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CSIRO (2024). Tuvalu National Adaptation Plan - Climate Impact, Vulnerability & Risk Assessment:Vulnerability Assessment Final Report. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation(CSIRO), CSIRO Technical Report, Melbourne, Australia.© Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 2024. To the extent permitted by law, allrights are reserved and no part of this publication covered by copyright may be reproduced or copied in anyform or by any means except with the written permission of CSIRO.Important disclaimerCSIRO advises that the information contained in this publication comprises general statements based onscientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete orunable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that informationwithout seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extent permitted by law,CSIRO (including its employees and consultants) excludes all liability to any person for any consequences,including but not limited to all losses, damages, costs, expenses and any other compensation, arising directlyor indirectly from using this publication (in part or in whole) and any information or material contained in it.CSIRO is committed to providing web accessible content wherever possible. If you are having difficulties withaccessing this document please contact [email protected].
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This Readiness proposal will respond directly to Tuvalu’s policy and institutional context through the provision of support in building capacity in climate financing and project management, supporting private sector engagement, co-development of sectoral concept notes to meet adaptation needs, and improved coordination across sectors and stakeholders through strengthened engagement and information sharing.IF Tuvalu strengthens the capacity of all stakeholders for climate finance, project and fiduciary functions, THEN it will enhance its access to climate financing and private sector investment opportunities BECAUSE it will have a cohort of organizations specialized in climate financing and project management; two delivery partners - one a private entity nominated for accreditation - with systems and standards required for GCF accreditation; and a private sector engaged and implementing a private sector investment roadmap. The support provided will create the enabling conditions for the development of an investment pipeline of low carbon and climate resilient projects.To fully implement the country’s climate ambitions, Tuvalu will need additional financing to close the gap for climate action. This Readiness grant strengthens Tuvalu’s climate financing efforts through NDA support, direct access to finance, and capacity to achieve against its climate targets.
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This Readiness proposal will respond directly to Tuvalu’s policy and institutional context through the provision of support in building capacity in climate financing and project management, supporting private sector engagement, co-development of sectoral concept notes to meet adaptation needs, and improved coordination across sectors and stakeholders through strengthened engagement and information sharing.IF Tuvalu strengthens the capacity of all stakeholders for climate finance, project and fiduciary functions, THEN it will enhance its access to climate financing and private sector investment opportunities BECAUSE it will have a cohort of organisations specialised in climate financing and project management; two delivery partners - one a private entity nominated for accreditation - with systems and standards required for GCF accreditation; and a private sector engaged and implementing a private sector investment roadmap. The support provided will create the enabling conditions for the development of an investment pipeline of low carbon and climate resilient projects.To fully implement the country’s climate ambitions, Tuvalu will need additional financing to close the gap for climate action. This Readiness grant strengthens Tuvalu’s climate financing efforts through NDA support, direct access to finance, and capacity to achieve against its climate targets.
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On Friday, August 16th, Tuvalu proudly hosted its inaugural Global Cooperation Training Framework (GCTF) event. The nation welcomed an array of distinguished delegates, including:Minister Steve Victor from PalauJapan Ambassador Rokuichiro Michii to FijiMr. Michael Glees, Deputy Director of USAIDMr. Bear Clanry B. Salomon, Climate Change Coordinator, Ministry of Environment, Republic of the Marshall IslandsDr. Ludvig Löwemark, Professor, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, TaiwanMr. Taiji Watanabe from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Project Coordinator for the “Project for Innovative Solutions for the Pacific Climate Change Resilience (ISPCCR)”Members of the diplomatic corps in Tuvalu, including Ambassador Andrew Lin and Australian High Commissioner to Tuvalu, Brenton GarlickRepresentatives from the World Bank, Asia Development Bank, Island Leaders, Government Officials, NGOs, Tuvalu Women Council and Tuvalu Youth Representatives.In his closing remarks, the Honorable Prime Minister of Tuvalu expressed heartfelt gratitude to Taiwan, the United States of America, Australia, Japan, and Canada for their steadfast support. “Cooperation is key, and we should leverage this platform to enhance our collaborative efforts with all partners—particularly Taiwan for financing this first-GCTF event to be hosted in Tuvalu.”Hon. Maina V. Talia, Minister of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment, a staunch advocate for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT), urged other nations to support the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP). “I challenge GCTF countries to seriously consider joining Tuvalu and other Pacific countries in signing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. This is the only way we can address the root causes of climate change-related sea level rise and build Tuvalu climate resilient,” he emphasized.Hon.
