Significant steps are being taken to advance Papua New Guinea’s (PNG's) climate resilient and green development agenda.

Recently, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Papua New Guinea handed over a new Information Technology (IT) equipment to the Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA), made possible under the Australian Government’s Climate Finance Initiative for Resilience and Sustainable Transition (Climate FIRST) Project.

This contribution enhances the Climate Finance Unit’s ability to serve as the Secretariat of the Climate Finance Steering Committee (CFSC) to coordinate, manage, and mobilize climate finance aligned with PNG’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP).

“With the support of the Australian Government and GGGI, we are building the right mechanisms to strengthen governance and coordination of climate finance in Papua New Guinea — ensuring resources reach where they are needed most,” said CCDA Acting Managing Director Debra Sungi.

Mohammad Ali Shaikh, who is the GGGI PNG Country Representative, stated also that they are not only providing hardware support like IT equipment.

“We are also investing in software — building the skills, knowledge, and capacity of the Climate Finance Unit team. This is just the starting point, not the end.”

The handover follows a successful Climate Finance Capacity Building Workshop held in July, which strengthened technical and institutional readiness for climate finance in PNG.