Green Climate Fund Vava’u Youth Stakeholders Workshop: Accessing Climate Financing
Format
15th December 2020 A Youth Stakeholders Workshop was successfully conducted at the LDS Chapel in Pouono, Vava’u by the Department of Climate Change, MEIDECC. The objective is to increase knowledge of the youth of Vava’u on climate change impacts and the investment areas of climate finance donors toward addressing national climate change mitigation and adaptation priorities on-ground.
The event opened with a prayer by the Talihau Town Officer, Bishop Stanley Tahifote, giving thanks for the beautiful day and for bringing the MEIDECC staff with the opportunity for the youth of Vava’u to learn from. The welcoming remarks was done by Manu Manuofetoa, the coordinator of the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus Scaling Up Pacific Adaptation. He welcomed the attendees with warm greetings and thanking them for availing their time to be able to attend the workshop. Ms. Frances Satini, did a brief introduction and linked how some of the projects are tied directly to “Tonga’s Joint National Action Plan II on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management” and its objectives in trying to build a resilient Tonga by 2030. Mr. Manuofetoa continued with some briefing on “What is Climate Change?” It was interesting to find out that only a few knew what climate change is and how it is affecting our daily lives.