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SECOND NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT “Promoting Climate Justice and Social Inclusion” 11th to 13th September, 2023 APEC HAUS, PORT MORESBY The Government of Papua New Guinea hosted the First National Climate Change Summit (#Summit22) on 12-13 September 2022, which culminated in the Port Moresby Communique on climate change informed by national stakeholders in the country. The Summit22 saw more than two hundred (200) representatives of international and regional development partners, universities, private sector, financial institutions, non-government organizations (NGOs), civil society and community-based organizations attend the Summit. The ‘Port Moresby Communiqué’ calls for all local actors to take greater ownership of ...

1. BACKGROUNDUnder the support of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, members of its Conference of Parties (COP) agreed that nations would take actions to limit emissions of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and various fluorinated gases, often conveniently lumped together as “carbon”) to keep global temperatures from rising, ideally by no more than 1.5 degrees. Meeting this goal requires global annual carbon emissions to be cut by 50 percent by 2030 and reduced to net-zero by 2050. Article 6 of the Paris Agreement recognizes that some Parties may choose to pursue voluntary cooperation in the implementation of ...

INTRODUCTION Papua New Guinea (PNG) has taken a global lead in seeking to combat climate change since 2005, at COP11 in Montreal, Canada, when PNG and Costa Rica introduced the concept of REDD+ to the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change  (UNFCCC), particularly by proposing measures to realise the carbon abatement opportunity offered by preserving and sustainably managing tropical forests. Since then, the Government of Papua New Guinea (GoPNG) through the Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) and its key stakeholders with support from development partners have progressed REDD+ readiness, demonstration and implementation in the country. Under the UNFCCC ...

The Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) with the support from Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have finalised the four (4) National REDD+ Safeguards Guidelines, namely; the REDD+ Development Guidelines (RDG), Free Prior Informed Consent Guidelines (FPIC), Benefit Sharing Distribution System Guidelines (BSDS) and the Grievance Redress Mechanism Guidelines (GRM). These guidelines were drafted and widely consulted on since September 2021 with a final nod from the REDD+ Technical Working Committee on Tuesday, 1st of March 2022. These National Safeguards were validated on the 16th March, following NEC approval through Decision 212/22.