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The Tuvalu Readiness 4 project under the Climate Change Department is seeking candidates for these 2 positions; 1. Stakeholder Partnership Specialist 2. Project Development Specialist The Tuvalu Readiness 4 has an established Programme Management Unit (PMU) in Funafuti, Tuvalu with national and international professionals supporting the project and coordination with the relevant stakeholders.The Project desires to recruit a Stakeholder Engagement Specialist and Project Development Specialist who will work under the overall guidance of the Project Manager with direct supervision from the Climate Change Department and Ministry of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment. The Stakeholder Partnership Specialist will develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans under the project, provide support to the TANGO, TNCW, TNPSO and other relevant non-government agencies to strengthen their intitutional platforms and trainings and will also undertake stakeholder awareness activities and raise the profile of climate financing amogst sectors. He/she advocates for and represents the project and the Climate Change Department in the area of strengthening engagment with the private sector. The Project Development Specialist (PDO) will work closely with the Climate Finance Advisor under the project to provide advice and support on climate financing within the Government. He/She will work with professional services teams to develop pre-feasibility studies and concept notes for PPF applications under the Green Climate Fund.
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The purpose of this template is to help the National Inventory Coordinator (NIC) develop a National Inventory Improvement Plan (NIIP). Every country should have a comprehensive improvement plan including identifying improvements to methods, data, and the inventory system to improve inventory quality over time, including the transparency, consistency, comparability, completeness, and accuracy of subsequent reported national GHG inventories. Beyond identifying improvement projects, the improvement plan should also the assign a priority level to each proposed project. The plan should also provide an explanation of why certain improvement options should be considered high priority (e.g., key categories), outline implementation details (e.g., projected budget and resource needs), and indicate the time horizon for implementation (e.g., near-term such as the next inventory or long-term meaning future inventories). The plan will likely focus on improvements to key categories, consistent with IPCC good practice guidance, any priority capacity-building needs identified during technical analysis of Biennial Update Reports, Biennial Transparency Reports, or other QA/QC processes, and on all other aspects of the inventory as resources permit.Preparing and reporting an improvement plan is consistent with future reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF)1. To facilitate continuous improvement, countries should identify, regularly update, and report information on areas of improvement. In addition to areas noted above, improvements should also address capacity constraints related to use of flexibility and in the future, responding to improvements identified by technical expert review teams.
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The purpose of this template is to help you create a complete and accessible archive of your national GHG inventory. The template is also consistent with archiving guidance for future reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework1 (ETF) for National GHG Inventories.An inventory archive is a collection of information related to the GHG inventory compilation process, reporting, and institutional arrangements. Having easy access to such information will help:Current and future inventory compilers understand previously used data, methodologies, structures, processes, etc., so that they can prepare the inventory efficiently and in a manner that is consistent with prior inventories,Increase the sustainability of the national GHG inventory management system over time, andIncrease the transparency of current reporting under the UNFCCC (e.g., for National Communications and Biennial Update Reports), in addition to transparency of future reporting under the ETF. This can be particularly valuable for peer review processes, such as International Consultation and Analysis.The Archiving Coordinator (see roles documented in Template 2. Institutional Arrangements) is encouraged to use this template to develop an Archiving System before the national GHG inventory compilation cycle begins, and to document potential improvements to the Archiving System based on lessons learned from archiving materials or accessing these materials later. An Archiving System enables the efficient compilation of an archive that is consistent across all sectors and categories. The Archiving Coordinator may need to work with the National Inventory Coordinator (NIC) and other inventory team members to develop this plan.
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The supporting tool accompanied with this template enables a GHG inventory team to determine key categories of GHG emissions and removals from GHG inventory estimates.
