Climate Action

The Climate Action division is committed to building a productive, healthy, sustainable and resilient Nauru to combat the effects of climate change.

‘Naoero Bwio, Ngage mwe ijamwan’
– Nauru my home, my future.

Mission statement

The Climate Action division is committed in the enhancement of adaptation, disaster risk reduction and mitigation capacity to increase resilience through Nauru to respond to the adverse effects of Climate Change, to ensure sustainable development for our future generations.

They are a team of 3, led by the Director of Climate Action.

Guiding principles

Linkages to the NSDS 2019-2030

  • Cross-Goal 5: Build up resilience to combat the effects of climate change and natural disasters.

Projects under Climate Action

  • GoN: “Climate Attachment Program to the High Commission of Nauru in India”

  • CCFAH: “Climate Finance Technical Support”

  • Partners: “Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Connectivity Project”

  • GCF: “Readiness II”

  • GCF: “National Adaptation Plan under GCF Readiness”

Government Guiding Policies

  • Climate Change Policy 2020

  • RONadapt 2015

  • Environment Management and Climate Change Act

  • Paris Agreement

  • Revised National Determined Contribution 2021 – 2030 (NDC)

  • Nauru Sustainable Development Strategy 2019 - 2030

Climate action will be enhanced

  • by dramatically increasing resilience to negative climate change impacts, including sea level rise, extreme weather events, and variation in precipitation

  • by improving the resilience of Nauru’s public health infrastructure, as well as its preparedness to handle the negative impacts of climate change on public health

  • by significantly mitigating the near- and medium-term impact of sea level rise

  • by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by enabling the efficient loading and unloading of shipping vessels, which is a large improvement over the current offshore method

  • by building national capacity to effectively implement actions in all relevant policy areas and economic sectors to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the negative impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, extreme weather events, changes in precipitation patterns and disruption to food production and delivery systems

  • by reducing the risks associated with extreme rainfall, flooding and coastal inundation, which can increase the risk of asbestos exposure from insecure storage.

Meet the Team

  • JAALA JEREMIAH

    DIRECTOR

  • KALVARY PORTE

    CLIMATE ACTION PROJECT MANAGER

  • CAPTAIN THORNDON SCOTTY

    ADAPTATION OFFICER

  • LOLA ADEANG

    MITIGATION OFFICER