Strengthened Weather and Climate Services for Resilient Development for Pacific Islands

The proposal seeks USD 10 million in GCF grants to improve the capacity of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in 14 Pacific Island Countries. The project focuses on four components: improving governance and enabling environments, strengthening air and marine navigation services, enhancing climate prediction tools (specifically the PICASO software), and project governance. It aims to address critical gaps in human and technological resources, lack of user feedback on forecasts, and insufficient observation sites, aligning with the Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy 2017-2026.

• The project aims to enhance the enabling environment for weather and climate services by developing or updating legislation, policies, and strategies, and reviewing NMHS governance structures to improve the mainstreaming and use of climate information.
• A primary objective is to improve safety and efficiency in air and marine navigation by certifying NMHS personnel to international competency standards and identifying gaps in compliance with the Convention on International Civil Aviation and the UN Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
• The project will upgrade the Pacific Island Countries Advanced Seasonal Outlook (PICASO) software to include temperature outlooks, a streamlined integrated forecast function, and connectivity to data management programs like CliDE or CliDESc.
• Climate information services will be specifically applied to the agriculture and water sectors by connecting PICASO to existing models such as the Tonga Climate Services for Agriculture (ToCSA) and the Tonga Groundwater Information System (ToGWIS).
• The proposal identifies several systemic barriers to climate service uptake in the Pacific, including limited human and technological capacity, poor governance, and challenges related to dispersed geography and underdeveloped telecommunications.
• The project is designed to implement the priority areas of the Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy (PIMS) 2017-2026 and the Nuku’alofa Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Weather and Climate Services for a Resilient Pacific.
• The total indicative cost of the project is USD 12 million, with USD 10 million requested as a grant from the GCF and USD 2 million in target co-financing.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2018). Strengthened Weather and Climate Services for Resilient Development for Pacific Islands. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20460-strengthened-weather-and-climate-services-resilient-development-pacific-islands.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Strengthened Weather and Climate Services for Resilient Development for Pacific Islands. 2018. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20460-strengthened-weather-and-climate-services-resilient-development-pacific-islands.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2018strengthened, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Strengthened Weather and Climate Services for Resilient Development for Pacific Islands}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20460-strengthened-weather-and-climate-services-resilient-development-pacific-islands.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }