P4SD presented at the 6th Session of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management, Fiji 2014. This was a key regional meeting of Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) members including Australia, New Zealand, France and the USA. At the forum the members agreed to the regional strategy that ties climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction – a first in the global arena.

Planning 4 Sustainable Development (P4SD) team members assisted the Samoan Planning and Urban Management Authority to complete one of the first city development strategies in the Pacific. Our work generated the city structure plan based on the outcomes of extensive community engagement and involvement, using the ‘ridge to reef’ landscape planning approach.

The Office of Prime Minister, Cook Islands engaged P4SD to complete a capacity assessment and learning needs evaluation to plan future training and capacity building – to address climate change and disaster risk reduction (CC & DRR) in the country.