Project overview

The IUCN Oceania Climate Change Programme aims to help Pacific Island Countries build resilience to climate change by:
  • Safeguarding biodiversity by positioning nature conservation at the heart of community and country responses to their energy needs.
  • Integrating sustainable energy systems into developing new and expanded livelihoods.
  • Reducing plastic waste generation and leakage from islands, and driving the circular economy forward.

Other partner organisations

  • Samoa MNRE
  • Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Environment, Energy and Disaster Management
  • Fiji Ministry of Waterways and Environment
  • Tonga (MEIDECC)
  • Vanuatu Environmental Science Society
  • Vanuatu Recycling and Waste Management Association
  • Samoa Recycling and Waste Management Association
  • Waste Recyclers Fiji
  • Recycle Corp Vanuatu

Framework action tracks

  • 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions
  • 03 – Sustainable and resilient ocean economies
  • 04 – Sustainable and resilient island economies
  • 05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems
  • 06 – Environmentally and culturally sensitive tourism
  • 08 – Marine ecological integrity
  • 09 – Effective terrestrial protected areas
  • 14 – Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change, pandemic and disaster response
  • 17 – Preventing plastics pollution