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Te Kaniva (Tuvalu Climate Change Policy) prescribes the Government and the people of Tuvalu’s strategic polices for responding to climate change impacts and related disaster risks over the next 10 years (2012–2021). The Policy defines seven thematic goals, strategies and desired outcomes that the Government and the people of Tuvalu have prioritized for implementation to ensure that safety and resilience are achieved. The Policy is directly linked to the National Strategic Action Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (NSAP). In both the policy and NSAP, climate change refers to both adaptation and mitigation unless specifically differentiated. The Policy covers climate change impacts and related climate and hydrological hazards whereas the NSAP covers geological and anthropological hazards and related disasters.

Te Kaniva (Tuvalu Climate Change Policy) prescribes the Government and the people of Tuvalu’s strategic polices for responding to climate change impacts and related disaster risks over the next 10 years (2012–2021). The Policy defines seven thematic goals, strategies and desired outcomes that the Government and the people of Tuvalu have prioritized for implementation to ensure that safety and resilience are achieved. The Policy is directly linked to the National Strategic Action Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (NSAP). In both the policy and NSAP, climate change refers to both adaptation and mitigation unless specifically differentiated. The Policy covers climate change impacts and related climate and hydrological hazards whereas the NSAP covers geological and anthropological hazards and related disasters.

PACC is the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change project. It is difficult to predict far in advance how climate change will affect a particular site, sector or community. There is an urgency for the need to adapt to climate change in our Pacific island countries, the PACC has been developed to assist with the implementation of adaptation measures in 11 countries in the region. Nauru, is one of the countries that will participate in implementing adaptation measures to enhance its resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change over the long term.

The PACC group is working with its partners to help Nauru communities learn resilience to climate change, most importantly in the area of water conservation. This means no matter what happens to our country in a year of changing climate patterns, you know you have your own supply of clean safe drinking water.