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The region’s largest locally-led climate adaptation project, the Solomon Islands Knowledge-Action-Sustainability Resilient Villages Project (SOLKAS), was launched yesterday in Honiara.
The SOLKAS project is valued at $31.8 million, with $25 million coming from the Green Climate Fund and the remainder from in-kind funding from the Solomon Islands, Australian and New Zealand governments, and aims to build climate resilience among children, young people and communities in vulnerable rural areas.
“Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Management “The Environment Office has developed legislation, policies and strategies to minimize the impact of climate change on the country,” Hon Polycarp Paea, inspector general of the Ministry of Environment, said at the launch.
The Hon Polycarp Paea, Minister of Environment and Minister of Lands, Housing and Surveys
Through nationwide consultations in 2021, 52 districts in six provinces have been selected.
Save the Children will work with seven government departments and relevant provincial governments to work closely with climate vulnerable communities to build resilience among rural households.
“The Solomon Islands Government is committed to addressing climate change and sincerely thanks donor partners and stakeholders for the results achieved to date,” said Susan Sulu, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Management.
A major focus of SOLKAS is to empower women and men equally. The project recognizes the importance of gender equality and has a comprehensive gender action plan.
Lisa Cuatt, Save the Children Solomon Islands Country Director, said SOLKAS is a partnership with the Solomon Islands Government through the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology to build links between villages, districts, provinces and national institutions.
“I am encouraged that SOLKAS has provided Save the Children with the opportunity to build a real, genuine and impactful partnership with the Solomon Islands Government and to achieve sustainable practices long after SOLKAS ends,” said Ms. Cuatt.
Government departments working closely with the six-year project include the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, the Ministry of Rural Development, the Ministry of Education and Human Resources, the Ministry of Provincial Governments and Institutional Strengthening, and the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs.
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