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The purpose of this template is to help you, the National Inventory Coordinator (NIC) or key category analysis (KCA) lead, prepare your country’s national GHG inventory. You may use this template with other software or by following the guidance in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines.[1] This template facilitates development of key category analysis consistent with future reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework[2] (ETF) for National GHG Inventories. The template and tool also accommodate the use of flexibility in meeting this requirement (e.g., using a lower threshold in identifying key categories). This template uses the IPCC methodologies to determine key categories: Approach 1. Approach 1 assesses the relevance of each category compared to total national emissions in the current year (“level assessment”), and its influence on the overall trend when comparing the current year and the base year (“trend assessment”). In the Approach 1 methodology, key categories are identified using a pre-determined cumulative emissions threshold, where key categories are those that sum to 95% of the total level when summed together in descending order of magnitude.
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The purpose of this template is to help countries develop a quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) plan for current reporting under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (e.g., Biennial Update Reports) and future required reporting under the Enhanced Transparency Framework[1] (ETF) for National GHG Inventories. It includes a series of tables in which you may record country-specific information about QA/QC activities in order to create a QA/QC plan. It also includes three QA/QC checklists you may use to track progress of the QA/QC work done.The planning and implementation of QA/QC procedures are important parts of the development of national greenhouse gas inventories. A QA/QC plan helps identify improvement options to enhance transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability, completeness in national GHG inventories. A QA/QC plan also builds confidence in national GHG inventories. The template can help improve countries’ understanding of elements of a QA/QC plan to improve inventory management and reporting over time.To complete this template, the National Inventory Coordinator (NIC) and QA/QC Coordinator, with support from other key inventory team members as required, should carry out the steps enumerated below by following the instructions above each table in this template.
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The GHG data repository tool encompasses activity data collection templates for relevant sectors and subsectors.
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This template is accompanied by a supporting template for drafting an agreement between a ministry developing GHG estimates and a data provider that is supplying confidential business information (CBI) for the development of GHG estimates.
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The purpose of this template is to help inventory compilers document and report the methodologies, datasets (e.g., activity data and emission factors), and assumptions used to estimate emissions and removals from each category in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and good practice. This template facilitates compiling disaggregated data encouraged in current reporting requirements (e.g., Biennial Update Report). Compiling disaggregated data will be required in future reporting (i.e., under the Enhanced Transparency Framework1 for National GHG Inventories) to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Use of the Methods and Data Documentation (MDD) template will:help current inventory compilers in drafting a National Inventory Report;support future inventory compilers in their compilation effort as they will be able to better understand previously used data, and data collection approaches and methodologies, thus increasing compilation efficiency and consistency; andallow users to reproduce past estimates, increasing the transparency of reporting, which can be particularly valuable for peer review processes.Inventory compilers/Sector or category leads (see roles documented in Template 2. Institutional Arrangements), with the support of other key inventory team members as required, are encouraged to complete this template for all categories included in the inventory.To complete this template and document your methodology, activity data, and emission factors or stock change factors for each emission or removal category, carry out the steps listed below by following the instructions above each table in this template.
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This document provides a template for drafting a Scope of Work (SOW) that a lead inventory agency may use to develop a solicitation, e.g., Request for Proposal/Terms of Reference (RFP/ToR). The lead inventory agency, upon customizing this SOW to reflect national circumstances, may distribute it to seek a consultant with whom to contract to develop emission/removal estimates for the National GHG Inventory. This document is part of the GHG data repository tool, and may apply to the consultants listed in the completed Template: Institutional Arrangements. (depending on the sector).
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For drafting an agreement between two entities working on a national GHG inventory, such as a ministry developing GHG estimates and a data provider.
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Describe the likely roles and key responsibilities for each Sector Lead for a national GHG inventory. The primary role of each Sector Lead is to manage and coordinate development of GHG emission and removal estimates for their respective sector.
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The purpose of this template is to help you establish or improve the institutional arrangements (IA) that are the foundation of your national GHG inventory management system. The template helps countries develop, maintain, and improve management and reporting of inventory arrangements and is consistent with guidance under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF)1 for national GHG inventories.Institutional arrangements are formal or procedural agreements2 between the lead inventory agency, national inventory management team, and other institutions supporting inventory compilation (e.g., providing data, estimating emissions or removals, performing quality control).Your country’s IAs define the roles and responsibilities associated with preparing the national inventory, including which agencies and experts will provide what information and what tasks they will perform. This template will help your current and future inventory teams:
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This document describes the potential responsibilities of the National GHG Inventory Coordinator (NIC), depending on existing institutional arrangements and national circumstances. It also specifies the qualifications that the NIC ideally will possess in order to effectively manage and coordinate development of a National GHG Inventory. This document is part of GHG data repository tool, which key members of a national inventory team may use to design and develop a sustainable inventory system. Specifically, the NIC is encouraged to use this guide with Template 2: Institutional Arrangements, in which the NIC may indicate the designated inventory agency and inventory stakeholders (including the NIC, itself).
