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As part of Pacific RISA UNEP CIS-Pac5 Research Programme In the area of climate information and early warning systems, the group convened Sector-based Climate Services and Coordination Workshop The workshop was held in Koror, Palau, from February 26 to March 1, 2024. The workshop was funded by the Green Climate Fund and hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific RISA, and the University of Hawaii, in collaboration with the Bureau of Budget and Planning of the Ministry of Finance of Palau, the Palau Climate Change Office, and the Palau Meteorological Bureau.
“The challenge of climate change is not of our making, but of our experiencing”
~Palau President Soulanger Whipps
The seminar aims to promote Develop and deliver locally relevant, impact-oriented climate warning products to support Palau and Strengthen coordination and collaboration of national climate programmes, including within UNEP CIS-Pac5 and with other partners, e.g. Local 2030 Island Network.
To develop the Climate Early Warning System (CLEWS), Pacific RISA follows Pacific Islands Dialogue Process Participants heard stories about climate events and impacts in Palau and participated in Interactive group activities to build historical timelines and maps: Create a “where and when” dataset of these events and impacts that can later serve as a template for creating specific CLEWS prototypes in the agriculture and health sectors.
This week, Local2030 Island Network celebrated the new Palau Green Growth Dashboarda public-private partnership to track Palau’s progress towards local sustainable development goals. Collaborators from the University of Guam’s Pacific RISA Center for Sustainable Island Development and Guam Green Growth attended the launch and were instrumental in the development of the Palau dashboard. Other workshops were devoted to presentations from UNEP CIS-Pac5 program partners and discussions on how to harmonize data as a means to support communication, coordination and collaboration between projects and programs in Palau, and to elevate the key messages of the week. Throughout the workshops, local artist Janine Tewid created a live graphic interpretation of the CLEWS discussions, which was unveiled at a reception on the evening of February 29.
Featured image: The Rocky Islands of Palau. Photo by Krista Jaspers.
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