Apia
Samoa
Building Pacific Resilience Strategy for Climate and Disaster Resilient Development in the Pacific (SRDP)
Organizer(s)
Tonga - government
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
United Nations Development Programme - Asia-Pacific Regional Centre
Pacific Community
University of South Pacific
Venue
SIDS conference, Main venue, Room CM4
As part of the UN Conference on Small Island Developing States 2014 this side event will offer an opportunity for discussions around resilient development for Pacific Island Nations: how countries and organizations have advanced, or are planning, the joint integration of climate change and disaster risks to address these threats to sustainable development.
The keynote speaker will be the Prime Minister of Tonga, Lord Tu'ivakanō. The session will be moderated by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms Margareta Wahlström. For further details please see the agenda.