MOMASE REGIONALWORKSHOP – GREEN CLIMATE FUND

WORKSHOP REPORT
29 – 31 May 2019
Awareness & Consultations on Green Climate Fund
& the Role of the National Designated Authority on
Climate Finance in Papua New Guinea.
Lae International Hotel
MOROBE PROVINC

The participants from the Momase region convened in a meeting to discuss a way forward. They considered GCF as an opportunity not only as a financial source for supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation activities but also for the development needs of PNG. While they appreciate the opportunities under GCF, their concern was the “complex, expensive and lengthy” process of the GCF. Realising this, they agreed to mobilize resources and undertake a ‘regional approach’ by identifying common issues of the region which are on their provincial priority list and develop a regional project that will have a greater impact in terms of avoiding the amount of greenhouse emissions (projected amount of CO2 avoided—mitigation) or building resilience against the impacts of climate change (number of people benefiting from the adaptation project).

The Momase group has formed an interim committee headed by Mr. Saza Zibe, a former Minister for Health and Minister for Environment and Conservation and a prominent leader at both national and the region. The Committee identified two major regional projects as Health and REDD+ of which they are mobilizing resources to develop a concept note and eventually proceed to full project development and implementation.