Council of Regional Organization of the Pacific (CROP) provides a high level policy advice and support to Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) in the formulation of policy at national, regional and international levels. This includes the support at international conferences and negotiations, in reporting on international commitments, in crisis situations in the region and in implementing regional frameworks and programmes.
Due to the pandemic COVID-19 in the world, it is difficult to organize a face-to-face Focal Points Meeting, so CEARAC focal points (FPs) agreed to approve the implementation plan of each project by e-mail communication. The implementation plans of six specific projects were prepared by the CEARAC Secretariat and shared with CEARAC FPs for review in August and adopted in September.
The PacPlan provides the framework for cooperative regional responses to major marine spills in the Pacific islands region and provides guidance on the roles and responsibilities of relevant organisations, regional linkages, and mechanisms for accessing regional and international assistance for pollution incidents.
The third global coral bleaching event, which started in 2014 and extended well into 2017, was the longest coral bleaching event on record. The length of the event means corals in some parts of the world had no time to recover in 2014, 2015 or 2016 during the cool/winter season, prior to experiencing bleaching the following year. This recent global bleaching event of 2014-2017 represents what climate model projections presented in this Report suggest may become the norm over the coming two decades. Importantly though, great spatial variation exists in the projected timing of the onset of annual severe bleaching (ASB) conditions among the world’s coral reefs.
This report updates the UNEP 2017 report with projections of the timing of severe coral bleaching conditions using the new generation of climate models used by the IPCC – the CMIP6 generation of models.
The Pacific Territories Regional Project for Sustainable Ecosystem Management (PROTEGE) is a regional cooperation project for 4 overseas countries and territories (OCTs) of the Pacific. The project is funded under the 11th EDF (European Development Fund) with an amount of 36 million EUR over the period 2018-2022.
The small economies and populations of the Pacific islands have very limited financial
capacity, yet are stewards for an immense area of ocean and its associated global
ecosystem services
