Tonga: Climate change policy - A resilient Tonga by 2035
The purpose of the policy is to provide a clear vision, goal, and objectives to direct responses to climate change and disaster risk reduction over the next five years.
The policy, and the associated revised Joint National Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management, is not intended to replace or duplicate sector specific policies and plans. Rather than address climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction in a fragmented manner, a holistic approach is taken to build resilience. The emphasis is on re-imagining and re-designing the future of Tonga to ensure that its’ people are able to respond as proactively as possible to the unfolding effects of climate change and other related global and local changes.