Building Resilience to Climate Change in Papua New Guinea

Climate Change Project & Risk Management Presentation

As part of the PEFC-A Training and Awareness program, on the 25th of January 2021 PEFC-A team had the opportunity to provide awareness to 14 Business Managers for the outer Ports and other staffs from the Head office of PNG Ports Corporation. The project Deputy Team Leader Andrew Galore (National Maritime Specialist) who led the meeting, gave a general presentation of the Project and how climate change affects port infrastructures and operations during the meeting.  

The work performed by the PEFC-A team up to date is to establish the modalities to integrate climate change risk management into the day-to-day operations of PNGPCL. Activities have been directed at creating a favorable framework to incorporate mitigation measures from climate change impacts. This has resulted in (i) developing relevant policy documents to address the effects of climate change for the upgrading of coastal infrastructure; (ii) upgrading engineering design standards to accommodate the influence of climate change.

The Business Managers and staffs were given an overview of the project enabling framework to incorporate climate resilient port infrastructures and how having a Policy in place and financing mechanisms can be used to apply for international funding from donor agencies to strengthen the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of selected ports/wharves/jetties and associated infrastructure to improve the resilience of vulnerable social and economic support systems of isolated island communities to climate change impacts while climate-proofing of existing critical infrastructure.

 

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Outlined below were topics discussed during the presentation:

  1. A brief Background on what PEFC Package is about.
  2. The objects and results of the program.
  3. The Key Project Outputs of PEFC-A. The General Challenges found and anticipated during the project delivery.
  4. Current Mission Tasks – Dec 2020
  5. PEFC – Planned Workshop & Training
  6. Identification of Climate Risk
  7. Use of Asset Management Process
  8. Adaptation Guide for Port Infrastructure
  9. Climate Adaptation Process
  10. Key Project Presenters & Consultants

The PEFC-A team’s main purpose of the meeting was to engage the Outer Ports Business Managers who have come to Port Moresby. The participants showed much interest on the presentation and are looking forward to the outcomes of the project.

Images above show the PNG Ports Business Managers and other Port staffs listening to the presentation delivered by Andrew Galore (National Maritime Specialist).