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