Fiji, Oct. 29 -- Fourteen Pacific Island countries will benefit from a US$1.06 billion regional climate programme backed by a US$250 million Green Climate Fund (GCF) grant to strengthen infrastructure and essential services against climate change.

The Regional Programmatic Approach on Climate Action (RPACA) will combine the GCF grant with about US$809 million in Asian Development Bank (ADB) co-financing to support climate-resilient infrastructure, improve adaptation planning and expand access to climate finance over the next decade.

GCF Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Hemant Mandal said the programme would support up to 26 infrastructure and adaptation financing sub-projects over 10 years, reaching about 3.7 million people, o...