Papua New Guinea

The natural environment already poses significant risks to Papua New Guinea today. Hazards like coastal flooding, inland flooding, and droughts take a severe toll on the people and the economy. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate some of these hazards and may also introduce new ones.

Fragility/Conflict status:	Institutional and Social Fragility
Programme type:	Country multi-year
Funding:	$1.65 million
Duration:	2017-2023
Status:	Completed

Key goals

Enhanced drought monitoring and early warning systems
Improved weather observations, climate data management of historical data for the monitoring of drought
Increased capacity of the national meteorological service and strengthening its cooperation with key sectoral ministries.

Progress

1 hazard – droughts – with stronger forecasting and warning ability.
9.5 million people are covered by early warning systems or local preparedness through CREWS support.
3 women benefitted from capacity development offered by CREWS.

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Drought warnings for humanitarian action

Why is drought early warning so important for Papua New Guinea? Its economy depends highly on agriculture, and two cash crops employ half the national workforce.5 With 85% of the rural population also reliant on subsistence farming, drought has left at least 3 million people food insecure. By providing regular briefings on the drought bulletin to a national Disaster Management Team made up of UN humanitarian agencies and PNG’s disaster management authority, PNG’s Met Service is enabling early humanitarian action.

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