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The purpose of this report is to summarise a review of the degree to which climate change has so far been mainstreamed in national strategic plans, policies and budgets, and – in a sectoral case study (presented in Annex 1) – the extent to which mainstreaming has translated to implementation. Table 1 shows the criteria used in this review to assess the degree of mainstreaming of climate change, as well as some general remarks in relation to the review’s findings for Tuvalu.

Bingo game cards with rules, etc.

Fish aggregating devices, more commonly called FADs, are anchored or drifting objects that are put in the ocean to attract fish. Tuna and other fish gather around FADs, which makes it easier to find and catch them. Fish also aggregate under drifting logs and even whales, and rules on fishing around FADs often apply to all objects drifting on or near the sea surface, which attract fish.

Project overview brochure on Food Security and Climate change in the Pacific.

Project brief on the Ecological risk assessment and bycatch mitigation.

Policy brief on fisheries and climate change.

This second integrated strategic plan of the Land Resources Division of SPC is the outcome of an extensive participatory consultative process involving representatives of many of LRD's stakeholders at national, regional and international levels. Technical meetings (including the 2006 Heads of Agriculture and Forestry Services(HOAFS), 2007 Regional Technical Meeting on Plant Protection (RTMPP), and 2007 Pacific Heads of Veterinary & Animal Health Production Services (PHOVAPS) held over the last biennium provided inputs into the formulation of the plan.

The inaugural regional workshop for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)-European Union (EU) EDF10 Deep Sea Minerals (DSM) Project was held at the the Tanoa International Hotel in Nadi, Fiji Islands, during 6-8 June 2011. The workshop was titled: High-Level Briefing on the Status of Deep Sea Minerals in the Pacific Islands Region and Planning for a Regionally Integrated Way Forward. The meeting noted that this summary was determined on the 8th of June 2011, the United Nations World Oceans Day.

We can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by reducing the areas of forest removed and trees cut down. This can be done by:|preventing the conversion of forests to another land use type (eg. proper land use planning of forest areas to minimise forest clearance instead of completely clearing the forest to establish cash crop plantations or pasture land);|applying less destructive timber harvesting techniques (eg. select only suitable trees to harvest and ensure minimum environmental disturbance when putting in logging roads and tracks);|practising farming systems that minimise the removal of trees (eg. apply agroforestry farming systems);|conserving forests that are under threat of being removed.