Cook Islands
The following activities are being supported under the European Union funded GCCA: PSIS project in Cook Islands.
Climate change adaptation project
The ‘Environmental monitoring to enhance community livelihoods and build resilience to climate change in the low-lying atolls of Cook Islands’ project is strengthening environmental monitoring capabilities in the northern Pa Enua (outer island) group of islands, focusing on Manihiki Island. The project activities will contribute to improved management of marine resources, intended to increase the resilience of pearl farmers and artisanal and small-scale commercial fishery operators to the adverse effects of climate change.
Click below for further information:
- Concept Note
- Project Design Document
- Project Planning Workshop
- Sample Water Quality Results
- Summary Information Sheet
- Climate change profile
Technical assistance with mainstreaming of climate change and improving access to climate finance
In Cook Islands, the GCCA: PSIS project has supported:
- Providing technical assistance to assist Cook Islands to become accredited to the Adaptation Fund, established under the Kyoto Protocol (see the concept note).
- An assessment of the extent to which climate change has been mainstreamed into national and sectoral policies and plans (see the summary of the assessment).
Training and capacity building
As part of the GCCA: PSIS project, several kinds of training have been delivered in Cook Islands:
- Climate change and internet training for senior citizens- January 2014 (see the newsletter, summary of local knowledge on climate variability, Rauti Para report, training reports from Aitutaki, Atiu, Mangaia, Mauke and Mitiaro and evaluation).
- Proposal preparation and log frame analysis – May 2014 (see the workshop report, impact evaluation, and learners guide) and October 2015 (see the workshop report and learners' guide).
- See the climate change awareness video produced as a result of a regional media training.
- See lessons learnt video produced as part of a series of nine country-specific climate change adaptation videos in 2015.