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This document provides a template for drafting a National Inventory Inception Memorandum (Memo). This memo, when customized to your national circumstances, can be distributed by the National Inventory Coordinator (NIC) to provide guidance and convey the schedule to those working on the National GHG inventory. This document is part of the GHG data repository tool, which key members of a national inventory team (such as full time staff, part time staff, or consultants) may use to design and develop a sustainable inventory system. Specifically, the NIC is encouraged to use this template with Template: Institutional Arrangements, Template: Methods and Data Documentation, Template Quality Assurance and Quality Control, and Template Archiving. Additional guidance on developing GHG inventory arrangements and inventory management that complement this Toolkit are also provided in the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 1, Chapter 1: Introduction to National GHG Inventories.
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The purpose of this template is to explain how to use the GHG data repository tool and provides tables to develop a national GHG inventory schedule and track progress with completing each template in the series. This template helps the National GHG Inventory Coordinator (NIC) initiate and manage inventory planning and provides a table to record due dates for key compilation stages. This template can facilitate GHG inventory planning for current (i.e., Biennial Update Report, National Communications) and future (i.e., Biennial Transparency Report, National Communications) reporting under the Enhanced Transparency Framework1 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).Under the Paris Agreement, the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) established new common Modalities, Procedures, and Guidelines (MPGs) for reporting under Article 13. The MPGs are based on a set of guiding principles that allow for flexibility in reporting, in light of national circumstances, while promoting the consistency, completeness, and reliability of reports. The MPGs define the reporting information to be provided, the technical expert review methods, institutional arrangements, and a process by which nations inform the national community of progress toward their goals. The ETF provides built-in flexibility to those developing countries that need it, owing to their national capacities. Through the detailed guidance on the reporting, review, and consideration processes for the information to be submitted and by making these reports publicly available, the ETF will make it possible to track the progress made by each country. In this way, it will be possible to compare a country’s actions against its plans and ambitions as described in its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)2.
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SPREP would like to call for tenders from qualified and experienced Local Consultants to undertake the role of Project Manager, Term of Reference as Annex A2.2. Tenderers will need to provide a comprehensive proposal as outlined in the attached Terms of Refer-ence (Annex A: Terms of Reference for Project Manager).2.3. The information provided are:2.3.1 Annex A: Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Project Manager2.3.2 Annex B: SPREP Service Contract template2.3. The successful consultant must supply the services to the extent applicable, in compliance with SPREP’s Values and Code of Conduct:https://www.sprep.org/attachments/Publications/Corporate_Documents/spreporganisational-val-ues-code-of-conduct.pdf. Including SPREP’s policy on Child Protection, Environmental Social Safeguards, Fraud Prevention & Whistleblower Protection and Gender and Social Inclusion.
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This National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Framework has been developed to provide strategicguidance to Tuvalu’s NAP process. The NAP Framework draws on a culmination ofassessments, including the findings of the integrated vulnerability assessment, detaileddesk review, and stocktake of legislation, policies and plans relevant to climate changeadaptation.
