Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
11 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 6503 (EL)
Language
English
Record ID:
28656
Legacy PEIN ID:
68603
General Notes
presented at the 19 SM officials. att.1|1st page kept in vertical file collection but e-copy available if click on link "FL" field
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Climate change - Action plan - Oceania
Abstract
Climate change is one of the most serious threats to sustainable development and to the very survival of Pacific Island Countries and communities. In 2007 the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders reiterated their deep concern over this serious and growing threat to the economic, social and environmental well being of Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), their communities, peoples and cultures. They have been calling on the international community to take concerted action to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere since 1990. The Intergovernmental Panel 011 Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report shows unequivocally that climate change is occulting and that it is very likely caused by human actions. Adaptation to climate change is now an inevitable requirement, as the Earth begins responding to greenhouse gases already emitted. In this regard the Leaders recognised the special concerns and interests of the small low lying island countries 011 the adverse implications of climate change, in particular sea level rise. The Leaders welcomed the guidance from the IPCC that it is physically and economically feasible to mitigate climate change and that with concerted international support, adaptation can also succeed. Conversely, without serious action, the global economy and the fragile resources of the Pacific will be severely affected.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
11 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 6503 (EL)
Language
English
Record ID:
28656
Legacy PEIN ID:
68603
General Notes
presented at the 19 SM officials. att.1|1st page kept in vertical file collection but e-copy available if click on link "FL" field
Record Created: 01-Feb-2006
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022