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Video of Te Lafiga o Tuvalu - Tuvalu's Long Term Adaptation Plan (2022)
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Project Coordinator : Mr. Tomu Hauma Since 2015, under the sponsorship of the New Zealand Government, the Strengtening Water Security of Vulnerable Island States Project (shortened for the Water Security Project) started off in five island countries - Cook Islands, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Tokelau and Tuvalu. The project was particularly ignited by the 2011 drought epidemic in Tuvalu and thus developed to not only address impacts of drought in the five island countries but to also at least support and resolve other hazards on drinking water and its supplies. Such support has to be address through the project team efforts and the existing network of water related institutions on each of the five island countries. Thus both the Government and Civil Societies have their own part to play in the mix of addressing water problems in each of the five implementing countries. The project is regionally coordinated by the SPC, and implemented at the national level by each of the five island countries.
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Preparation of Third National Communication (TNC) under the UNFCCC In relation to many SIDS, Tuvalu is extremely vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. Given that communities are very much aware of global warming and its damaging effects, they still continue to fight for their survival and future better livelihood. In every Conference of the Parties (COPs) and other Climate Change dialogues, Tuvalu continuously expressed a common phrase that “if you save Tuvalu, you save the world”. This is the Prime Minister’s impassioned phrasing challenging the parties to meet their obligations under the UNFCCC and its protocols. Ratifying the UNFCCC and its protocols including the Paris Agreement was part of Tuvalu obligation towards addressing climate change impacts.Generally, Tuvalu signed and ratified the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 8th June,1992 and has also ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. Having identifying detrimental environmental concerns such as coastal erosion, salt water intrusion and drought, it built efforts to develop its National Environmental Management Strategy (NEMS) in 1997, the National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA) in 2007 and other new climate policies and strategies to ensure policy actions are effectively in place as well environmental and socioeconomic safeguards including gender are respectfully realized and implemented.
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Coordinator: Kilateli EpuContact: kilateli@gmail.comPhone #: 00688- 20517Partnerhsip House, Deparment of Climate Change and Disaster
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The Buildind Safety and Resilience in the Pacific project (BSRP) is commited to reducing the impacts of disaster and climate change on Pacific Island countries and communities. This is done through stregthening the region's ability to respond to existing and emerginf challenges caused by hazards and climate change and is being achieved through targeted disaster resilience strategies and climate adaptation work. To help overcome these challenges the Building Safety and Resilience in the Pacific project is helping find practical ways to support countries to prepare for, respond to and recover from disaster. This is done through the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies led by the countries involved in the project. These DRR strategies help assess disaster and hazard risks whilst putting measures in place to protect lives, assets and livelihoods.
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TIVA Data Analyst: Faatupu SimetiContact : 4tupu.s@gmail.com00688 - 20517Partnership HouseDepartment of Climate Change and Disaster
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Climate change has always been a threat to all countries in the world. Tuvalu a country that consists of nine small atolls with a population of approximately twelve thousand people is mostly affected by climate change. The Tuvalu Integrated Vulnerability Assessment (TIVA) is a collection of existing secondary data and also views from the people to help carry out a vulnerability assessment. Tuvalu has signed a memorandum of understanding between its Government and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) regarding support for the Tuvalu Integrated Vulnerability Assessment (TIVA) by the National Adaptation Plan Global Network (NAP GB). The collection of data from all the Islands of Tuvalu started in the beginning of this year 2018 and its still in the process of developing a TIVA Data base to improve IVA-data consistency, storage and presentation.
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Project Coordinator: Susan TupulagaContact: susapaul@gmail.com ISAAC project is a 3 year project commencing in 2017 and funded by USAID and jointly implemented by SPC, SPREP and PIFS covering 4 countries including Tuvalu, Fiji, Palau and Samoa. The main focal areas of ISAAC project are awreness and capacity building, policy development, climate change adaptation divided across three main key result areas; 1. Intergrated Institutional frameworks and national capacity stregthened2. Accessing Climate Finance3. Regional cooperation and corrdination and stregtheningSome of the project's achievements include; 1. supporting the NIE accrediation process in providing assistance to develop tools under Ministry of Finance2.Supporting review of Environmental Impact Assessment3. Establishment of Environmental Social Safeguard (ESS) as one of the requirement for NIE Accreditation process4. Development of Payout policy and methodology for the Tuvalu Survival Fund5. Supporting 20 students to persue Project Management IV Courses6. Supporting the development of the Climate Change Web Portal7. Contribute and participate in Awareness Activities8. Establish Data and Information for vulnerable sectors (in progress)9. Awareness activities on the tools/policy and regulation developed (for 2019)
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Institutional strengthening of Tuvalu's NDA and Preparation of Country Programme - The Tuvalu Readiness-1 project will highly support mechanisms on strengthening the NDA’s capacity and building on that capacity to deliver concise and effective measures in addressing climate finance, enhancing engagement with GCF, building on national stakeholders and private sectors, women and vulnerable groups communication whilst engaging them in decision making and voicing their opinions to build a reflective Country Programme and strategic framework.
