Green Climate Fund

To be held in Port Moresby from April 9^th to the 10^th, the workshop will be a first-of-its-kind.

Pacific island nations need more finance, technology and information to adapt to the adverse effects of global warming, but they also need to manage these resources effectively to benefit their most vulnerable communities.

The Minister for Civil Aviation, Alfred Manasseh, announced this in Fiji when meeting with the leader of delegation of Indonesia Sri Masripatin during the pre-Conference of Parties (COP) meeting.

Manasseh also informed Masripatin on the proposed initiative to power the Jackson’s International Airport by solar power.

The initiative is as a pilot project which will be powered purely by renewable sustainable energy.

Young man killed while defending father

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The nation’s capital has recorded 5 deaths in the past week.

Villager mortally wounded in retaliation

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This was revealed today in a workshop aimed to develop a GCF Pipeline for transport and energy sectors.

The workshop was facilitated by the Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The five project proposals are ‘Investing in renewable energy for Port Moresby’, ‘Achieving carbon neutrality at the University of PNG’, ‘Investing in solar power in PNG major cities,’ ‘Developing and investing in a pilot geothermal plant’ and ‘Developing and investing in a pilot hydropower plant’.

GCF was established to assist developing countries finance their mitigation and adaptation programs.

CCDA acting managing director, Ruel Yamuna, said work on accessing the GCF has been going very smoothly.

Yamuna highlighted that CCDA as the focal point for GCF in PNG, is working on reaching out to stakeholders making sure that they understand the different project proposal designs.

Singer is currently in the country facilitating a workshop to build capacity on project design in sustainable forest management in PNG underway in Port Moresby.

UNFF is working in collaboration with PNGFA upon request of the Minister for Forest to provide support to PNGFA in mobilising financing for sustainable forest management in PNG.

The workshop focuses on a small number of international donors including the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

The five-day workshop commenced on Monday, February 6, conducted by the United Nations Forum on Forest (UNFF) in collaboration with the PNG Forest Authority (PNGFA).

At the end of the workshop, government officers will be able to identify and formulate a project proposal that can be submitted to donor partners to consider and fund.

UNFF sustainable development officer, Benjamin Singer, highlighted that they are working in collaboration with PNGFA upon request of the Minister for Forest.

GCF is a fund within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

It was founded as a mechanism to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change.

GCF regional advisor to the Pacific, Coral Pasisi said there’re a wide range of criteria that countries must follow when writing up their proposals.

The four key areas around mitigation are transport, forest and land use, energy efficiency and renewable energy.

GCF is a fund within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

It was founded as a mechanism to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change.

GCF regional advisor to the Pacific, Coral Pasisi said they come in as a partner to help enable PNG to achieve those objectives and to align with the efforts of the country.

Pasisi explained that GCF is a country led process.

They are the water resilient project for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the renewable energy project under the Asian Development Bank, which is also being rolled out within the region.

GCF was established to assist developing countries finance their climate change mitigation and adaptation programs.

The proposals must be submitted to the GCF Board to undergo screening before they can be approved for funds to be released.