Strengthen the climate resilience and well-being of Pacific communities through biodiversity conservation.
JOINING FORCES
to meet global challenges together
The Pacific Ocean’s exceptional terrestrial and marine biodiversity offers invaluable services to communities. But this part of the world is particularly vulnerable to climate change, which has a direct impact on ecosystems and traditional ways of life. The Kiwa Initiative is a multi-donor program that aims to strengthen the climate resilience of ecosystems, communities, and economies in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories by using Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to protect, restore, and sustainably manage biodiversity. It provides funding to local and national authorities, public institutions, regional organizations, and local and international NGOs based in Oceania. For the first time, the European Union, France, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are joining forces to tackle climate and biodiversity challenges in the Pacific. This Initiative, with a budget of nearly 41 million euros*, is managed by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
*Indicative amount including EU top-up of EUR 4M, to be formalised with an addendum to the Contribution Agreement between AFD and the EU.
