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A brief account of the opening ceremony for the New Lateu Settlement, Torba Province, Vanuatu: For the benefit of supporters of climate change adaptation
Climate Change Resilience
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Nakalevu Taito

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Phillips Brian

This report briefly summarises the opening ceremony for the new Lateu settlement in the Torba Province, Vanuatu. It is part of the Capacity Building for the Development of Adaptation in Pacific Island Countries project (CBDAMPIC) funded by the CIDA and executed in the Pacific region by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Proceedings are described as they unfold. A short background is also provided to give context to the event. This short account of the opening ceremony also serves to inform the climate change community oil the progress that has been made in one of the first relocation programmes globally to be undertaken due to the adverse effects of climate change.
Tuvalu's National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA): under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change Resilience
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Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment, Agriculture and Lands

2007
Tuvalu is one of the most vocal country in the world at the international arena for a solution to the global issue of climate change and how it will affect low-lying countries like Tuvalu. Dependence on natural resources, inadequate infrastructure and human resources, low economic base and social development, and lack of institutional capacity make Tuvalu more vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change, variability and extreme events.
Fiji's first National Communication under the Framework Convention on Climate Change 2005 : Climate Change - the Fiji Islands Response
Climate Change Resilience
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Department of Environment

2005
The objective of the UNFCCC is to stabilise the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at levels that prevent dangerous interference with the world's climate. This should be done within a time frame that will allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
Preliminary assessment of capacity building needs for sustainable development/vulnerability reduction in Tuvalu: Final draft, exploratory report
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Binger Al

2003
As part of Tuvalu's commitment to the principles of Agenda 21 and the outcome of the WSSD 2002. the new Government of Tuvalu is committed to preparing a national sustainable development strategy. As part of the process of putting together this strategy, the government is planning a National Sustainable Development Summit sometime in 2003.
Samoan Environment Forum : proceedings of the 2002 National Environment Forum|Samoan customary lands at the crossroads - some options for sustainable management / Tu'u'u Ieti Taule'alo|Sooialo David Fong & Patea Malo Setefano|Ethnotaxonomy of breadfruit cultivars in Samoa / Namulau'ulu G. Tavana|Population development verses sustainable development / Malaefono Taua Faafeu-Taaloga|Climate change and Samoa - Sustainable development / Tagaloa Bismarch Crawley|Urban development and uncontrolled discharge in Apia, Samoa / Paul Jones and John Cocks|Renewable energy: a renewed approach to sustainable development - a natural source of empowerment for the Pacific islands / Peniamina Doug Leavai|Sustainable agriculture : How do we get there in Samoa? / Aaron Kama|Worldviews, concepts, attitudes and awareness with regard to natural resource management in Samoa and other Pacific islands / Nacanieli S. Tuivavalagi|Some reflections on a sustainable development strategy for a least developed small island state, just graduated to developing country status / Afamasaga Faamatala Toleafoa
Climate Change Resilience
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Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment

2003
Land is at the very core of everything connected to the faa-Samoa (Samoa way) - culture, titles, language, aiga (extended family) and people. It is often the cause of major conflicts between individuals, families, villages or districts. Drawn-out disputes are common due mainly to uncertainties over numerous beneficial owners with competing interests. One only has to visit the Lands and Titles Court at Mulinuu in Upolu and Tuasivi in Savaii to witness the extent in which Samoans would fight to protect the pule (authority) over their customary lands. This forum does not permit legal representation but allows the beneficial owners to argue their own cases themselves before a panel of Samoan judges. For such an important issue in people's lives the subject of land is not openly discussed, except in court, giving the impression that either it is too complex to deal with or too personal to be anybody else's business.
Renewable energy and climate change
Climate Change Resilience
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The Royal Society of New Zealand

2002
During the past 10,000 years (until the mid 1850s) the average global surface temperature has been relatively constant at 14°C. If greenhouse gases were not present in the atmosphere the average global surface tempera- ture would be as low as -19°C. As a result of human activity over the last 150 years there has been a major increase in the release of greenhouse gases into our at- mosphere. Earth's average temperature is rising - by 2100 it may be somewhere between 16 and 20°C - leading to major changes in wind and rainfall patterns.
The Science of Climate Change : part 1 - Introduction/GHG/Radiative forcing
Climate Change Resilience
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Environment Canada

2001
Ice cores are an excellent source of information on past global climates and atmospheric composition. Antarctic ice cores indicate low concentrations of C02 and methane during glacial periods and high concentrations during interglacials. Greenhouse gas changes correlate closely with temperature changes. This suggests greenhouse gases have an important role in changes in global temperature.
Implications of climate change and sea level rise for the Republic of Palau: report of a preparatory mission
Climate Change Resilience

Sem, Graham

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Underhill, Yvonne

1994
This report outlines the implications of the expected climate change and consequent sea-level rise for the Republic of Palau. The report is one of a series of reports produced for a number of Pacific Island countries which have been identified as being under threat of major environmental change due to the expected greenhouse-forced global warming and consequent sea-level rise. The report is a result of a seven-day consultation mission to the Republic of Palau between April 12 and 19, 1993, by a two-person team operating under the auspices of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. The objective of the mission was to prepare a report, in close consultation with national experts, and the government a proposal for a programme of assistance to undertake an in-depth study of the potential negative impacts of climatic changes due to global warming and consequent sea-level rise on the natural environment and socio- economic structures and activities of the Republic of Palau.
Monteal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone layer : environmental effects of ozone depletion and the integration with climate change : 2006 assessment
Climate Change Resilience

United Nations Environment Programme

2006
An uncertain future : law enforcement, national security and climate change
Climate Change Resilience
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Abbott Chris

2008
Climate change is riding high on both domestic and international political agendas as countries face up to the huge environmental challenges the world now faces. Whilst this attention is welcome, less energy is being focused on the inevitable impact climate change will have on global and domestic security issues and the related policy implications.

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