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Tuvalu launches the project GEF-7 Integrated Agro-ecosystem Approach for Enhancing Livelihoods and Climate Resiliencehttps://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/10517The inception workshop was held in Funafuti on the 4th April 2024. This GEF-7 project isimplemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnershipwith the Government of Tuvalu, through the Department of Agriculture, within the Ministry ofNatural Resources.The programme, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aims to reverse land degradation,enhance local livelihoods and increase climate resilience through integrated agro-ecosystemapproach (IAE) in all the islands of Tuvalu. This initiative focuses on local food production andconsumption to decrease the reliance on imported foods and promote healthy eating. It aims atreviving traditional farming practices and embracing new technologies to increase land productivityand address the country’s land degradation challenges. The project aligns with the national efforts todefine and implement land degradation neutrality targets set under the United Nations Conventionto Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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Hon. Minister Seve Paeniu, Minister for Climate Change (Finance), and our Director of Climate Change and Mitigation Policy Advisor are in Abu Dhabi attending the Pre-COP28 Meeting. The Climate & Development Ministerial Meeting convened today 29 November, 15:00 – 18:00 at the Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, Abu Dhabi. Ministers and institution leaders discussed a draft Climate and Development Ministerial Vision and Three Priority Goals to improve adaptation finance access and delivery. Hon Minister Paeniu made a great intervention stating the perspective from Tuvalu in terms of the difficulty of accessing adaption finance, also touching upon the need for scaling all sources of adaptation finance, giving examples from MDBs and other institutions. The Minister then brought forward to the meeting Tuvalu’s innovative programmatic approach to adaption action, which is the Long Term Adaptation Plan (L-TAP). Hon. Minister finally went on to approve the Three Priority Goals and Vision of the group and encouraged continued partnerships and ambition on the way to COP 28. The Climate and Development Ministers and heads of financial institutions will reconvene next year to review progress against Climate and Development objectives and will explore a process for annual progress review up to 2030.
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1.1 Project backgroundThe project, ‘Managing Coastal Aquifer in Selected Pacific SIDS’, is supported by the Global Environment Facility and is being implemented by UNDP and executed by the Disaster and Community Resilience Programme (Geoscience Energy Maritime Division) of the Pacific Community (SPC) in the Republic of Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, and Tuvalu. The four-year (2021–2024), USD 5.2 million project aims at improving the understanding, use, management and protection of coastal aquifers towards enhanced water security, including in the context of a changing climate. More specifically it aims at 1) identifying the extent, threats and the development potential of groundwater resources, 2) increasing awareness of groundwater as a water security supply source, 3) providing options for improved access to groundwater and 4) and improving aquifer protection and management, within Pacific Small Island Developing States.1.2 Mission objectives and outcomes
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The Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) Facility of the UN Capital Development (UNCDF) was designed to promote climate change-resilient communitoes and local economies by establishing a stardard, internationally recognized country-based mechanism to channel climate finance to local government authorities in Least Developing Countries (LCDs) including Tuvalu. Below are the LoCAL-Environmental and Social Safeguard (ESS) documents that has been published to the public, mainly affected beneficiaries. If you wish to know more about the project ESS visit the following sites Kaupule Funafuti Notice boardGovernment main Building Notice boardMinistry of Local Government & Agriculture
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The Climate Change Department would like to advertise to the public that there exists a position of an Administration & Finance Support Officer for the Managing Coastal Aquifer Project (MCAP). Successful applicants shall work full time for a period of 15 months starting from July 2023 to October 2024 with a salary package equivalent to $23,800 inclusive of all applicable benefits Applications, together with CV and other supporting documents, must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Climate Change Department, Partnership House, Vaiaku no later than 4.30pm on the 14th of July 2023. For any queries or if you need a copy of the terms of reference for this position, please feel free to contact this email address – [email protected] or call 20517 or check the departments Facebook page.
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An act to build an effective Climate Change Response and ensure Long-Term, just transition to a Climate Resilient and Lower Carbon Economy and Society and Related Matters.
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Managing Water Scarcity through Strengthened Water Resource Management Project in Tuvalu is the second phase of the previous Strengthening Water Security in the Vulnerable Island States that aim to improve the water resource storage system to enhance resilience in communities. This regional project covers 5 Islands which are Cook Island, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Tokelau, and Tuvalu. The project's long-term goal is for communities to be less susceptible to water scarcity. This project is funded by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC).The sole purpose of the household water survey was to collect data and information about the conditions of water storage and catchment system at the household level on all Island of Tuvalu. As the Tuvalu Water Investment Plan needs solid and up-to-date data and information on the current storage capacity on each island of Tuvalu. The survey is a preliminary step towards the achievement of the investment plan.
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The Government of Tuvalu developed its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)and submitted it to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)in 2015 and ratified the Paris Agreement on 22 April 2016. When the Paris Agreement cameinto force on 04 November 2016, Tuvalu’s INDC submitted in 2015 automatically becameTuvalu’s First NDC.