Call for Proposals: Collaborative Engagement with Civil Society on Climate Action

A tiny village in Papua New Guinea is being hit hard by the effects of climate change and is in dire need of financial help, the Guardian reports.

According to the New York Times, the coastal town of Niue is already at risk from rising sea levels, heavy rains, and rising sea levels caused by global warming.

The village of Chautara, home to just 1,000 people, is in dire need of $100 million to help it cope with the effects of climate change and rising sea levels.

The United Nations' development agency, the United Nations Development Program, is calling for proposals from Asian civil society organizations to help the village meet its climate change adaptation goals.

The proposals should focus on four key areas: access to information, gender and social inclusion, transparency and accountability, and meeting climate change commitments.

“Without access to credible information and in forms that are easily understood, public and institutions will not be able to fully engage in decision-making at multiple governance level and safeguard their rights," the UN's development agency says in a call for proposals.

Papua New Guinea is one of several countries in the Asia-Pacific region struggling with the effects of climate change, the Times reports.

According to the Guardian, more than half of Papua New Guinea's people live in poverty

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