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Tonga Climate Change Policy A Resilient Tonga by 2035
In 2005, Tonga completed its initial National Communication on Climate Change. This was approved by the Government of Tonga and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)Secretariat. One of the major capacity development needs mentioned in this report was to develop a national climate change policy. At that time, the Government of Tonga was aware of the importance of including environmental issues in its national strategic plan, even though climate change was not yet considered a national priority. A climate change policy was therefore developed to address these issues. It was certainly a major step forward, as it served to define the position, direction and responsibilities of the government and relevant stakeholders in Tonga on climate change, for both the short and long term. The policy was approved by His Majesty’s Cabinet in 2006.
In 2015, it was noted that there was a need to update the policy, given the increasing emphasis, nationally and globally, on climate change and disaster risk. Widespread consultation workshops were held towards this purpose, which involved all relevant stakeholders in Tonga, including government ministries, nongovernmental organisations, civil societies, statutory boards, women’s groups and youth groups. This revised climate change policy aims to build ‘a Resilient Tonga’ by 2035. It is recognised that this is an ambitious goal, as building resilience is very costly, even without considering the funds required for loss and damage due to climate change.
Department of Climate Change Policy 2016
Regional Virtual Training on Nationally Determined Contributions
Tonga participated in a three-days virtual training on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), from the 09th -11th of June 2020. The training was held at the Department of Climate, MEIDECC’s Conference Room and it was hosted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat in partnership with the Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Hub.
NDCs are at the heart of the Paris Agreement and they are climate actions, which determine whether the world achieves the long-term goals of the Agreement for greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to the impacts of climate change. Parties to this Agreement are requested to prepare new or updated NDCs and communicate them to the UNFCCC Secretariat by 2020.
The training is part of the UNFCCC’s capacity building support to its Parties and the main objective of this training is to familiarize Pacific countries’ NDC focal points and relevant government officials with the NDC preparation and submission process, as well as to understand the Katowice Guidance on Information to facilitate clarity, transparency and understanding (ICTU) and Adaptation communication in relation to NDCs.
Department of Climate Change at MEIDECC is currently reviewing and enhancing Tonga’s NDC, which will be submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat later this year.
Attending the training from Tonga were government officials from the Department of Climate Change, Department of Energy, Department of Environment, Ministry of Infrastructure (MOI), Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (MAFF), Tonga Power Limited (TPL) and Waste Authority Limited (WAL).
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