Kosrae

Pohnpei

Chuuk

Micronesia, Federated States of

Micronesia

<p>The project aims to strengthen climate resilience in Pacific Small Island Developing States by supporting locally led adaptation innovations through the Climate Innovation Co:Lab. It helps communities, youth, and local enterprises design, test, and scale solutions addressing climate risks like sea-level rise, droughts, and cyclones. Through stages of incubation, acceleration, and amplification, it promotes knowledge sharing, gender equality, and traditional knowledge, fostering inclusive, sustainable, and regionally coordinated adaptation across the Pacific.</p>

Climate change is increasingly impacting the health of the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM) population, particularly through increased food-, water- and vector-borne diseases, which are identified as the most pressing climate-health sensitive challenge facing the country. This project will enhance the population's resilience to climate-sensitive health outcomes by focusing on climate-induced disease prevention and improving early warning interventions.

The project will deliver three outcomes: strengthened climate-health policies and systems for effective adaptation; early warning systems to support timely responses to climate-sensitive diseases and increased resilience of communities to climate-related health risks. It will ensure that policies, systems, and processes are institutionalised in FSM so that effective adaptation responses can be made to these climate-related threats. Health information early warning systems will monitor environmental conditions, forecast high-risk conditions, send alerts to the population, and establish a mechanism for early response. The project will also support Locally-led Adaptation principles, with a stakeholder-led public engagement plan targeting local communities.

GCF support through the Readiness Programme and Project Preparation Facility (PPF) was provided to develop the project, which evolved from the FSM country programme.

The Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are vulnerable to climate change impacts due to threats from coral reef degradation and ocean warming. Higher sea temperatures are degrading coral reefs and reducing the amount of reef fish available for coastal populations’ food security. Ocean warming is also driving the redistribution of tuna stocks. Many PICs rely on tuna fishing access fees for government revenue, which is essential for funding national health, education, disaster preparedness, and post-disaster recovery programmes. The redistribution of tuna towards the high seas threatens to significantly undermine government revenue, with projections of severe economic losses by 2050.

This project will build resilience in tuna-dependent economies and communities by addressing food insecurity and economic risks caused by climate change. It will achieve this by enhancing access to tuna for coastal and urban communities, strengthening national fisheries systems, and improving forecasting to manage tuna redistribution effectively. Key activities will include technical support for Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) deployment, fisher training, post-harvest improvement; policy development, improved handling, and market opportunities; and using science-based forecasts and projections to reduce uncertainty in climate change-driven tuna redistribution.

This project covers 14 PICs and uses a comprehensive programmatic approach to address food security and the economic stability of tuna fisheries. It prioritises community-driven adaptation by deploying FADs, training fishers, and involving local stakeholders in decision-making. With women’s participation actively promoted, this inclusive approach ensures adaptation measures will align with local needs and traditional practices.

GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF) support was deployed to help develop the project.

To enhance climate resilience in three selected Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) through integrated water resource management, sustainable coastal management and community-led disaster risk reduction.

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Micronesia, Federated States of

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