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Pacific Resilience Facility Takes 14 Community Projects to COP31 as Its Fund Begins Moving Money
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Pacific Resilience Facility Takes 14 Community Projects to COP31 as Its Fund Begins Moving Money

From Post-Courier · () English

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  • The Pacific Resilience Facility will present 14 community projects at Pacific pre-COP meetings and COP31 in Turkiye.
  • Each participating member can receive up to $20,000 for projects covering water security, food production, coastal restoration, sanitation, renewable energy and resilience.
  • The projects are also testing how the facility will operate before it expands its grant programs.

The Pacific Resilience Facility is taking 14 community projects to the global climate stage to show investors that its Pacific-owned financing model has begun delivering money on the ground.

Finau Soqo, the facility’s general manager, said in Palau that each participating member had been allocated up to US$20,000 for Community Impact Demonstration Projects. The projects will be presented at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting, Pacific pre-COP events in Fiji and COP31 in Turkiye.

The projects address practical needs across the islands. Palau selected a water project led by the Coral Youth Council and an effort to revive traditional planting practices. Tuvalu nominated a women-led water resilience project in Funafuti. Fiji is supporting rainwater harvesting, including 22 tanks for a community vulnerable to drought and climate-related disasters.

So now the PRF is not just a concept or an idea or a vision. It is actually a reality

— Finau SoqoThe facility’s general manager described the launch of community-funded projects.

The Marshall Islands is funding water storage and quality monitoring on two remote islands affected by recurring drought. Nauru is combining household rainwater collection with solar lighting to improve safety for women collecting water at night. Kiribati will support water projects at two schools, including a school for people with disabilities.

Other initiatives include restoring native coastal trees in Tonga, including endangered mangroves; supporting household gardens and traditional crops in Niue; and funding sanitation, waste management and resilience activities in Solomon Islands. Projects are also being developed in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea.

“So now the PRF is not just a concept or an idea or a vision. It is actually a reality,” Soqo said. The facility is also developing a disaster community resilience pilot window and other grant packages to test its approach before scaling up.

As we have continued with our implementations, we’ve gained confidence from members too. They saw that the projects are not wrong, and they have also expressed their willingness to be part of the pilot project.

— Finau SoqoSoqo said member governments had grown more confident in the pilot approach.
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