Current Projects
The Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the cornerstones that bind international obligations on climate change globally. The Paris Agreement specifically challenges Parties under Article 3 to take robust climate action, through what has become known as the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). Papua New Guinea (PNG) like all …
Papua New Guinea’s first National Adaptation Plan (NAP) 2022-2030 is designed as a strategic framework to support efforts led by Papua New Guinea’s Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) to address climate change impacts. The NAP defines a series of cross-cutting strategies to strengthen institutional capacities and the ability to effectively mainstream climate change adaptation …
REDD+: “REDD” stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation, Forest Degradation and the “+” stands for the role of Conservation, Sustainable Management of Forests, and Enhancement of Forest Carbon Stocks.” The development of PNG’s National REDD+ Strategy (NRS) 2017 – 2027 by CCDA through the REDD+ & Mitigation Division and relevant stakeholders; provides the strategic approach to implementing …
Building Resilience to Climate Change (BRCC) is implementing Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR)1 aimed at achieving transformational change in addressing the current and future threats from climate change and related hazards. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the grant for $24.25 million on 21 October 2015. The grant was provided …
