COP28: Amplifying Pacific Voices for Climate Action

In the heart of the Pacific Ocean, a silent crisis unfolds. Amidst the Pacific’s pristine waters and lush greenery, countries are slowly disappearing, their very existence threatened by the continued impacts of climate change. This is not a distant dystopian fantasy, but a grim reality facing many Small Island Developing States.
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2024 Regional Human Development Report

The Asia-Pacific region has seen rapid poverty reduction, having lifted 1.5 billion people out of extreme poverty in a few generations. Yet, millions continue to live precarious lives amid entrenched inequalities.

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In Unity Our Advocacy Becomes a Chorus

Corruption has long been an issue of public discontent in Solomon Islands, and is seen as a major obstacle on the path towards sustainable development.

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Floating solar panels in Tuvalu
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Floating Solar Photovoltaic System Installation Completed in Tuvalu

The installation of Tuvalu's inaugural Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) system has been successfully completed, with this cutting-edge system seeing 184 solar panels positioned on Tafua Pond in Funafuti.

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Blue Bond
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Launch of Fiji’s first-ever Sovereign Blue Bond

The efficient functioning of the maritime industry is critical to human livelihoods in a country like Fiji. Some within the sector like to use the phrase ‘no shipping, no shopping’, with almost 95 percent of goods entering the country coming via its seaports.

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Unloading materials from the vessel to small boat to access shallow waters at Lib Island.
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Empowering Marshall Islands Atolls: Rainwater Harvesting Materials Reach Atolls

Successful Delivery of Vital Materials Benefits 15 Communities in the Marshall Islands.

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In the Pacific, UNDP provides regional and country support to ten countries - Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu - and regional support to five countries - Cook Islands, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tokelau - together with a total population of 2.4 million. We work on effective governance, inclusive growth as well as resilience and sustainable development.  

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Multi-Country Programme Document (2023-2027)

This 5-year multi-country program is an outcome of the Pacific Cooperation Framework for 2023-2027, integrating the national plans of 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action Pathway. With clear guidance from the UNDP Strategic Plan (2022-2025) and building on the achievements of the previous program cycle, UNDP's contribution to the Cooperation Framework will effectively implement the Secretary General's directives to aid small island developing States and advance the Blue Pacific Continent strategy.

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COP28: Amplifying Pacific Voices for Climate Action

Amidst the Pacific’s pristine waters and lush greenery, countries are slowly disappearing, their very existence threatened by the continued impacts of climate cha...

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Civic Education
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Handover of Civic Education Materials in Vanuatu

The distribution of a new civic education curriculum has been delivered to 27 senior secondary schools in Vanuatu.

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Women in maritime and border management
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Women at the helm: The future of maritime and border security on display in Fiji

A two-day conference has commenced in Pacific Harbour, bringing together industry leaders from Fiji, Palau and Vanuatu to discuss and advocate for more women to b...

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Voting
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Pacific Electoral Process Strengthened Through New Regional Program

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office has launched a new project supporting Election Management Bodies (EMBs) across the region to help e...

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Regional HDR
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UNDP Urges Swift Action and New Directions to Advance Asia-Pacific's Human Development

To reinvigorate human development amidst a turbulent landscape, the 2024 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report proposes new directions. Building on the region’s p...

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Our Impact

1.8

million

people in Fiji, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, now have access to formal financial services.

9,000

households

supported with livelihoods recovery, community infrastructure, early warning systems, and Post-Disaster Needs Assessment after Tropical Cyclone Harold in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

10.99

hectares

of mangrove forests and 5.57 hectares of coastal areas in Kosrae State, FSM were rehabilitated.

4

women

were elected as Members of Parliament for the Solomon Islands 2020 National Elections. It is the the highest number ever in its law-making body.

200≈

new jobs

created in green/blue businesses in the Pacific.

1,777

people

reached in Tonga through the REACH project Fiji model.

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