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| Samuela Pohiva participating at a side event in COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco (Photo: UNDP/Jone Raqauqau) |
The linkages between climate change,
disaster risk reduction and sustainable development needs to be strongly
emphasized in order to facilitate an integrated and holistic approach
to climate action.
The Protection in the Pacific (ProPa)
Network which include national government actors working for Ministries
responsible for issues related to gender, human rights and protection
from Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, supported their national
delegations to the twenty-second session of the Conference of the
Parties (COP 22).
Following the adoption and the entering
into force of the Paris Agreement on 4 November, the ProPa Network
emphasised that issues such as human mobility, gender-equality and
social inclusion, community governance land-rights and protection of
core human rights should be specifically reflected in all climate
actions.
“Different countries have varying
degrees of vulnerabilities, however, underscoring all these is the need
to protect core human rights which include the rights to life, dignity,
security and non-discrimination from disasters and climate change”, said
Samuela Pohiva, Under Secretary for Local Government and Community
Development under the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Tonga.
“The Protection of all these rights must
be at the centre of all climate change actions and the Pacific region
has displayed this leadership with the adoption of the Framework for
Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP)”, said Mr. Pohiva.
The Network also stressed that issues
such as human mobility, gender-equality and social inclusion, community
governance land-rights and protection of core human rights should be
specifically reflected in all climate actions.
Speaking at the Momentum for Change:
Women for Results side event at COP22, the Australian Government’s
Foreign Affairs Minister, Julie Bishop acknowledged the participation of
the Network members at the global climate change conference.
“We also support the ProPa Network – a
collaboration of government actors in the Pacific that works to ensure
social inclusion and gender issues are integrated into climate change
action and humanitarian response”, said Ms. Bishop.
The ProPa Network is driven by the
National Government’s representatives, and supported by the UNDP’s
Pacific Risk Resilience Programme (PRRP). The Network will also extend
learnings to other Pacific Island countries that may be interested in
this approach.
Links
- Pacific countries advance regional policy towards migration and climate change
- Social and cultural issues raised by climate change in Pacific Island countries: an overview
- Fiji Prime Minister Plans To Continue Global Climate Change Leadership
- From Paris to Marrakech to the Pacific, an overview of the UN Climate COP22 outcomes
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