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The “Strengthening Climate Resilience and Safe Water Access in Rural Areas in the Pacific” training workshop focused on improving the climate resilience of Pacific Islands by providing safe water access in rural areas. The training was held in person in Nadi, Fiji from 17 to 21 April 2023, and was a follow-up to a virtual training conducted in May 2022 by the Pacific Climate Change Centre. The center aims to enhance knowledge and skills of participants in the water sector on climate change and water.

The training is particularly important as drought and rising sea levels are expected to severely impact water security in the Pacific, particularly in rural areas and outer islands. The Pacific islands have many adaptation and mitigation projects in the water sector with support from climate finance mechanisms. This training builds the capacity of practitioners in the region and enables project development to replicate and scale-up initiatives for ensuring safe water access.

Participants from the water and climate change sector built their understanding of observed and projected climate change impacts on the water sector, leading to further use of the information to formulate innovative technical solutions for management of rural safe water access in their countries. The training was practical in application and relevant for work in the water sector. It has built the knowledge of accessing new platform such as climocast, which is useful in data forecasting as justification for future proposed climate projects.

The in-person training was made possible with funding support from New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and partnership with experts from SPREP, the Fiji Ministry of Infrastructure and Meteorological Services, CSIRO – Australia, Moerk Water Solutions – Asia-Pacific, and National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)- Japan. The Pacific Climate Change Center (PCCC) now has available free open learning courses. For further information on the training courses delivered through this project, please contact [email protected]