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The key purpose of the Marshall Islands’ Country Programme (CP) is to enable the Marshallese climate action aspirations to be realised by identifying short-term and long-term projects, programmes and investment priorities. The CP outlines the Marshall Islands’ national priorities and presents opportunities for the preparation of GCF funding proposals leading to transformational impacts.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established in 2010 and is now the world’s largest fund dedicated to the fight against climate change. Finance from the GCF can be used to support the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) to achieve a paradigm shift to low-carbon pathways and climate-resilient development. The GCF aims to achieve this by investing in transformative projects and programmes on climate adaptation and mitigation that contribute to national climate change policies and priorities. The RMI GCF Handbook has been prepared to provide clear, simplified and practical guidance for stakeholders to understand the GCF’s requirements for accessing resources to develop and implement climate change projects.

Bok In Kōmmeḷeḷe in (ak Handbook in) kijjien GCF kar maroñ kōpooje ñan kōmālij im kapidodoik meḷeḷe ko ñan ro tōllọkier bwe ren meḷeḷe kōn men ko me juon-im-juon (ak juon laḷ) ej aikuj kōṃṃani im katōpraki bwe en maroñ bōk leen jipañ kein ñan kattōri būrojāāk ko kijjien oktak in mejatoto.

Despite the ongoing impacts from the pandemic, the PacWastePlus programme Management Unit has continued to deliver outcomes, and has redoubled efforts to actively engage with you all, albeit remotely, we do understand that this has placed new burdens on you all, especially considering other programmes and agencies will have been requesting similar amounts of your time. We appreciate your ongoing commitment to the Programme and hope this edition of Connections provides some useful information on action to date, and outcomes that we will be providing in the coming few months.

In battling the COVID-19 around the world we see the impacts of this pandemic to our ecosystems. As people are staying home it gives time to our ecosystem to bounce back and recover itsef. But in attempt to to reduce possible transmission, the rise of disposables is on the increase, in countries where fast-food chains and restaurants still remain open, they are switching to entirely disposable packaging and away from re-useale items. But in re-opening our boarders as an increase in disposables we will see littering, marine pollution and will continue to exacerbate damage to our fragile ecosystem. Not only the impacts of the global pandemis, but also the devastation caused by Tropical cyclone Harold on our friends, Solomon Is, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga. But due to restriction of travel it has been diffucult to provide assistance to these countries. However staff from WMPC, JPRISM II and PWP stand ready to support with remote technical advice whenever needed.

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