Climate Change Matters

Abstract

SPREP‟s Climate Change Division (CCD) is made up of three programmes: 1. Adaptation; 2. Mitigation; and 3. Policy and Science. The work of the CCD is directed by the SPREP Strategic Plan 2011-2015 based on the climate change priorities of SPREP Members and consistent with the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change 2006-2015 (PIFACC) and other relevant and approved policy drivers such as the Pacific Plan and the Framework for Action on Disaster Risk Management. SPREP's three (broad) climate change strategic priorities for 2011-2015 are: 1. Implementing adaptation measures; 2. Improving members’ capacity, knowledge and understanding of climate change, and risk reduction; 3. Contributing to global greenhouse gas reduction. The August CCM issue features a collection of regional media stories from the following three regional meetings in July, in Fiji.  The Pacific Meteorological Council 1-5 July  The Pacific Climate Change Roundtable 3-5 July 2013  Joint Meeting of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management & the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable 8th to 11th July 2013. The Director would like to convey her appreciation for the hard work and dedication of the Pacific Media team consisting of re-porters from Fiji, FSM, PACNEWS, PNG, Samoa, Solo-mon Islands, Tonga. This month’s edition also high-lights Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) and Pacific Islands Greenhouse Gas Abatement through Renew-able Energy Project (PIGAREP) publications and stories.