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Journal of South Pacific Law : Special Issue - Human Rights and Climate Change Law
Climate Change Resilience
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Aonima, C. & Kumar, S.

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Bustreo, F.

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Wewerinke, M. & Fa'anunu, F.

2015
Climate change is often referred to as the defining challenge of our time, and it is well known that Pacific Island States are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Indeed, these adverse effects are already very tangible for most communities across the region. Coastal features are visibly changing, with rising sea-levels, higher king tides and storm surges, saltwater intrusion and changing weather patterns posing an increasing threat to the livelihoods of Pacific Island communities. The threats are amplified by extreme weather events becoming more intense and more damaging as a result of climate change, with Cyclone Pam recently causing loss of human life and catastrophic damage in Vanuatu, and to a lesser extent in the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati. 2 While communities and governments—assisted by regional, international and nongovernmental organizations—are proactively building resilience and adapting to climate change, there is a real risk of much more severe and damaging impacts materializing in the coming decades.3 The threats are so severe that most, if not all, Pacific Island States face the threat of losing some or all of their habitable territory as a result of climate change, with related risks of the loss of traditional livelihoods and large-scale involuntary displacement
Social and economic assessments of climate change adaptation in the Pacific: Making informed choices
Climate Change Resilience
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IUCN/Lal, P.N.

2014
In response to the increasing impact of climate change, countries in the Pacific have implemented a number of climate change adaptation measures over the last two decades. These range from activities that focus on mainstreaming climate change into national and sectoral level policies, plans and strategies to actual on the ground projects. This range of work implemented also includes a number of climate and weather related disaster risk management (DRM) initiatives and projects that may not explicitly been categorised as CCA (Figure 1).
Using Participatory Three-Dimensional Modelling (P3DM) to Facilitate Community Decision Making: A Case Study from the Vanuatu Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project - PACC Technical Report 10
Climate Change Resilience
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SPREP

2014
The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme is the largest climate change adaptation initiative in the Pacific region, with projects in 14 countries and territories. PACC has three main areas of activity: practical demonstrations of adaptation measures; driving the mainstreaming of climate risks into national development planning and activities; and sharing knowledge in order to build adaptive capacity. The goal of the programme is to reduce vulnerability and to increase adaptive capacity to the adverse effects of climate change in three key climate-sensitive development sectors: coastal zone management, food security and food production, and water resources management. The programme began in 2009 and is scheduled to end in December 2014.
Climate Change 2014 - Mitigation of Climate Change : Summary for Policymakers
Climate Change Resilience

IPCC

2014
Kiribati Joint Implementation Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
Climate Change Resilience
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Government of Kiribati

2014
The Republic of Kiribati is made up of three main island groups: The Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands and one isolated raised limestone island, Banaba (Ocean Island). The climate of Kiribati is hot and humid year round. This tropical climate is closely related to the temperature of the oceans surrounding the atolls and small islands. However its seasonal rainfall is highly variable from year to year, mostly due to the El Ninõ Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Socio-economic assessment of Hihifo district, the pilot site for the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project in Tonga. Technical Report 6
Climate Change Resilience
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SPREP/Faka'osi, S. & Takau, L.

2014
Tonga is one of 14 countries and territories participating in the regional Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme. PACC is the largest climate change adaptation initiative in the Pacific region, and has three main areas of activity: practical demonstrations of adaptation measures; driving the mainstreaming of climate risks into national development planning and activities; and sharing knowledge in order to build adaptive capacity. The goal of the programme is to reduce vulnerability and to increase adaptive capacity to the adverse effects of climate change in three key climate-sensitive development sectors: coastal zone management, food security and food production, and water resources management. The programme began in 2009 and is scheduled to end in December 2014.
Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies : Case studies from the GEF climate change portfolio
Climate Change Resilience

GEF

2014
Financing Adaptation Action : Least Developed Countries Fund, Special Climate Change Fund
Climate Change Resilience

GEF/Biagini, B., Dobardzic, S., Christiansen, L., Moore, R., Ortiz-Montemayor, C. & Schinn, D.

2014
Pacific Media and Climate Change Toolkit : Activities manual
Climate Change Resilience
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

2014
To understand the amount of national media coverage of environment issues and discuss ways that this could be increased, or if the quality of news coverage could be improved.
Climate change and ecosystem based adaptation : Factsheet 5
Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

2014
By the end of the century, climate change and its impacts may be the dominant direct driver of biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services globally. Climate change is already forcing plants and animals to adapt either through shifting habitat, changing life cycles, or the development of new physical traits. Encouraging biodiversity can support efforts to reduce the negative effects of climate change. Trees help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Halting deforestation and forest degradation therefore has an important role in reducing emissions and slowing climate change.

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