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Project Coordinator: Alamoana TofuolaFinance Assistance: Betty FousagaThe Managing Water Scarcity through Strengthened Water Resources Management project respondsto MFAT’s Water Security Strategic Approach to address the climate change-related water securitychallenges faced by Pacific Island Countries. The Project is being implemented by the PacificCommunity (SPC) over the three-year period from July 2020 to June 2023, and.builds upon the achievements, learnings, and enabling environments established through the MFAT-funded Strengthening Water Security of Vulnerable Island States (SWSVIS) project. This Projectwas also implemented by SPC and from 2015 to 2019 supported a range of activities to strengthenthe availability, reliability and quality of drinking water in vulnerable and isolated communities inthe Cook Islands, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Tokelau and Tuvalu. The SWSVIS project workedacross multiple sectors within the participating countries to help develop and implement a suite ofpractical measures and tools that strengthened local capacity to anticipate, prepare for and respondto the impacts of drought. The new Water Scarcity Project represents a significant scaling up andrefocusing of the activities implemented under the SWSVIS project. It aims to provide support tospecific water-scarce communities to actively manage resources to improve resilience, in order that:• Communities have the infrastructure and capability required to access, collect and store water.• Communities understand, protect and maintain water resources and infrastructure; and• Communities are sustainably using water resources and managing risk.Implementation of the Project is now commencing in each of the five atoll nations of the Cook Is-lands, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Tokelau and Tuvalu.
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Project Coordinator: Mr Saamu TuiAlthough climate change is cited as the most signifigant security threat to he south pacific, its likely effects on security and potential conflict are yet to be widely explored by the international an regional organisations present on the ground. Climate change in the pacific region has the potential for a myriad of cascading fragility and instability risks. These will affect men, women and youth differently, and vary across the region both according to timeframes under consideration and depending on the country context.There are a range of critical climate fragility risks emerging in the Pacific Region that will require greater examination, monitoring and coordinated action by many stakeholders at the national, regional and international level to prevent potential irrevesible economic, social, cultural and environmental damage with a range of potential security implications and a direct impact on social cohesion. Most critical issues amongst these include:
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Project Coordinator: Mr Lono LeneuotiSIDS rely on small coastal aquifers for their water supply needs. These coastal aquifers are fragile thin freshwater lenses that float on the underlying denser seawater and are reliant on rainfall for recharge. These coastal aquifers are at higher risk of impact to water quality deterioration from threats including saltwater contamination from sea level rise, over abstraction, wave overtopping, loss of aquifer area through coastal erosion, and other impacts on water quality from inappropriate land-use activities. Climate change exacerbates these long-running threats to coastal aquifers through increased climate variability and climate extremes. The fragility of coastal fresh groundwater systems necessitates careful management and protection to ensure their long-term integrity and their role in climate change adaptation strategies and improved water security. The project aims at improving the understanding, use, management and protection of coastal aquifers towards enhanced water security, including in the context of a changing climate. More specifically it aims at 1) identifying the extent, threats and the development potential of groundwater resources, 2) increasing awareness of groundwater as a water security supply source, 3) providing options for improved access to groundwater and 4) and improving aquifer protection and management, within Pacific Small Island Developing States.
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The Tuvalu Integrated Water Resource Management Project focuses on the atolls of Funafui, Niutao, Nanumea and Nanumaga working on developing drought management plans, creating water and sanitation plan, and collecting data and producing a toll to enable accurate forecasting of water shortages and drought information.
