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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Choiseul Integrated Climate Change Programme (CHICCHAP)

National Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), Solomon Islands
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    Description
    Description
    This partnership fosters to strengthen/ sustain the resilience of the Lauru people to impacts from current and emerging threats of climate change, environmental degradation and natural disasters. All activities already undertaken and planned are consistent with international, national and provincial commitments and planning policies. These include: Solomon Islands National Development Strategy (NDS); Solomon Islands National Climate Change Policy; National Disaster Risk Management Plan; Solomon Islands National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (NBSAP); Choiseul Province Medium Term Development Plan and the Ridges to Reef Conservation Plan for Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands.
    Implementation of the Project/Activity

    To achieve the objective, the partners will collaborate through the collectively agreed Programme that provides for the joint implementation, where practicable, of activities contained in projects that are focussing on the following sectors: food security, ecosystem-based adaptation, climate change adaptation, climate change risk and adaptation assessment, enhancing resilience of communities.A Ridge-Community-Reef Climate Change Adaptation Approach has been agreed upon between the partners and national as well provincial government.

    Capacity

    Regular workshops at community and province level; on the job training

    Governed

    The national lead agency is the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM). The Provincial Government of Choiseul has the lead in the collaborative effort to achieve the above objective at the province-level. The Provincial Government and MECDM are supported by the Solomon Islands National Ministries of Development Planning and Aid Coordination; Agriculture and Livestock; Infrastructure Development; Mines; Forestry and Research; Fisheries and Marine Resources; and the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening.In terms of the programme coordination: a Partners Advisory and Implementation Group (PAIG) has been established to coordinate development partners in supporting the Choiseul Provincial Government and the Lauru Land Conference of Tribal Communities to ensure cohesion between climate change adaptation/ mitigation and disaster risk management initiatives and other resilience building projects as appropriate.

    Partners
    Solomon Islands Government, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

    Goal 13

    Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

    Goal 13

    13.1

    Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

    13.1.1

    Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population

    13.1.2

    Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

    13.1.3

    Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

    13.2

    Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

    13.2.1

    Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    13.2.2

    Total greenhouse gas emissions per year

    13.3

    Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

    13.3.1

    Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment

    13.a

    Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible

    13.a.1

    Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025

    13.b

    Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities


     

    13.b.1

    Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Strengthening governance structures & leadership skills in Choiseul as well as partnerships & coordination
    Supporting livelihoods through healthy ecosystems/ enhancing food security/ CC awareness raising and education
    Promoting appropriate & climate-friendly infrastructures & technologies as well as sustainable economic development
    Securing water availability, accessibility and quality for local communities
    Staff / Technical expertise
    8 technical experts
    In-kind contribution
    i.e. materials
    Other, please specify
    i.e. trainings
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    Action Network
    Small Island Developing States
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    Timeline
    31 December 2016 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology
    SDGs
    Region
    1. Asia and Pacific
    Countries
    Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands
    Contact Information

    Dr. Melchior Mataki, Permanent Secretary