Climate Change Related Activities
PROJECTS
NATIONAL ADAPTATION PROGRAMME OF ACTION (NAPA)
Donor - LDCF under GEF
Duration - 2 years (2007-2008)
Development of a countrywide program that encompasses immediate and urgent adaptation activities to address current and anticipated adverse effects of climate change, including extreme events. Provides a framework to guide coordination and implementation of adaptation initiatives in the country, through a participatory approach and building synergies with other relevant environmental and related programs, and develop a specific priority program of action for adaptation to climate change.
Status: Solomon Islands completed its NAPA document in 2008 which was endorsed by the Cabinet and submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat during COP14 in Poznan, Poland.
SECOND NATIONAL COMMUNICATION (SNC) TO UNFCCC: STOCK-TAKING EXERCISE (STE) AND ENABLING ACTIVITY (EA)
Donor – GEF
Duration – 3 years (Mid 2008 – Mid 2011)
The project enables all signatories to UNFCCC to prepare a National Communication comprising three major elements: a national greenhouse gas inventory, abatement analysis, and vulnerability and adaptation assessments. The completion of this project will be the baseline for climate change mitigation and adaptation activities in Solomon Islands.
Status: Proposed to be completed during second quarter of 2011.
PACIFIC ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE (PACC)
Donor – SCCF under GEF
Duration – 5 years (2009 - 2013)
PACC is a regional adaptation implementation project aimed to significantly improve the effectiveness of the response to climate change in the Pacific. The project will improve technical capacities to support appropriate adaptation centric policies, demonstrate cost-effective adaptation techniques in agriculture, water and coastal sectors, and promote regional cooperation. It is designed to lay the framework for effective and efficient future investment on climate change adaptation in the Pacific.
Solomon Islands focus is on food security and the focus sites in Solomon Islands are: Ontong Java,
Sikaiana and Fenualoa.
Status: On-going - Ministry of Agriculture (MAL) is the implementing and executing agency while Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) is the focal point.
PACIFIC ISLANDS GREEN HOUSE GAS ABATEMENT AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT (PIGGAREP)
Donor - GEF
Duration – 5 years (from 2007)
The global environment and development goal of PIGGAREP is the reduction of the growth rate of GHG emissions from fossil fuel use in the PICs through the removal of the barriers to the widespread and cost effective use of feasible RE technologies. The specific objective of the project is the promotion of the productive use of RE to reduce GHG emission by removing the major barriers to the widespread and cost-effective use of commercially viable RE technologies (RETs).
Status: On-going and 11 PICs are participating through it.
ENHANCING RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES IN SOLOMON ISLANDS TO THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY.
Donor - Global Adaptation Fund
Duration – 4 years
Solomon Islands was one of four countries to be endorsed for adaptation funding at the tenth meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board, held from 14-16 June 2010 in Bonn, Germany.
The Solomon Islands project will focus on dealing with the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security. The project life time is over four years.
The implementing entity is United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and the executing entity is Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM).
Status: Expected to start during second quarter of 2011.
BUILDING SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN ROVIANA, SOLOMON ISLANDS- PROJECT INCEPTION MEETING.
Organizers - Roviana Conservation Foundation, Western Solomon Conservation Program (WSCP) and PASAP with the technical support of Frank Wickham.
Date - 27th -29th April 2011
Venue - Munda, Western Province
Funded – Australian Government under its International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (ICCAI) progamme.
Goals - The goal of this project is to build community level climate change adaptation capacity in the Roviana and Vonavona Lagoons (Western Province, Solomon Islands) and to foster development of community adaptive strategies, working through local community-based organisations and local churches in collaboration with external technical expertise.
The objective of this meeting was to give update on project implementation, progress and plan activities, clarify project roles and responsibilities, raise awareness on Climate Change, Strengthen Collaboration amongst partners, learn about what government and partners are doing to address Climate Change, contribute to the development of Climate Change Policy and the V&A component and most importantly the formal launching of the project.
WORKSHOPS:
DESIGNATED NATIONAL AUTHORITY (DNA) WORKSHOPS
There were two Designated National Authority (DNA) capacity building workshops, conducted on the 21th February and 19th April 2011 respectively. These workshops focused on providing a platform for interactions and discussions between relevant stakeholders within Solomon Islands with the Climate Change Unit under Ministry of Environment, Conservation & Meteorology and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Consultant team on establishment of DNA including capacity building of stakeholders in Solomon Islands.
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM) WORKSHOPS
There were two Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) capacity building workshops, conducted on the 22th February and 20th April 2011 respectively. These workshops provide a platform for interactions and discussions between relevant stakeholders and the Government Ministries on potential CDM projects. The workshops also strengthened the stakeholder capacity on the CDM modalities and procedures including promotion potential CDM projects in the Solomon Islands.
CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE (CTI) WORKSHOPS
A Regional Exchange on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) was held on the 14th -21st April 2011. The organized exchange was conducted in two parts:
1. Gizo Fieldtrip and Forum (14th-15th April):
· A field visit was conducted by Solomon Islands and its CTSP and Climate Change partners, hosted in Gizo, Western Province and supported by the US CTI Support Program.
· The purpose of the site visit was for participants to get a feel of the context of the environment in the Solomons. Some sites visited have impacts that show (coastal erosion) while others highlight the multiple threats facing communities (apart from climate change) including coral extraction, overfishing, pressure of cash economy, cutting of mangroves etc.
2. CCA Regional Exchange Workshop (18th-20th April): It was held at the Heritage Park Hotel.
· Framework for Region-wide Early Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation (CCA-REAP) presented by the Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Technical Working Group during the Regional Priority-Setting Workshop and refined.
· Early actions identified by participants through sharing and exploration of tools/data/information and delivered to the CCA Technical Working Group.
The activities are part of the ongoing implementation of the Coral Triangle Initiative Program coordinated by the two lead Ministries (MECDM and MFMR) in collaboration with the US CTI Support Program and its Coral Triangle Support Partnership Program.
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE WORKSHOP SOLOMON ISLANDS
This workshop was conducted by specialists from the Bureau of Meteorology and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) through the Pacific Climate Change Science Program (PCCSP). The main objectives of this workshop were to give further knowledge about climate change science in Solomon Islands and to share information about PCCSP with stakeholders. Also to provide an overview of some of the tools and products developed under the PCCSP and lastly to gain a better understanding of climate change work and future climate science needs.
