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AdaptME will help you to think through some of the factors that can make an evaluation of adaptation activities inherently challenging, and equip you to design a robust evaluation. You will be able to ‘tweak’ a single part of your evaluation design or use multiple tools to build a new approach – that is for you to decide!

Assessing people’s vulnerability and adaptation to climate change is complex. There are a number of inter-related factors that affect people’s vulnerability, sensitivity and capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Therefore, understanding how communities interact with multiple social, cultural, political, economic and environmental factors is paramount to understanding how they are vulnerable and able to adapt to these impacts. Consequently, this study focused on the community as the central point of measuring vulnerability to climate change in Choiseul province, and this report is primarily based on information gathered through a series of facilitated workshops, observations and recorded data in 27 communities throughout the province. The information is then strengthened through analysis of the literature, including scientific research and relevant government legislation that relates to issues raised in the Choiseul communities.

Small Island developing states (SIDS) have ongoing projects and projects in the pipeline which are targeted at implementing adaptation measures. In the Pacific alone there have been a range of such initiatives starting with the PICCAP project in the late 90s to the ongoing PACC project, the latter building on the lessons learnt from its predecessors to help increase resilience to the impacts of climate change. On a global, regional and national level these projects have stringently involved strengthening of institutions, policy and regulations, but more importantly evolved to implement on the ground-level tasks, many of which follow on from, or are acting in synergy with other projects for the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives in communities. A key challenge in this context for decision makers, policy makers, and development partners is to understand and adopt strategies that are effective in mobilizing people and resources in response to CCA and DRR. All efforts in this context must be made to learn from past lessons and concerted action taken to refine, augment and deploy these initiatives appropriately and urgently.

Climate ExChange is a fully illustrated 250-page book with over 100 authors relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local levels. The commentaries draw upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives. Climate ExChange reflects the progress and challenges in these fields, highlighting good practices in a wide variety of societies and disciplines.

This report summarises the installation of sea-level and climate monitoring equipment and associated activities as one component of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) demonstration project on Kosrae. This purpose of this component is to provide adequate baseline monitoring on Kosrae to ensure fit-for-purpose climate-related information is available to inform future climate sensitive decision-making and planning.