Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme (PICAP)

OverviewPacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme

To assist the governments, private sector partners, and local populations of Pacific Small Island Developing States better manage economic loss following natural and climate change-related disasters, stakeholders set out to improve disaster risk management plans and link them to newly developed national and sub-national integrated climate disaster risk financing (CDRF) strategies.

CDRF tools and instruments, like parametric insurance, are a new medium for reaching low-income people and those left behind—vulnerable populations comprising women, youth, and individuals employed in micro, small, and medium enterprises from the agriculture, fisheries, and tourism sectors.

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The work of the Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme (PICAP) are possible thanks to the generous contributions by public and private sector partners

ContributorsMulti-stakeholder partnerships

The work of the Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme (PICAP) is possible thanks to the efforts of . These resources are pooled and channelled to participating organizations to promote joint action and multi-stakeholder partnerships, making a difference on the ground.

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Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) are highly vulnerable to natural hazards that include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, storm surges, drought, and other events. Their occurrence leads to significant budget reallocations and diversion of funds in the South Pacific from critical health, education, and economic development programmes. Annual disaster-related direct losses have soared to $284 million US dollars and the frequency and severity of disasters are on the rise thanks to climate change, disrupted economic, development, and social progress, and threats of mass displacement and forced migration.

Although many PSIDS governments developed national and sub-national disaster risk management (DRM) plans, none have integrated a climate disaster risk financing (CDRF) strategy with administrative frameworks to better manage economic losses following a disaster. This poses a serious problem for SDG acceleration while also challenging blue/green economy growth and safeguarding people, businesses, and industries against financial ruin. The lack of micro- and medium-level climate risk insurance or CDRF instruments for individuals, small businesses, local organizations, and cooperatives means stakeholders and members of the public at large turn to a handful of less attractive options such as borrowing, draining savings, postponing investments, or becoming dependent on government assistance.

Theory of change

To address existing financing and protection gaps at micro, meso, and macro levels, the United Nations leaned into South-South and triangular cooperation to partner with change makers and innovators on PSIDS vulnerability and the absence of regional CDRF mechanisms in Fiji, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Equipping governments and communities with tailored CDRF strategies and solutions makes them better positioned to address the effects of climate change.

The PICAP builds resilience via four workstreams:

Enabling policy and regulation: Increasing risk awareness and understanding toward preparing the enabling environment for introducing CDRF tools, including parametric (index based) insurance and creation of CDRF strategies.
Open digital payments ecosystem: Using digital links for products and payment delivery.
Inclusive innovation: Developing and deploying inclusive market-based insurance and blended financing instruments for micro and meso levels, using mobile and digital technologies.
Empowered customers: Educating individuals and consumers on the benefits of using insurance and other risk financing tools as part of a DRM strategy.

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Improving financial preparedness of Pacific Island governments and communities augments their capacity to handle disasters and being financially ready results in faster post-disaster recovery, rebuilding of livelihoods, and improved resilience. Making market based parametric insurance and other CDRF instruments widely available also assists communities and governments in being ready to ward off socioeconomic ruin and build back better in the wake of climate-induced or natural disasters.

GovernanceGovernance arrangements

Investment Committee

Comprised of representatives from the United Nations, donors, the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS), and other stakeholders, the committee acts as the management and/or programme board. Investment Committee members ensure accountability for the project and oversee regional activities, provide guidance and strategic direction to programme partners, approve the annual work plan (including budgets), and make recommendations to the UNCDF Executive Secretary on projects, investments, and efficient use of resources.

Project Management Team

Responsible for the day-today management of project implementation and overall performance of the project. Typically made up of resource personnel from all project implementing partners, this project team reports to the project Steering Committee, which governs/oversees project in terms of scope, budget, and timelines.

Technical Advisory Committee

Made up of independent, technical experts from various organizations, members of the Advisory Committee cover topical areas directly relevant to programme design, development, and implementation. Administrative Agent Recipient Organizations receive funds through the Administrative Agent, the MPTF Office.

Administrative Agent

Oversees the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Recipient Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors.

Participating UN Organizations

Programme implementation is the responsibility of each Participating UN Organization. Each organization is programmatically and financially responsible for resources received.

ContributorsContributors

The work of is possible thanks to the efforts of contributors. Since together they have contributed . In the annual contributions amounted to .

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Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme (PICAP)

Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme (PICAP) is currently supporting count_projects ongoing projectscount_globalInterregional and count_countries country-specific. This table shows the most recently approved ongoing projects.

All project financial information can be found in the Financials section, including delivery analysis by organization, theme and project; project financial status by country and by theme.

Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme (PICAP)

ProjectsFund's projects

For more complete project financial information please click on Financials

OverviewCountry Impact

Contributions to trust funds administered by the MPTF Office are pooled with other partner resources to achieve greater impact and leverage the SDGs. This map provides a geographical breakdown of all investments.

* The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations or UNDP concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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Results

Pathways to achieving results involve a tailored mix of strategic instruments: Assessments and research, technical advice, de-risking financial instruments (loans, guarantees, and grants), capacity building and training, implementation and partnerships, education and awareness raising, data insights, customer centricity, and performance measurements.

Collaboration with government and private sector stakeholders is vital in the design of programme activities that take successful market-based products and scale them, so they are accessible by Pacific Island households, communities, small businesses, public and private organizations, and governments to improve disaster risk management modalities.