Circulars

SPREP is pleased to extend to you an invitation to the 31st SPREP Meeting and associated meetings as follows:
i. Partnership Dialogue, 4th September 2023;
ii. 31st SPREP Meeting (31SM) of Officials, 5th – 7th September 2023;
iii. Environment Ministers High Level Talanoa 8th September 2023.

This funding opportunity is shared on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

The BCAF contributes to addressing barriers to scaling-up and financing blue carbon restoration by supporting the development and implementation of quality blue carbon projects including funding early-stage activities, facilitating capacity building through technical collaboration, assisting with brokerage for future financing, and monitoring and valuing both carbon and non-carbon outcomes.

SPREP is pleased to inform you of the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) face-to-face training on “Strengthening climate resilience and safe water access in rural areas in the Pacific (Micronesia). This training is a follow-up activity of the previous virtual training in May 2022 under the PCCC Project for Capacity Building on Climate Resilience in the Pacific (CBCRP-PCCC). The training will be held on 24-28 July in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), through the ‘Committing to Sustainable Waste Actions in the Pacific’ (SWAP) Project and the PacWastePlus Programme is pleased to inform you that the call for nominations is now open for the Regional Virtual Vocational Training Program on Waste Management.

To ensure the Secretariat has the most current and accurate information pertaining to your respective government and organisation, we kindly seek your advice by return email regarding any changes to the names, titles, addresses, telephone, facsimile numbers, and email addresses of your respective focal points to ensure these are accurately reflected.

Under the implementation of the Pacific Coral Reef Action Plan, SPREP is working with our partners in the region to improve the region’s access to the best available science and knowledge on current reef management practices.

The Secretariat is pleased to inform you that nominations are being accepted for the subregional training on “Applying the Pacific impacts Analysis Methodology and utilizing the Adaptation impacts Database”. The training will be hosted by The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) through the GCCA+ SUPA Project under Output 1 in collaboration with the PCCC and PACRES project. This will be held on the 12-16 June 2023 in Apia, Samoa.

This circular serves to communicate to Parties and signatories to the Waigani Convention the text of a proposal to amend the Waigani Convention submitted by Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa.

The proposal will be considered at the extra ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties, which is scheduled to take place on the 13 October 2023.

The increasing rise in global mean sea level represents one of the most compelling consequences of climate change as well as one of the most critical issues for Pacific Island Countries and Territories. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), sea level rise is expected to cause significant negative impacts on small islands and combined with extreme flooding events, could threaten the future livelihoods of Pacific coastal communities.

To promote exchange of experiences, good practices and solutions to these challenges, SPREP, the Pacific Climate Change Centre, and the Sea’ties project of the Ocean & Climate Platform, are organising a regional workshop "Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in the Pacific". This workshop will be held from the 10th to the 12th of July 2023, in Nadi, Fiji.

We are pleased to share with you a video focused on plastic litter affecting coastal marine ecosystems in Pacific Islands: “Plastic Paradise”. Working together to ensure a healthy and sustainable marine environment, this video is produced in seven different languages to emphasis awareness to our ministries and communities on the importance of human collaboration in managing plastic waste and reducing marine litter.

The Secretariat is pleased to inform you of the SPREP Partnership Dialogue which will precede the SPREP Meeting of Officials on Monday 4 September 2023.

The Secretariat in collaboration with Climate Analytics and the One CROP team will hold the virtual Pacific SIDS Preparatory meeting in preparation for the 58th UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies - SBSTA and SBI - session from 16 – 17 May 2023, from 12:00 to 16:00 Samoa local time.

Further to SPREP Circular 22/97 of 28 October 2022, and subsequent email dated 27 February 2023, please find attached the draft provisional agenda for the 31st SPREP Meeting.

The Intra ACP GCCA+ Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES) will convene its Project Steering Committee Meeting on the 31 July to 1 August and Intra-ACP Lessons Learned in Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Workshop on the 2 – 4 August, from 8.30am-5.00pm Fiji Standard Time.