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The overall goal of the Programme is to increase the resilience of populations in the CookIslands, Niue, Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and Tuvalu to climate changeand climate-related hazards, through the delivery of timely, accurate and actionable climate andocean information and early warnings to facilitate climate-resilient policy, planning,preparedness and response actions.The Programme will establish integrated climate and ocean information services and multihazardearly warning systems (MHEWS) in five Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS):Cook Islands, Niue, Palau, RMI and Tuvalu.
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topography, size, geographical remoteness and access to resources. Despite these challenges, it has become a leading voice for enhanced climate mitigation regionally and globally. Tuvalu is now developing a national adaptation planning process (and NAP) that will form a sustainable platform for future adaptation investments.
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Climate change is a fundamental cross-cutting issue that undermines Tuvalu socio-economic development efforts. Tuvalu’s climate change priorities are articulated in the recently approved Te Kete Sustainable Development Strategy 2021-2030, national climate change policy, sectoral policies as well as in legislation such as the Tuvalu Climate Change and Disaster Survival Fund Act and Regulations. As indicated in the NDC, Tuvalu commits to a reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases from electricity by 100% by 2025. Emissions will be reduced from all other key sectors including Agriculture and Waste, conditional upon the necessary technology and finance. An updated climate change strategy is currently being prepared.
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Pacific Adaptation 1 to ClimateChange and Resilience Building (PACRES) aims to ensure better regional and nationaladaptation and mitigation responses to climate change challenges facing Pacific ACP countries.It is being implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme(SPREP), the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, the Pacific Community and theUniversity of the South Pacific.PACRES is supporting regional and national climate change portals to increase access toand reach of climate change and disaster resilience information. This includes contributing toongoing maintenance and support of regional and national knowledge management portals,which are critical to their long-term sustainability.
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Tuvalu has nine islands: five coral atolls, three table reef islands, and one atoll/reef island. Thelandmass of only 25.3 km2is spread over an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 749,790 km2. The population is about 11,500, of which 60 % live on the main (capital) island of Funafuti. The land massis entirely low lying with the latest reported, highest (natural) elevation level at 6.54 meters abovesea level. Communities are reliant on subsistence agriculture and fisheries which also underpin alarge part of the national economy.The purpose of this report is to summarise the findings of the assessment of the key climate hazardsimpacting Tuvalu over current and future (multi-decadal) climate change timescales, in particular asrelates to six priority sectors, viz: agriculture, fisheries, water, health, coastaldevelopment/infrastructure and disaster management. More specifically, this assessment isintended to provide science-based evidence to inform an integrated Climate Impact, Vulnerabilityand Risk Assessment (CIVRA) as part of the development of the new National Adaptation Plan (NAP)for Tuvalu funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The key audience for this report is theSecretariat of the Pacific Environment Program (SPREP), as the designated GCF-ImplementationEntity for the Tuvalu NAP project, and the Government of Tuvalu through the mechanism of theTuvalu NAP Country Team. It is however expected the report also has broader utility for other keystakeholders and users of the data and information as might require technical insights around betterunderstanding and reporting of Tuvalu’s current and future climate.Whereas coastal inundation is already an issue due to high tides, storm-surges and sea level rise,other key hazards have also been identified as having material impacts on the priority and related
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SPREP is an intergovernmental organisation charged with promoting cooperation among Pacific Islandcountries and territories to protect and improve their environment and ensure sustainable development, itcomprises 21 members and includes metropolitan members: Australia, New Zealand, France, UnitedKingdom and United States of America.SPREP is currently supporting Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Nauru, Niue and Tuvalu to undergo anational adaptation planning process and the development of a National Adaptation Plan under the GreenClimate fund (GCF), that will form a sustainable platform for future adaptation investments.The adaptation planning process consists of:• Capacity and institutional strengthening• Adaptation planning governance and institutional conditions• Evidence-based adaptation solutions for maximum impact• Adaptation Framework; and• Concept notes to advance the implementation of the NAPTo support evidence-based adaptation solutions for maximum impact, SPREP has requested climate impact,risk and vulnerability assessments (CIVRA) for the four participating countries. SPREP have engaged CSIROto conduct CIVRAs for FSM, Nauru, Niue and Tuvalu. The CIVRAs will inform the prioritisation of climateaction and investment in adaptation.
