Pacific Disaster Planform and Climate Change Roundtable

Dear Colleagues,

 

On behalf of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), I am pleased to send you the First Announcement of the Joint Meeting of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management and Pacific Climate Change Roundtable which will be held between 1-5 July 2013 in Nadi, Fiji.

 

This is a milestone event for the Pacific. It will provide the setting for extensive discussions on the development of an integrated regional strategy for DRM and Climate Change for the Pacific by 2015.

 

The Joint Meeting will be preceded by a series of separate parallel meetings in the week 8-11 July also to be held in Nadi. The meetings are:

 

·         19th Regional Disaster Managers Meeting

·         Pacific Meteorological Council

·         Strategic Alliance Meeting of Pacific Islands Disaster, Fire & Emergency Services and Police

·         Pacific Climate Change Round Table

·         Pacific Regional Water & Sanitation Consultations

 

Please note that administrative and other arrangements in connection with the meetings will be made known in early 2013.

 

We would be grateful if you can ensure wide circulation of the attached announcement in your respective networks.

 

 

Sincerely,