Waisea Vosa
Climate Change Unit
Division of Political and Treaties
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Purpose of Fiji’s NCCP
 The policy provides a platform for coordination
among sectors, and direction on national
positions and priorities regarding climate
change mitigation and adaptation.
Policy Vision
 A responsible and exemplary Fiji, leading the
Pacific in combating climate change and achieving
resilience, while attaining sustainable
development.
Mission Statements
 To increase Fiji’s capacity to cope with the impacts of
climate change by strengthening institutional and legal
framework, providing sound scientific information, and
implementing effective awareness and education initiatives
 To maximise access to and secure globally available
financing for climate change mitigation and adaptation
efforts
 To strengthen Fiji’s support towards neighbouring Pacific
Island countries that are highly vulnerable to the impacts
of climate change
 To strengthen engagement in international climate change
policy processes and fulfil obligations on climate change
mitigation and adaptation.
Policy Goals
 Support the implementation of Fiji’s Roadmap for democracy
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and sustainable socio-economic development 2009–2014
under the People’s charter for change, peace and progress.
Promote integration of climate change issues in national
planning, budgeting and implementation processes.
Provide guidance to government on its responses to climate
change issues.
Guide sectors to develop appropriate climate change
mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Support sourcing of resources and assistance from regional
and international agencies to address climate change issues.
Contribute to regional actions and to meeting international
commitments.
Policy Principles
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Long-term sustainability
An integrated approach
Community ownership
Strategic partnerships
Scientifically sound and appropriate information
Reporting and feedback mechanisms
Monitoring and evaluation
Equity and fairness
Practical, affordable and appropriate solutions
Gender considerations
Incorporating lessons learnt
International collaboration
Policy Objectives
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Mainstreaming
Data collection, storage and sharing
Awareness raising
Education and training
Adaptation
Mitigation
Financing
Government’s commitments to regional and
international instruments
Policy Strategies
 Many of the strategies outlined in this policy cut across
sectors and will require the contribution of a number of
agencies and organisations for effective
implementation.
 A lead agency and implementing agencies have been
identified for each strategy.
 lead agency - responsible for initiating and
coordinating programmes and initiatives in line with
the strategy.
 The implementing agencies, in collaboration with the
lead agency, will implement projects and initiatives to
support the achievement of the strategy.
Implementation Framework
 The policy implementation framework describes
the policy strategies and identifies the agencies
responsible for their implementation.
 The framework will inform sectoral annual
corporate plans.
 The NCCAS and JNAP for CCA and DRM provide
detailed and sector-specific actions for
implementation of adaptation measures.
Objective 5: Adaptation
 Integrate climate change adaptation strategies and
actions into national sectoral planning to streamline
responses.
 Include vulnerability assessment and climate change
impact projections into resource management
planning, such as integrated coastal and watershed
management plans.
 Develop adaptation technologies that take traditional
knowledge into account and are culturally acceptable
Objective 5: Adaptation
 Support the ecosystem based approach throughout
Fiji, recognising that ecosystem services, such as food
security, natural hazard mitigation and physical
coastal buffer zones increase resilience
 Assess poverty, health and food security issues to
determine their vulnerabilities in future policies and
initiatives
 Use appropriate consultation mechanisms for the
participation of all members of the community in the
planning, management and implementation of
adaptation measures
Objective 5: Adaptation
 Mobilise resources and all sectors to support the
implementation of relevant national adaptation
strategies and plans, such as the National Climate
Change Adaptation Strategy, the planned Joint
National Action Plan for CCA
 Implement best practice adaptation measures, based
on sound scientific research, and lessons learnt from
local, regional and international experiences
Objective 5: Adaptation
 Undertake national research to identify effective
adaptation measures to support sector-specific
adaptation
 Establish a monitoring and evaluation system to
determine the success of national, sectoral and local
initiatives.
NCCP STRUCTURE
PROPOSED NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE
STRUCTURE
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