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- 25 Oct 2011
The six countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) – Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste – committed to and began implementing a plan to rapidly increase the social and economic resilience of the region’s coastal communities to climate change risks.
The CTI Region-wide Early Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation (REAP-CCA) for Nearshore Marine and Coastal Environments and Small Island Ecosystems was launched at the 7th Coral Triangle Initiative Senior Officials Meeting and 3rd Coral Triangle Initiative Ministerial Meeting held in Jakarta from October 25–28, 2011. It aims to address existing and imminent threats to the Coral Triangle’s reefs, of which up to 90% in some areas are considered at risk due to unsustainable fisheries and climate change.
Developed with support from the US CTI Support Program, the REAP-CCA prioritizes immediate actions that governments and communities can implement to reduce the impacts of climate variability and ensure the resiliency of the Coral Triangle’s coastal and marine resources, which 120 million people depend on for food security and livelihoods. Key actions include studying vulnerabilities, potential impacts, and climate change risks on coastal zones and small islands; mainstreaming early warning systems for vulnerable coastal settlements; and identifying possible financing mechanisms to support the implementation of early actions.