Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
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The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has been charged by the governments and administrations of the Pacific region with the protection and sustainable development of the region's environment.
Our Vision: The Pacific environment, sustaining our livelihoods and natural heritage in harmony with our cultures.
SPREP's activities are guided by its Strategic Action Plan 2011-2015. Develop through extensive consultation with Members, Secretariat programme staff and partner organizations, the plan establishes four strategic priorities: climate change; biodiversity and ecosystem management; waste Management and Pollution Control; and environmental monitoring and governance.
In recognition of the fact that climate change adaptation relates very closely to disaster risk management and reduction, the climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM) communities have increasingly started to work together in the Pacific, to produce what are known as Joint National Action Plans.
Many of the disasters experienced in the Pacific relate to climate, and will be further exacerbated by climate change. For example
Joint National Action Plans for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management.
Mainstreaming of climate change and disaster risks.
Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific
Pacific Climate Change Roundtable
Pacific Disaster Platform
Development Partners for Climate Change
Dr Netatua Pelesikoti, Director, Climate Change Division
Neville Koop, Meteorology and Climatology Adviser
Espen Ronneberg, Climate Change Adviser
Diane McFadzien, Climate Change Adaptation Adviser
www.sprep.org
Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change (PIFACC)
JNAP
PIFACC
Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy
Finland Pacific Meteorological Support project (FINPAC)
PIFACC
FINPAC
JNAP
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.