Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Tonga’s Strategic Program for Climate Resilience
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Operational Products and Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable/Parameter
Atmospheric:
Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind)
Upper-Air
Composition
Oceanic:
Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color)
Sub-surface (e.g., temp, salinity, nutrients, carbon, phytoplankton)
Terrestrial:
(e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass)
Time Frame
Seasonal (outlook)
Intra-annual to Decadal
Multi-decadal (scenarios)
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Climate Impacts
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Climate Adaptation
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Policies and Legislation
Assessment and Evaluation
Sector
Public Health and Safety
Fresh Water Resources
Energy
Transportation/Communication and Commerce
Community Planning and Development
Social and Cultural Resources
Agriculture and Fisheries
Recreation and Tourism
Ecosystems
Other
Status
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Description
The purpose of this project is to implement the Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) prepared by the Kingdom of Tonga within the design of the Climate Investment Fund. The SPCR aims to pilot and demonstrate ways to mainstream climate resilience in development planning and management. The Project will build upon the country’s transformational change program that began with the development of the JNAP and will mainstream climate resilience into development planning and address country priorities focusing on the most vulnerable sectors and communities. It will provide the strategic human, technical, and financial inputs needed to implement JNAP activities. The Project will: 1) build capacity in climate change adaptation and disaster risk management at community, sector and national levels; 2) provide information, tools, and legislative frameworks needed to introduce climate change considerations into government and sector planning and budgeting processes; and 3) provide access to resources (technical, human, financial) to address the climate change risk priorities of the Government, as well as those of vulnerable communities through a combination of soft and hard measures.
Objectives/Outcomes
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Contacts(names, emails)
Maria Paniagua, Project Administration Unit, South Pacific Subregional Office ADB, mppaniagua@adb.org
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
Required Resources
Projected Timelines
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
Url
https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/cif/node/7294
Worksheet
PnA_TSPCR.doc
Keywords
Tonga South Pacific Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Ongoing Public Health and Safety Community Planning and Development Social and Cultural Resources Climate Adaptation Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach Best Practices/Guidance Decision Support Tools Policies and Legislation Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation