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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Small Islands, Weather Together

World Meteorological Organization
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    Description
    Description
    The Small Islands, Weather Together partnership is designed to show how the small island nations can work together to improve their vital weather and climate services. The partnership was developed with the support of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Digicel Asia Pacific
    Implementation of the Project/Activity

    Social media, traditional media and advocacy

    Capacity

    The partnership is designed to increase investment in capacity and technology required to support effective weather and climate services in small island nations

    Governed

    A Letter of Intent governs the "Small Island, Weather Together" campaign until the conclusion of the SIDS meeting

    Partners
    World Meteorological Organization, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Digicel

    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

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    World Meteorological Organisation
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    The Pasifika Collective
    In-kind contribution
    Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
    In-kind contribution
    Digicel
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    Digicel
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    Action Network
    Small Island Developing States
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    Timeline
    05 September 2014 (date of completion)
    Entity
    The Pasifika Collective
    SDGs
    Region
    1. Africa
    2. Europe
    3. North America
    4. Asia and Pacific
    Countries
    Fiji
    Fiji
    Contact Information

    Steve Menzies, Director, The Pasifika Collective