Capacity Building for Climate resilience in Pacific Island Countries 10/08/2016 UNESCAP SPC Workshop Tanoa Hotel, Nadi

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1 Capacity Building for Climate resilience in Pacific Island Countries 10/08/2016 UNESCAP SPC Workshop Tanoa Hotel, Nadi Viliamu. Iese Pacific Center for Environment and Sustainable Development The University of the South Pacific

2 Our canoe of islands: We anticipate the risks and act accordingly to reduce it and keep it afloat Anticipate the risks The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food security as existing when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life Anticipated a rough journey - stormy weathers, strong currents built seaworthy canoes Anticipated a long journey stored foods, water and packed fishing gears and knowledge of fishing and processing foods Anticipated landing took planting materials and livestock including knowledge of cultivation, cooking and utilization of foods Gene of storing fuel

3 Important lessons Sustainable Capacity Building Appropriate Technologies and Tools Research, Innovation and Dissemination of Information

4 The University of the South Pacific

5 Strategic Plan

6 Sustainable Capacity Building Formal Qualification School of Agriculture and Food Technology (SAFT) PGDip, MSc, PhD PGDip Climate Change - Climate Science CCA DRM Ecosystem Services - SEA/EIA Project Management Multilateral Reporting Food Security and Climate Change (USP, FAO, SPC, WFP, Fiji Food Security Cluster)

7 Non Formal Capacity Building EU-PAC TVET (Energy and Resilience) Resilience Competencies finalized Climate change and DRM Agriculture not a certification of participation Regional Qualification DRR Agriculture - FAO

8 Informal EU-GCCA 15 countries including Timor Leste Regional and Sub-regional Trainings on assessing and understanding risks and building adaptation strategies Implementation and M&E

9 Tools and Technologies

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13 Additional Info FAO DRR Agriculture Fiji, Agromet support, Food Security and Livelihood Cluster (Fiji government, MORDITT) Integrated Vulnerability Assessment tool (15 PICs, more than 200 communities) Pacific Islands Food Security Best Practices Report Support mainstreaming of CCDRM in Community Development Plans Tonga and Fiji (MORDI TT, Live and Learn and UNDP

14 Research Crops Simulation modeling applied and development impacts, adaptation (USA, CSIRO) Climate Resilient Agro-systems Climate Science and Oceanography Community based participatory research to understand impacts of hazards and farmers coping and adaptive measures Seaweed biogas and fertilizer

15 Evaluation of Community Based Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Integration into Community Development Plans in Fiji and Tonga Lead investigator: Mr Viliamu Iese Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, The University of the South Pacific Research problem About the research Climate change is projected to increase the onslaught of hydro-meteorological hazards, threatening to hinder the development of Pacific Island Countries. Two countries that are highly at risk in terms of exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards are Tonga and Fiji. Disasters in these two countries have caused loss of lives and severe damages to infrastructure, basic services, and livelihoods beyond the ability to respond, disrupting the normal functioning of communities. Governments and rural development sectors have recognized the need to shift from a reactive to a more proactive approach by integrating climate change and disaster risk management (CCDRM) at all levels of development. At the community level, climate change and disaster risk management have begun to be integrated into community development plans in both Tonga and Fiji. Unfortunately, the know how to effectively integrate CCDRM in development plans is still an emerging area of knowledge and research in the Pacific. To date, the methods used depend on the person or organization involved. This leads to several problems such as increased confusion in communities, communities feeling burnt out because of over-visitation from various actors, wasted time searching for the supposed to be right method causing delays in implementation and limited ability to compare the risk levels of communities within and between countries. A major barrier hindering effective and efficient integration of CCDRM into community development plans is the lack of a standardized tool kit. There is a strong Research need to objectives review and evaluate all available methods and produce a toolkit outlining best practices that could be used at all levels in Pacific Island Countries. 1. To critically review existing methods and approaches on integrating CCDRM in Community Development Plans in PICs and other SIDS. 2. To develop a standardized CCDRM tool for PICs based on Tonga and Fiji experiences, lessons learnt and best practices. 3. To disseminate the lessons learnt, best practices and CCDRM tool kit to relevant stakeholders and wider scientific Methodology Literature review Surveys (Kobo Toolbox) Fiji Islands 1. Tools 3. Benefits Key informant interviews and focus groups Photo credit: Viliamu Iese Kingdom of Tonga Analysis - Criteria 2. Awareness 4. Processes Toolkit Peer reviewed toolkit to integrate CCDRM in Development Plans. Outputs and impacts Paper 1 Literature review of CCDRM integration in the Pacific. Paper 2 Paper 3 Comparative analysis of communities with and without CCDRM integration in Tonga and Fiji. Case studies of best practices, challenges and opportunities in integrating CCDRM. Toolkit adopted by partners in Fiji and Tonga, and other regional partners and Pacific Island Countries. Photo credit: Viliamu Iese Research team: Mr Viliamu Iese, Dr Helene Jacot Des Combe, Dr Robin Havea, Mr Soane Patolo, Dr Annika Dean, Mr Ame Tuisavusavu, Mr Seone Lolesio, Dr Morgan Wairiu and Mr Taniela Hoponoa.

16 Last words Universities could play an active role in supporting the mainstreaming processes and implementation Capacity Building formal systems sustainability supply of mainstreamed people (agriculture etc) Non formal and informal trainings Research to support the processes and implementation of mainstreaming pathways Research on CC and impacts, resilience, DRM Could facilitate data storage, access and utilization Development of tools and communication materials and dissemination We can be very fun and effective to work with

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