Regional Approaches & NAPs
B. Phillips
Vanuatu
Why Regional Approach in the Pacific?
• Limited capacity issues
• Separate coordination of CC & DRR at the national level
• Many areas of overlap
• Need for countries to be in the “driving seat” when encaging with partners
Why Regional Approach in the Pacific?
• Efficiency, coordination, best use of resources, and stronger governance
• Set up of the Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP) – SPREP, SPC, FFA, USP
• Merging of institutions to support Pacific Island Countries
JNAPs • Recognition that CC and DRR challenges
cannot
be addressed separately
• Countries have an opportunity to systematically address their development and risk management challenges in an integrated manner within national development context.
• Such an integrated agenda can be pursued using normal ODA as well as increasing financial resources available under global climate change financing
What can best link with NAPs through JNAP
• Institutional arrangements at national level
• National Task Forces with thematic and sector specific
• NGO and CSO representation
• Established inclusive national consultation process
• Tools
• NAPs-DRR, NAPA, Nat. Coms
Other benefits of a Regional Approach
• Establishment of Technical Support Facilities
• SPREP- Regional Technical Support Mechanism
• SPREP recently accredited to the GCF as a RIE – upscaling od CCA/DRR initiatives
• Pacific Climate Change Roundtable – strategize and sharing of lessons