Intra-ACP GCCA+ PACRES

Welcome to the USP INTRA-ACP GCCA+ PACRES

About Us

The University of the South Pacific (USP) is implementing the European Union funded Intra-African, Caribbean and Paciﬁc (ACP) GCCA+ (Global Climate Change Alliance Plus) Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change & Resilience Building (PACRES) project in partnership with Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP, lead agency), The Pacific Community (SPC) and Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). The PACRES project is about building an integrated approach to address Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management in the Pacific-ACP region.

Framework

Between 2019 and 2022:

(i) strengthen support for the Pacific Resilience Partnership of the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP);

(ii) provide additional support for Pacific ACP negotiators to the UN Framework to the Convention on Climate Change:

(iii) support scaled-up adaptation pilots in five Pacific ACP countries (Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu) not receiving similar support under GCCA+ Scaling Up Pacific Adaptation (GCCA+ SUPA). These will focus on ecosystem-based adaptation solutions

Support

In Pacific ACP countries, PACRES will support:

(i) piloting of streamlined monitoring and evaluation processes at the community, national and regional levels;

(ii) review or development of National Adaptation Plans, Joint National Action Plans, Nationally Determined Contributions and Low Emissions Development Strategies;

(iii) further mainstreaming of climate change and disaster resilience; and

(iv) piloting the resilience sector as a community of practice.

Pacific Islands

Across the Pacific Island region, PACRES will:

(i) strengthen existing climate change and disaster resilience networks;

(ii) scale-up Pacific professional resilience capacity, including through scaled-up technical and vocational education and training qualifications;

(iii) validate end-user needs and increase the access to and reach of climate change and resilience information;

(iv) offer additional scholarships and new online courses in climate change and disaster resilience; and

(v) strengthen engagement and dialogue with the private sector and deepen public sector understanding of private sector needs and experience with respect to climate change responses.

Partners

PACRES will be delivered jointly by PACRES will be delivered jointly by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), the Pacific Community (SPC) and The University of the South Pacific (USP).

PACRES will capture and highlight good practice and lessons learned, in the Pacific and other ACP regions.

PACRES emphasizes intra-regional cooperation, working with the other CROP Agencies, as well as inter-regional cooperation, working with the ACP Secretariat, in support of knowledge building and transfer including the documentation and sharing of best practices.

It will work closely with other projects including GCCA+ SUPA, Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) the Pacific NDC Hub and Institutional Strengthening in Pacific Island Countries to Adapt to Climate Change (ISACC)

Overview of Project

To support resilience building in P-ACP countries, the USP PACRES supports USP staff and student negotiators at UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) sessions. The project facilitates trainings at sub-national levels to address climate change and disaster risk management, mainstream climate change and disaster risk management into national, sub-national, community development plans, and scaling-up ecosystem based adaptation pilots. To promote research and further capacity building of the P-ACP region, USP PACRES is supporting postgraduate students to carry out climate change research and the development of two climate action online courses.