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Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific: An Integrated Approach to Address Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (FRDP) 2017 - 2030

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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Climate change exacerbates the magnitude and impacts of climate variability and some natural hazards. The existence of some Pacific Island countries (PICs) is threatened by climate change. Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) are highly exposed to a range of natural hazards of hydro-meteorological origin (such as cyclones, droughts, landslides and floods) and geological origin (including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis). These hazards often lead to disasters, which affect thousands of people and exacerbate existing development challenges in the region. Climate change predictions identify changes for the Pacific including an increase in extreme hot days and warm nights, extreme rainfall events, intensity of tropical cyclones in the South Pacific, sea level rise and ocean acidification. Climate change is increasing the risks from weather related disasters and posing new impacts to the region. Climate change impacts also cause progressive long-term degradation to the natural environment, to critical ecosystems (e.g. coral reefs), and to social and economic systems, resulting in loss and damage to the system upon which Pacific Island communities depend for their subsistence and livelihoods.

Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) Newsletter - Issue 1 (October 2016)

Biodiversity Conservation

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PEBACC

This quarterly newsletter is an initiative to share information on Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), a pragmatic and sustainable option for securing resilience in social and ecological systems impacted by climate change.

Climate Change and Pacific Island Food Systems - The future of food, farming and fishing in the Pacific islands under a changing climate

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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Amos, Moses

Andrew, Neil

Bell, Johann

Taylor, Mary

The food systems of the Pacific region are undergoing massive changes that will be felt for generations to come. Profound changes need to be applied to the food systems in order to deal with challenges such as rapid population growth, urbanisation and the importing of cheap, but nutritionally poor, foods. These challenges are causing some of the highest levels of obesity and non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes, in the world. This booklet puts forward a set of contrasting scenarios that summarise the most important and uncertain drivers of change. The scenarios can be used to develop and test policies, plans and strategies for the future and encourage the necessary investments to support adaptation to agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture.

SPREP: Pacifics united voice can help mitigate climate change

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Moore, Tommy

Radio NZ

SPREP

A spokesperson from the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme says the Paris Agreement represents a great first step in the global commitment to addressing climate change. However, SPREP's Dr Tommy Moore says there is still a lot more that needs to be done to achieve that goal. Last year's Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation came into effect on Friday 4 November. It aims to arrest the global economy's addiction to fossil fuels and limit a rise in average world temperatures to "well below" 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial times. Dr Moore spoke with Dominic Godfrey about how Pacific countries can continue to lobby for change using their united voice.

Project Brief - Institutional strengthening in Pacific Island countries to adapt to climate change (ISACC)

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

Pacific Community (SPC)

Project Brief on ISACC

Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands 2

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Chape, Stuart

Powerpoint presentation by Stuart Chape on EBA services to the Pacific region.

Climate Change, Disaster Risk Mapping and related risks within the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology

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Reuben, Reginald

Powerpoint Presentation at PEBACC workshop held in 2016.

Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change Ecosystems & Socio-Economic Resilience Analysis & Mapping Project

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Trundle, Alexei

Powerpoint Presentation at PEBACC workshop held in 2016.

Preparatory Survey on the Project for Construction of Pacific Climate Change Centre in the Independent State of Samoa

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Small island countries, spread over the Pacific region, are extremely susceptible to natural disasters. Since concerns are growing that natural disaster may occur more frequently and become more intensified in the region in the future as climate change worsens, it is urgent and therefore important to establish a base inside the region and develop human resources in this field in order to respond to climate change and disaster prevention. Against this background, formulation of the "Strategy for Climate and Disaster Resilient Development in the Pacific (2017 to 2030)" is under way in the region led by international regional organizations and UNDP. The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (hereinafter referred to as SPREP), the implementing body of the Project for Construction of Pacific Climate Change Centre, is an international agency established in 1993 by 26 countries and territories (including 14 island countries called Pacific Island Countries, or PICs) and the headquarters in Apia, the capital of Samoa. As one of the central agencies promoting regional-level efforts in the Pacific region for climate change, SPREP is making comprehensive efforts in the field, including the above development strategy, the formulation and implementation of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in collaboration with donor agencies, and human resource development aimed at increasing its say on the international stage.

Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC)

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Timmermans, Herman

PEBACC project overview. PEBACC project sites: Taveuni Island & Macuata Province; Port Vila & Tanna Island; Choiseul Province & Honiara

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