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Vosaqali ni Draki Veisau: iTaukei Glossary of Climate Change Terms

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

Ministry of iTaukei Affairs

Strategies and on the ground options for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in the Pacific

Climate Change Resilience

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Faletau, Taniela

Leavai, Peniamina

McFadzien, Diane

Ronneberg, Espen

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.

Pacific Island States capacity development needs for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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Faletau, Taniela

Leavai, Peniamina

McFadzien, Diane

Ronneberg, Espen

This paper provides a brief examination of capacity development needs for climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) in small island developing states (SIDS). It is noted that this is a critical time for SIDS which must contend with ongoing developmental pressures in addition to growing pressures from risks associated with global environmental change and economic liberalisation that threaten their physical and economic security. Much depends in this context on the orientation of SIDS in global economic and political systems. Getting the policies right is proving to be very difficult as SIDS continue to be deficient in a critical mass of intellectual capital, policy coherence, financial resources and qualified personnel that are needed to develop and implement sustainable development policies and projects. In turn, this critically hampers the emergence of adequate systemic capacity. SIDS however have a history of changes at the global and regional levels which not only created constraints but can be seen as a source of new opportunities for building resilience to natural disasters. How effective this process transpires in the end will depend on how well lessons learnt from preceding years are taken on board and effectively acted upon.

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project Cost Benefits Analysis (CBA) Work Plans

Climate Change Resilience

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Buncle, Aaron

This report documents the Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) work plans developed as part of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project. The objective of these work plans is to guide PIC Government officials to conduct a CBA of their PACC pilot project. PIC Government officials will be supported by regional economists to implement their CBA work plans. PACC CBA work plans were developed at three sub-regional workshops delivered between November 2011 and February 2012. More information on the PACC CBA Work Program can be found at www.sprep.org/Regional-Workshops/cost-benefit-analysis.

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project 3rd Multipartite Review Meeting 2012; UNDP, SPREP, AusAID, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Nauru, Niue, Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Gender Assessment, Mid Term Review

Climate Change Resilience

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PACC

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project Cost Benefit Analysis Work Program: Interim Report April 2012

Climate Change Resilience

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SPREP - Aaron Buncle

At the second PACC Multipartite Review Meeting in August 2011 it was agreed that Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) would be incorporated into PACC pilot demonstration projects. This report documents the planning of the PACC CBA work program, outputs and impacts to date, and next steps for the coming 12 months. The focus of the report is an evaluation of three CBA training workshops which were run between November 2011 and February 2012.

Te Kaniva: Tuvalu Climate Change Policy (English)

Climate Change Resilience

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Government of Tuvalu

Te Kaniva (Tuvalu Climate Change Policy) prescribes the Government and the people of Tuvalus strategic polices for responding to climate change impacts and related disaster risks over the next 10 years (20122021). The Policy defines seven thematic goals, strategies and desired outcomes that the Government and the people of Tuvalu have prioritized for implementation to ensure that safety and resilience are achieved. The Policy is directly linked to the National Strategic Action Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (NSAP). In both the policy and NSAP, climate change refers to both adaptation and mitigation unless specifically differentiated. The Policy covers climate change impacts and related climate and hydrological hazards whereas the NSAP covers geological and anthropological hazards and related disasters.

Tuvalu National Strategic Action Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management 2012 - 2016 (NSAP) (JNAP)

Climate Change Resilience

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Government of Tuvalu

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project Tuvalu Newsletter

Climate Change Resilience

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L. Tausi

Solomon Islands National Climate Change Policy 2012-2017

Climate Change Resilience

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Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology

Climate change and its accompanying impacts is one of the most challenging and complex environmental problems now confronting the global environment and humanity. Scientific evidence and the work of the global scientific authority on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007), has shown that concentrations of Green House Gases (GHG) in the earths atmosphere have increased significantly since the industrial revolution.

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