Tonga is one of the fifteen Pacific ACP countries where the €12 million EU funded Intra-ACP GCCA+ Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES) is building capacity to adapt to Climate Change and build resilience. This work is being implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) with the Department of Climate Change in the Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC), Government of Tonga.
The PACRES project supported Tonga with the following (under MOU and PA):
(i) Assist in the development of climate change and disaster resilience information and knowledge management products to enhance community awareness;
(ii) Manage the uploading and updating of information and knowledge management products on the climate change portal;
(iii) Research and make recommendations on consolidation of climate change, disaster management, resilience building, and other information and data sets held by government ministries and agencies, the private sector, NGOs and communities in Tonga; and
(iv) Engage with SPREP to identify good practice and lessons learned in sharing information on the impacts of climate change and ensure relevant information from Tonga is also available on the Pacific Climate Change Portal.