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Priority adaptations to climate change for Pacific fisheries and aquaculture: reducing risks and capitalising on opportunities - FAO/Secretariat of the Pacific Community Workshop, 5-8 June 2012, Noumea, New Caledonia
Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Bell, J.

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De Young, C.

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Johnson, J.

2012
This publication includes: i) a summary of the technical presentations provided to the Workshop participants on the implications of climate change for Pacific fisheries and aquaculture; and ii) the outcomes of discussions by participants on the priority adaptations that Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs) can implement to reduce risks and take advantage of opportunities. The Workshop was hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) as the culmination of 3.5 years of work to assess the vulnerability of Pacific fisheries and aquaculture to climate change.
Economic Modelling of Climate Change and Energy Policies
Climate Change Resilience

De Miguel, Carlos (ed.)

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Labandeira, Xavier (ed.)

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Manzano, Baltazar (ed.)

2006
Energy and environmental policies are typically addressed by different departments of government, and by different Directorates General in the case of the European Commission. The result is that policy frameworks, models and values develop in parallel and this in turn can result in diverging policy recommendations, and actions that are often not mutually consistent. An important integrative force in the European Union (EU) has been the creation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme which links the planets scarcity of assimilative capacity for greenhouse gas emissions directly to the market that shapes decisions by producers and consumers of energy. It is necessary that the intellectual community be untrammelled by such territorial institutional or political considerations, and look at the choices and issues holistically with the focus on the well being of society as a whole. This book is an important contribution in this regard as it sets the stage, addresses the role and potential of emissions trading, and then focuses on more speculative arenas of policy and practice. As such it provides both policy practitioners and the intellectual community with plenty of substance to be informed by, and to argue about.
Climate Change : Science and solutions for Australia
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Battaglia, Michael

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Cleugh, Helen (ed.)

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Graham, Paul

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Stafford Smith, Mark (ed.)

2011
Climate change is one of the greatest ecological, economic, and social challenges facing us today. The scientific evidence that human activities are contributing to climate change is compelling, but society is increasingly seeking information about the nature of the evidence and what can be done in response to a changing climate. This book provides some of that much-needed information from some of Australia's leading climate scientists.
Background Information Paper: Threats posed by climate change to economic prosperity of the Pacific Island Countries (DRAFT)
Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
2006
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the threats of climate change to the economic prosperity of the Forum Island Countries, as requested by Forum Economic Ministers in 2006.
REPUBLIC OF NAURU - Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (iNDC) Under the United Nations Convention on Climate Change
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Government of the Republic of Nauru

The Republic of Nauru is one of the smallest independent, democratic states in the world and is fully committed to supporting a successful outcome from the COP 21 on a new, ambitious, universal and legally binding agreement under the UNFCCC. In this regard, the Republic of Nauru wishes to submit its initial Intended National Determined Contributions (INCD) to the UNFCCC in accordance with the relevant paragraphs of Decision 1/CP.19 and 1/CP.20.
Climate Change Matters. Issue 52, February 2017.
SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience
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2017
Wanting to make a positive difference in the world is one thing, knowing the best way to make that difference is another, yet for the Kingdom of Tonga this ‘best way’ seems to have been found and is being put to use.
Climate Change Matters. Issue 53, March 2017.
SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

2015
Wanting to make a positive difference in the world is one thing, knowing the best way to make that difference is another, yet for the Kingdom of Tonga this ‘best way’ seems to have been found and is being put to use.
Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific: An Integrated Approach to Address Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (FRDP) 2017 - 2030
Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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2016
Climate change exacerbates the magnitude and impacts of climate variability and some natural hazards. The existence of some Pacific Island countries (PICs) is threatened by climate change. Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) are highly exposed to a range of natural hazards of hydro-meteorological origin (such as cyclones, droughts, landslides and floods) and geological origin (including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis). These hazards often lead to disasters, which affect thousands of people and exacerbate existing development challenges in the region. Climate change predictions identify changes for the Pacific including an increase in extreme hot days and warm nights, extreme rainfall events, intensity of tropical cyclones in the South Pacific, sea level rise and ocean acidification. Climate change is increasing the risks from weather related disasters and posing new impacts to the region. Climate change impacts also cause progressive long-term degradation to the natural environment, to critical ecosystems (e.g. coral reefs), and to social and economic systems, resulting in loss and damage to the system upon which Pacific Island communities depend for their subsistence and livelihoods.
Garnaut Climate Change Review - Update 2011. Update Paper seven: Low emissions technology and the innovation challenge
Climate Change Resilience

Garnaut, Ross

2011
It is in our national interest to play its proportionate part in the world meeting what is now a goal that has been agreed by the international community: reducing global emissions to an extent that holds temperature increases to below 2 degrees Celsius. Australia has more to lose than any other developed country if this goal is not achieved. Australia has naturally a highly emissions-intensive economy, currently with far higher emissions per capita than any other developed country. Most other developed countries now have falling or steady emissions but, largely as a result of the contemporary resources boom, our emissions continue to increase rapidly. The naturally high emissions intensity of Australian production would not be a particular issue if there were deep international trade in entitlements generating comparable carbon prices over much of the global economy: unavoidable emissions costs would be embedded in international product prices, and Australia may be a large exporter of emissions-intensive products, and a large number of entitlements to emit greenhouse gasses.
Garnaut Climate Change Review - Update 2011. Update Paper eight: Transforming the electricity sector
Climate Change Resilience

Garnaut, Ross

2011
It is in our national interest to play its proportionate part in the world meeting what is now a goal that has been agreed by the international community: reducing global emissions to an extent that holds temperature increases to below 2 degrees Celsius. Australia has more to lose than any other developed country if this goal is not achieved. Australia has naturally a highly emissions-intensive economy, currently with far higher emissions per capita than any other developed country. Most other developed countries now have falling or steady emissions but, largely as a result of the contemporary resources boom, our emissions continue to increase rapidly. The naturally high emissions intensity of Australian production would not be a particular issue if there were deep international trade in entitlements generating comparable carbon prices over much of the global economy: unavoidable emissions costs would be embedded in international product prices, and Australia may be a large exporter of emissions-intensive products, and a large number of entitlements to emit greenhouse gasses.

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