BACKGROUND

The Regional Pacific NDC Hub (NDC Hub) was set up with the objective of enhancing and implementing Pacific Island Countries' NDCs as they pursue sustainable and resilient development while transitioning to a low carbon future. As a result of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2015, 195 nations committed to the Paris Agreement, which includes the development of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), outlining each country’s climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. The NDC Hub arose as a response to calls from Pacific Island Countries (PICs) for a regional platform to support them in implementing, enhancing and financing their NDCs, during the inaugural Climate Action Pacific Partnership (CAPP) Conference, in July 2017. Subsequently, the NDC Hub was formally launched in 2017 at the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany.

The NDC Hub delivers its support in response to demand-driven country requests from PICs in accordance with the following strategic objectives of the NDC Hub’s Long-Term Strategy 2030:

» Improved NDC Planning, Policy, Strategy, and Legislation

» Strengthened Enabling Environment for NDC Implementation

» Accelerated NDC Action and Project/Program Implementation

» Enhanced NDC Measurement, Reporting, and Verification and Transparency of Climate Action

The NDC Hub has 14 Pacific country members, consisting of Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu from the Polynesian sub-region; Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu from the Melanesian sub-region; and the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, and the Republic of Marshall Islands, from the Micronesian sub-region. The NDC Hub engages directly with one Focal Point in each country. These are government representatives from the ministry responsible for climate change in each country, who oversee the implementation of all NDC Hub activities in their country.

The NDC Hub’s Steering Committee provides general oversight of the strategic direction for NDC Hub activities. The Steering Committee consists of one Focal Point from each Pacific Sub-region (Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia) as well as Fiji as the host country.

The implementation of the Pacific NDC Hub is led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). The NDC Hub works in contribution to the NDC Partnership (NDCP). The NDC Hub Coordination Group consists of one lead representative from each partner organization. The implementing partners support the functions of the NDC Hub with overall guidance and strategic direction provided by the Steering Committee. The NDC Hub’s Implementation Unit consists of technical staff from each partner organization, who are responsible for the technical implementation and day-to-day management of the NDC Hub’s work, guided by the Steering Committee and Hub Coordination Group. The NDC Hub is grateful to be funded by the European Union, and the Government of Germany, New Zealand and Australia.