Documents in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund for a Regional Tuna Programme

Feasibility study

Technical studies

During the Project Preparatory Facility period SPC commissioned a series of Technical Studies to assimilate technical, scientific and policy information. This information was used to prepare the Funding Proposal. The Technical Studies (which will eventually be professionally formatted and edited), include: 

  • Study 1

    SPC. 2024. Assessment of the vulnerability of Pacific Island communities and economies to the effects of climate change on fisheries. Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 1. 88 p. + Annexes. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/p6wzc

    Johnson J.E., Welch D.J., Youngs K., Basel B., Tracey D., Sambrook K., Fulton E., Blanchard J.L., Moore B.R., Fierro-Arcos D., Molinari B. 2024. Assessment of the vulnerability of Pacific Island communities and food security to the effects of climate change on coastal fisheries: Supplementary Technical Report for GCF Study 1. 77 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/tgzyj

  • Study 2

    Brewer T., Kottage H., Andrew N. 2024. Options for supplying dietary protein for growing Pacific Island populations. Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 2. 93 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/4aszp

  • Study 3

    Chapman L. 2024. Regional Report: Feasibility of scaling-up National Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Programmes in all 14 participating countries. Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 3. October 2023. Lindsay Chapman Consulting Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia. 92 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/au6vm

  • Study 4

    Sanders J. et al. 2024. Disaster risk reduction in fisheries in the Pacific Islands: Review of the capacity of national administrations to manage the risks posed by natural disasters to small-scale fishers. Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 4. 31 p. + annexes. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/2mk2j

  • Study 5

    MRAG Asia Pacific. 2024. Adapting tuna dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change: Existing and future needs and conditions for distributing tuna bycatch to urban and peri-urban areas (GCF Study 5). Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 5. 44 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/5t6n9

  • Study 6

    Edwards N.J. and Radway S. 2024. Mechanisms to produce behavioural change in fishing and consumption of tuna and other pelagic fish species by Pacific Island coastal communities. Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 6. January 2024. cChange4Good, Brisbane, Australia. 45 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/42r9e

  • Study 7

    Fernandes-Salvador J.A., Manso I., Boyra G., Anabitarte A., Santiago J. 2024. Scope for data collection by industrial fishing vessels to inform climate/weather/fisheries models. Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 7. Noumea, New Caledonia: Pacific Community, and Sukarrieta, Spain: AZTI, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA). 41 pages + appendices. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/o92oo

  • Study 8

    Goodman C., Azmi K., Davis R., Haas B., Hanich Q. 2024. Preliminary framework for joint management of redistributed tuna stocks by WCPFC and IATTC (GCF Study 8). Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 8. Wollongong, Australia: Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security.  https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/bv4f8

  • Study 9

    Tolvanen, S. 2024. Identification of financing mechanisms, supporting policies and capacity needs to sustain the benefits achieved through investment by the GCF. Part 1: Finance mechanisms and supporting policies to sustain national FAD programs. Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 9. 43 p. + annexes. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/chuyv

    Tolvanen, S. 2024. Identification of financing mechanisms, supporting policies and capacity needs to sustain the benefits achieved through investment by the GCF. Part 2: Assess the scope for governments of participating countries with hubs for the transshipment of purse-seine catches to regulate these operations and capitalize on these activities in new ways to sustain access to tuna for the food security of urban communities. Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 9. 43 p. + annexes. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/ztnzi

    Tolvanen, S. 2024. Identification of financing mechanisms, supporting policies and capacity needs to sustain the benefits achieved through investment by the GCF. Part 3: Finance mechanisms, supporting policies and institutional arrangements to support the Advance Warning System (AWS). Prepared in support of a Funding Proposal to the Green Climate Fund, Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change. Technical Study 9. 39 p. + annexes. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/zhokq

  • Study 12

    Lee R. 2024. Needs analysis for safe small vessel designs for operating around nearshore FADs (GCF Study 12). Technical Study 12 prepared for the Pacific Community as a contribution to a funding proposal being prepared for submission to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). 106 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/i66qp