs) in Asia Pacific towards accreditation and development of projects for the Adaptation Fund. This support programme was developed in response to the slow progress of NIE accreditation in the Asia and the Pacific region. It was...
14.03.2014
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Tuvalu natural resources minister Elisala Pita has slammed the UN's funding mechanisms as too complicated. Representatives of land-locked developing countries and small island states are meeting in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator to debate how to ensure future food security amid hotter weather and rising...
02.09.2013
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The Government of Tuvalu and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has today signed an agreement to continue to partner on climate change adaptation work in Tuvalu. This marks the commencement of the second climate change adaptation project in Tuvalu that responds to adaptation priorities...
22.02.2013
A cistern that can hold 700,000 litres of water has been gifted to the community of Lofeagai in Tuvalu under the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project (PACC). This will help build resilience and reduce vulnerability of the community when it comes to water shortages....
This discussion paper aims to provide a clear overview of the key issues faced when designing, establishing and managing extra-budgetary national climate funds in Asia-Pacific; and offer some practical examples from countries’ experiences in Asia-Pacific. The paper proposes a set of feasibility criteria to assist...
23.01.2013
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The UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Asia-Pacific office has published a discussion paper, titled “National Climate Funds: Learning from the Experience of Asia-Pacific countries.” The paper was released together with seven case studies examining national climate funds (NCFs), mechanisms to direct finance towards climate change projects...
The report describes a project undertaken in two Pacific atoll countries, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu. The key project objectives were: (1) build research skills in atoll countries to undertake rapid vulnerability assessments at the local scale; (2) identify local scale variances...
Tuvalu’s natural resource base and livelihood opportunities of its communities are seriously undermined by the combined effects of sea-level rise, increased frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones, rapidly progressing coastal erosion, increasing crop damage, and reductions of fresh water supply. Through this initiative, the Government...
The GEF assistance will be targeted at improving adaptive capacity to address climate change concerns at the national level, and at co-financing the implementation of pilots that reduce vulnerability to climate impacts which countries themselves have identified on the basis of nationally and scientifically endorsed...