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CSIRO (2024). Tuvalu National Adaptation Plan - Climate Impact, Vulnerability & Risk Assessment:Vulnerability Assessment Final Report. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation(CSIRO), CSIRO Technical Report, Melbourne, Australia.© Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 2024. To the extent permitted by law, allrights are reserved and no part of this publication covered by copyright may be reproduced or copied in anyform or by any means except with the written permission of CSIRO.Important disclaimerCSIRO advises that the information contained in this publication comprises general statements based onscientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete orunable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that informationwithout seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extent permitted by law,CSIRO (including its employees and consultants) excludes all liability to any person for any consequences,including but not limited to all losses, damages, costs, expenses and any other compensation, arising directlyor indirectly from using this publication (in part or in whole) and any information or material contained in it.CSIRO is committed to providing web accessible content wherever possible. If you are having difficulties withaccessing this document please contact csiroenquiries@csiro.au.
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On Friday, August 16th, Tuvalu proudly hosted its inaugural Global Cooperation Training Framework (GCTF) event. The nation welcomed an array of distinguished delegates, including:Minister Steve Victor from PalauJapan Ambassador Rokuichiro Michii to FijiMr. Michael Glees, Deputy Director of USAIDMr. Bear Clanry B. Salomon, Climate Change Coordinator, Ministry of Environment, Republic of the Marshall IslandsDr. Ludvig Löwemark, Professor, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, TaiwanMr. Taiji Watanabe from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Project Coordinator for the “Project for Innovative Solutions for the Pacific Climate Change Resilience (ISPCCR)”Members of the diplomatic corps in Tuvalu, including Ambassador Andrew Lin and Australian High Commissioner to Tuvalu, Brenton GarlickRepresentatives from the World Bank, Asia Development Bank, Island Leaders, Government Officials, NGOs, Tuvalu Women Council and Tuvalu Youth Representatives.In his closing remarks, the Honorable Prime Minister of Tuvalu expressed heartfelt gratitude to Taiwan, the United States of America, Australia, Japan, and Canada for their steadfast support. “Cooperation is key, and we should leverage this platform to enhance our collaborative efforts with all partners—particularly Taiwan for financing this first-GCTF event to be hosted in Tuvalu.”Hon. Maina V. Talia, Minister of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment, a staunch advocate for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT), urged other nations to support the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP). “I challenge GCTF countries to seriously consider joining Tuvalu and other Pacific countries in signing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. This is the only way we can address the root causes of climate change-related sea level rise and build Tuvalu climate resilient,” he emphasized.Hon.
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The purpose of this template is to help the National Inventory Coordinator (NIC) develop a National Inventory Improvement Plan (NIIP). Every country should have a comprehensive improvement plan including identifying improvements to methods, data, and the inventory system to improve inventory quality over time, including the transparency, consistency, comparability, completeness, and accuracy of subsequent reported national GHG inventories. Beyond identifying improvement projects, the improvement plan should also the assign a priority level to each proposed project. The plan should also provide an explanation of why certain improvement options should be considered high priority (e.g., key categories), outline implementation details (e.g., projected budget and resource needs), and indicate the time horizon for implementation (e.g., near-term such as the next inventory or long-term meaning future inventories). The plan will likely focus on improvements to key categories, consistent with IPCC good practice guidance, any priority capacity-building needs identified during technical analysis of Biennial Update Reports, Biennial Transparency Reports, or other QA/QC processes, and on all other aspects of the inventory as resources permit.Preparing and reporting an improvement plan is consistent with future reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF)1. To facilitate continuous improvement, countries should identify, regularly update, and report information on areas of improvement. In addition to areas noted above, improvements should also address capacity constraints related to use of flexibility and in the future, responding to improvements identified by technical expert review teams.
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The purpose of this template is to help you create a complete and accessible archive of your national GHG inventory. The template is also consistent with archiving guidance for future reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework1 (ETF) for National GHG Inventories.An inventory archive is a collection of information related to the GHG inventory compilation process, reporting, and institutional arrangements. Having easy access to such information will help:Current and future inventory compilers understand previously used data, methodologies, structures, processes, etc., so that they can prepare the inventory efficiently and in a manner that is consistent with prior inventories,Increase the sustainability of the national GHG inventory management system over time, andIncrease the transparency of current reporting under the UNFCCC (e.g., for National Communications and Biennial Update Reports), in addition to transparency of future reporting under the ETF. This can be particularly valuable for peer review processes, such as International Consultation and Analysis.The Archiving Coordinator (see roles documented in Template 2. Institutional Arrangements) is encouraged to use this template to develop an Archiving System before the national GHG inventory compilation cycle begins, and to document potential improvements to the Archiving System based on lessons learned from archiving materials or accessing these materials later. An Archiving System enables the efficient compilation of an archive that is consistent across all sectors and categories. The Archiving Coordinator may need to work with the National Inventory Coordinator (NIC) and other inventory team members to develop this plan.
