Environmental law needs in the Pacific Island Region: report to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Abstract

The main aim of this report is to set out a preliminary assessment of the current needs within SPREP in relation to assisting the development of environmental law in Pacific island countries, particularly in relation to legal responses to the impacts of climate change in the region, and to make a series of recommendations based on that assessment. The context of the assessment is that climate change has become one of the overarching priorities within SPREP, also recognizing SPREP’s climate-change leadership role within the region.