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Early this year the Climate Champion for Tuvalu former Prime Minister Rt. Hon Enele Sosene Sopoaga committed to provide an opportunity for young people of Tuvalu to raise their voice, speak out what they need heir future to be. A Climate Change Youth Forum was convened by the Department of Climate Change and Disaster under his able leadership in Funafuti. As an outcome youths of Tuvalu produced the Funafuti Declaration on Youth and Climate Change.An opportunity was again provided at the Climate Change Sautalaga that was convened as part of the PIF Leaders Meeting in Funafuti to allow young people of Tuvalu to present their Declaration to Forum Leaders. The message was received with great applause and respect from Leaders.More interestingly, excessive efforts were made to take young people of Tuvalu to United Nations in New York to speak at the Youth Summit that was convened as part of the UN Secretary General's Climate Action Summit. The youths of Tuvalu proudly presented their stories, seek global support and more importantly shere their commitments to address climate change and its adverse effects.
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CLIMATE CHANGE SAUTALAGA OVERVIEW
The climate Change Sautalaga will start off on Monday the 12th of August, 2019, and will be held Rt. Hon. Dr. Sir Tomasi Puapua Convention Center
The aim of the Sautalaga is to have an exchange of views on critical climate change issues in the region. We will be drawing on international and national experts to give presentations on key issues and propose a way forward on each item. It is anticipated that a Declaration will be developed based on the presentation and discussions. This Declaration will be on behalf of Pacific Small Island Developing States so that their views can be properly presented in an outcome document.
The Prime Minister of Tuvalu will present the Declaration coming from the Sautalaga to the Forum Leaders for their consideration
The issues that will be discussed in the Sautalaga as well as the expected outcomes include;
The Science of Climate Change
The impacts of Climate Change on health
The Role of Climate Finance on building resilience
Implications of Climate Change on the security of Pacific Island Countries
Considering the governance of emerging altering technologies
Expectations of COP25
Preparing for the UN Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit
NDC and Low Carbon Development: Implications for SIDS
Renewable Energy: Accessibility for SIDS
Sustainable Sea Transport for inter-island service
Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient
Impacts of Climate Change on Tuna Fisheries
Implications of sea level rise on maritime boundaries
Ocean-Climate Nexus
Outcomes of the Tuvalu Climate Change Youth Forum
Possible outcomes for the declaration will be finalized by the Pacific Small Island Developing States.
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The Tuvalu Government requires employees as well as members of Parliament, the public service, consultants, vendors, contractors, donors, and/or any other parties with a financial or operational relationship with the Government of Tuvalu to observe high standards of business and personal ethics in the conduct of their duties and responsibilities. As employees and representatives of the Tuvalu Government, we must practice honesty and integrity in fulfilling our responsibilities and comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
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"Te Kaniva" was the first Tuvalu climate change policy presented by the former Hon. Apisai Ielemia in 2012, refering to a "traditional travelling method of using stars and daily weather patterns by our ancestors when they go on a long journey on a fishing expedition" meaning that TCCP will help the nation chart a way through the many impacts of climate change.
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Tuvalu faces several development challenges as one of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The National Strategy for Sustainable Development (2016-2020) (TK III) addresses these challenges and provides important guidelines on Tuvalu’s sustainable development.
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This fraud policy is established to support increased awareness, understanding and transparency of the control environment to support the detection and prevention of fraud against the Government of Tuvalu.
The Government of Tuvalu has a zero tolerance approach to fraud, and shall promote consistent behaviour by providing guidelines for staff, assigning responsibility for controls to positions and conducting investigations into alleged fraud.
In relation to the commitment to prevent and discourage fraud the Secretary for Finance and Economic Development shall be responsible for the following items:
a. Developing and maintaining effective controls to prevent fraud;
b. Ensuring if fraud occurs a vigorous and prompt investigation takes place;
c. Recording and reporting all cases of fraud to the Audit Committee, the Auditor-General and the Ombudsman;
d. Taking appropriate disciplinary and legal action in all cases;
e. Reviewing and updating the systems and procedures which did not prevent or detect a fraud from occurring, in order to prevent similar frauds from occurring in the future; and
f. Investigating where fraud has occurred if there has been a failure in supervision, and taking appropriate disciplinary action where supervisory failures occurred.
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