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The supporting tool accompanied with this template enables a GHG inventory team to determine key categories of GHG emissions and removals from GHG inventory estimates.
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The purpose of this template is to help you, the National Inventory Coordinator (NIC) or key category analysis (KCA) lead, prepare your country’s national GHG inventory. You may use this template with other software or by following the guidance in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines.[1] This template facilitates development of key category analysis consistent with future reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework[2] (ETF) for National GHG Inventories. The template and tool also accommodate the use of flexibility in meeting this requirement (e.g., using a lower threshold in identifying key categories). This template uses the IPCC methodologies to determine key categories: Approach 1. Approach 1 assesses the relevance of each category compared to total national emissions in the current year (“level assessment”), and its influence on the overall trend when comparing the current year and the base year (“trend assessment”). In the Approach 1 methodology, key categories are identified using a pre-determined cumulative emissions threshold, where key categories are those that sum to 95% of the total level when summed together in descending order of magnitude.
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The purpose of this template is to help countries develop a quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) plan for current reporting under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (e.g., Biennial Update Reports) and future required reporting under the Enhanced Transparency Framework[1] (ETF) for National GHG Inventories. It includes a series of tables in which you may record country-specific information about QA/QC activities in order to create a QA/QC plan. It also includes three QA/QC checklists you may use to track progress of the QA/QC work done.The planning and implementation of QA/QC procedures are important parts of the development of national greenhouse gas inventories. A QA/QC plan helps identify improvement options to enhance transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability, completeness in national GHG inventories. A QA/QC plan also builds confidence in national GHG inventories. The template can help improve countries’ understanding of elements of a QA/QC plan to improve inventory management and reporting over time.To complete this template, the National Inventory Coordinator (NIC) and QA/QC Coordinator, with support from other key inventory team members as required, should carry out the steps enumerated below by following the instructions above each table in this template.
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The GHG data repository tool encompasses activity data collection templates for relevant sectors and subsectors.
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This template is accompanied by a supporting template for drafting an agreement between a ministry developing GHG estimates and a data provider that is supplying confidential business information (CBI) for the development of GHG estimates.
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The purpose of this template is to help inventory compilers document and report the methodologies, datasets (e.g., activity data and emission factors), and assumptions used to estimate emissions and removals from each category in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and good practice. This template facilitates compiling disaggregated data encouraged in current reporting requirements (e.g., Biennial Update Report). Compiling disaggregated data will be required in future reporting (i.e., under the Enhanced Transparency Framework1 for National GHG Inventories) to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Use of the Methods and Data Documentation (MDD) template will:help current inventory compilers in drafting a National Inventory Report;support future inventory compilers in their compilation effort as they will be able to better understand previously used data, and data collection approaches and methodologies, thus increasing compilation efficiency and consistency; andallow users to reproduce past estimates, increasing the transparency of reporting, which can be particularly valuable for peer review processes.Inventory compilers/Sector or category leads (see roles documented in Template 2. Institutional Arrangements), with the support of other key inventory team members as required, are encouraged to complete this template for all categories included in the inventory.To complete this template and document your methodology, activity data, and emission factors or stock change factors for each emission or removal category, carry out the steps listed below by following the instructions above each table in this template.
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This document provides a template for drafting a Scope of Work (SOW) that a lead inventory agency may use to develop a solicitation, e.g., Request for Proposal/Terms of Reference (RFP/ToR). The lead inventory agency, upon customizing this SOW to reflect national circumstances, may distribute it to seek a consultant with whom to contract to develop emission/removal estimates for the National GHG Inventory. This document is part of the GHG data repository tool, and may apply to the consultants listed in the completed Template: Institutional Arrangements. (depending on the sector).
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For drafting an agreement between two entities working on a national GHG inventory, such as a ministry developing GHG estimates and a data provider.
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Describe the likely roles and key responsibilities for each Sector Lead for a national GHG inventory. The primary role of each Sector Lead is to manage and coordinate development of GHG emission and removal estimates for their respective sector.