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A Pacific Regional Perspective on Capacity Building for Climate Change

A Pacific Regional Perspective on Capacity Building for Climate Change. Espen Ronneberg Climate Change Adviser SPREP. Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme PO Box 240. Apia, Samoa sprep@sprep.org. Overview. Pacific experience with MEAs

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A Pacific Regional Perspective on Capacity Building for Climate Change

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  1. A Pacific Regional Perspective on Capacity Building for Climate Change Espen Ronneberg Climate Change Adviser SPREP Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme PO Box 240. Apia, Samoa sprep@sprep.org

  2. Overview • Pacific experience with MEAs • Main issues facing PICs in FCCC negotiations • Current efforts to remedy situation • Monitoring and evaluation

  3. Pacific experiences with MEAs • PICs become Parties to many MEAs without full understanding of obligations • Capacity problems in developing implementation plans • Capacity problems with substantive technical issues • Lack of capacity to articulate/formulate proposals to remedy situation

  4. Main issues on capacity in FCCC • Poor outcomes could exacerbate PIC vulnerability (not enough adaptation) • Need to articulate local and national adaptation concerns • Find the appropriate ways and means of applying international technical and financial support to the national and local needs and requirements

  5. Capacity issues cut across all climate change areas in PICs • Science and technology • Adaptation options • Mitigation potential under the CDM • Communications strategies • National action plans and national communications drafting • Consistency of personnel attending meetings

  6. Capacity development to date • Ensued with PICCAP project, as well as through National Capacity Self Assessments • Ad-hoc capacity building through community based adaptation project • PI Renewable Energy Project set stage • But, monitoring and evaluation often done as afterthought, and often too late

  7. What is proposed to remedy? • SPREP is developing a project proposal for EU/ACP funding as an umbrella mechanism for capacity building • SPREP will provide technical assistance, training, policy and advisory support services for practical capacity building • Project will act to channel further capacity building funds in a coordinated manner • Sustainability to be sought through incorporation in national sustainable development strategies and appropriate national coordination

  8. SPREP as lead agency on FCCC • SPREP will also coordinate through regional climate change framework and regional climate change roundtable process • Monitoring and evaluation will be facilitated through roundtable discussions on gaps in implementation

  9. Monitoring and evaluation • The needs for M&E are well recognized • Past efforts ex post facto • Continuous capacity development facility will be established through SPREP • Build on regional expertise and enhance capacity through all new and existing opportunities – long term goal

  10. Thank you

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