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Subsistence farming will certainly remain a livelihood activity for the people of Kivori, though there will be certain aspects of farming that will have to be changed and the people will have to be taught to become adaptive to the new methods and techniques under the PACC Project. The beneficiaries of the project will be the farmers and the people of the four Kivori villages with a population of more than 1,000. The people have pledged to cooperate and take ownership of whatever is set up for the benefit of the whole community. The way to sustain the set up and the farming of the land for food production and food security will need the assistance of the Food Security Division.

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.

The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project in the Marshall Islands aims to build resilience to the adverse effects of climate change in the Water Resource Management Sector. It is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and executed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).

PACC Project implements long -term adaptation measures to increase the resilience of a number of key development sectors in Pacific Island Countries to the impacts of climate change. This objective will be achieved by focusing on long - term planned adaptation response strategies, policies and implementation strategies to bring about this result. The key focal areas are water resources management, food production and food security, and coastal zone management.