Development and climate change in Fiji: focus on coastal mangroves
Climate Change Resilience
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Shardul Agrawala, Tomoko Ota, James Risbey, Marca Hagenstad, Joel Smith, Maarten van Aalst, Kanyathu Koshy and Biman Prasad
2003
This report presents the integrated case study for Fiji carried out under an OECD project on Development and Climate Change. The report is structured around a three-tier framework. First, recent climate trends and climate change scenarios for Fiji are assessed, and key sectoral impacts are identified and ranked along multiple indicators to establish priorities for adaptation. Second, donor portfolios are analyzed to examine the proportion of donor activities affected by climate risks. A desk analysis of donor strategies and project documents as well as national plans is conducted to assess the degree of attention to climate change concerns in development planning and assistance. Third, an in-depth analysis is conducted for Fijis coastal mangroves which help reduce coastal inundation and storm surge damages, but are also themselves vulnerable to climate change