Joint National Action Plan On Climate Change Adaptation And Disaster Risk Management 2010–2015.

The preparation of this Joint National Action Plan (JNAP) on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management (CCA & DRM) was funded by the Global Environment Facility through the United Nations Development Programme, ACP-EU Natural Disaster Facility through the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). The JNAP is arranged as follows: Background and Setting; Linkages of this Plan to National, Regional and International Processes, Agreements and Frameworks; The JNAP Development Process; The JNAP on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management; and The Implementation Strategy. Goal 4 Key Actions and Sub Actions: Strengthen aquaculture fisheries to support food security and adaptability of coastal resources;
The development of this Joint Action Plan on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risks Management complies with Tonga’s National Strategic Development Framework 2009–2014, the Pacific Islands Framework of Action on Climate Change 2006–2015, the Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management Framework for Action 2005–2015, the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), the Yokohama Plan for Action and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The Plan comprises six priority goals: 1. Improved good governance for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management (mainstreaming, decision making, organizational and institutional policy frameworks); 2. Enhanced technical knowledge base, information, education and understanding of climate change adaptation and effective disaster risk management; 3. Analysis and assessments of vulnerability to climate change impacts and disaster risks; 4. Enhanced community preparedness and resilience to impacts of all disasters; 5. Technically reliable, economically affordable and environmentally sound energy to support the sustainable development of the Kingdom; 6. Strong partnerships, cooperation and collaboration within government agencies and with Civil Societies, Non Governmental Organisations and the Private Sectors.
Each goal has specific objectives and outcomes. The Implementation Strategy articulates the implementation arrangements of this JNAP. It includes: a description of the approach used to develop the implementation arrangements; a set of guiding principles for the implementation; the costing methodology used by partners to identify resource requirements and related costs for the implementation of actions under the JNAP; an implementation or management structure to be responsible for leading and coordinating JNAP implementation; a financing strategy and approaches for the resourcing of JNAP actions; the platform for an appropriate communications strategy to help ensure that the underlying message of increased safety and resilience is conveyed to all stakeholders using the most appropriate media; and the basis for a monitoring and evaluation system which not only addresses issues in relation to transparency and accountability but also facilitates a systematic approach to change and improvement as a direct consequence of progress reporting.