About

About the project
The European Union (EU) established the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) in 2007 to strengthen dialogue, exchange of experiences and cooperation on climate change with developing countries most vulnerable to climate change, in particular the Least Developed Countries and the Small Island Developing States. GCCA is the main implementing channel for the EU fast start commitments related to climate change adaptation. Under funding approved in 2010, €11.4 million has been allocated to the Global Climate Change Alliance: Pacific Small Island States (GCCA: PSIS) project.

Objective and purpose

The overall objective of GCCA: PSIS is to support the governments of nine smaller Pacific Island states, namely Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Tonga and Tuvalu, in their efforts to tackle the adverse effects of climate change. 

The purpose of the project is to promote long-term strategies and approaches to adaptation planning and pave the way for more effective and coordinated aid delivery to address climate change at the national and regional level.

Implementation and timeframe

The GCCA: PSIS project is implemented by SPC as part of its ‘whole of organisation approach ’ and is one of the activities contributing the SPC Climate Change Engagement Strategy . The project is administered through the Strategic Engagement, Policy and Planning Facility and will collaborate closely with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). The documents for the GCCA: PSIS project were signed on 19 July 2011 and the project will continue until 19 November 2014.

Funding

€11.4 million provided by the European Union

Work programme components

There are four components:

• Mainstreaming climate change into national and/or sector response strategies.
• Advancing well articulated sectoral adaptation strategies that address budget support criteria.
• Implementing national climate change adaptation projects.
• Delivering streamlined technical assistance that supports national adaptation responses and is delivered by regional organizations in a collaborative manner.