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Addressing challenges posed by climate change requires significant financial resources. In the growing literature of climate change, “climate finance” refers to financial resources required to cover the costs of climate actions and investments2. Climate …
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This guide is designed to support a community-based or local level management and adaptation planning process. It can be used to explore the non-climate change and climate change threats within a defined geographic area or community in which there is a …
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Vanuatu is expected to incur, on average, 48 million USD per year in losses due to earthquakes and tropical cyclones. In the next 50 years, Vanuatu has a 50% chance of experiencing a loss exceeding 330 million USD and casualties larger than 725 people, …
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The Tabwemasana Research Project was conducted from 2010-2011 in the Republic of Vanuatu on the island of Espiritu Santo (Santo) which is the largest in the nation’s archipelago of 83 islands. The study derived its name (with permission from the local …
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The Pacific Islands region is experiencing climate change. Key indicators of the changing climate include rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rising air and sea temperatures, rising sea levels and upper-ocean heat content, changing ocean chemistry …
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Powerpoint presentations to promote awareness of impacts of climate change and practical adaptations. …
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The Pacific island region includes 22 countries and dependent territories1comprised of approximately 200 high islands and 2,500 low islands and atolls.2 Although the total land area is small at about 90,000 km2, these islands cover a large expanse of …
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Erosion is the process where soft shorelines (sand, gravel or cobble) disappear and land is lost. Erosion generally comes in two forms; 1) A natural part of the coastal environment where a soft shore moves and changes in response to cyclic climatic …
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The assessment of available remote sensing data indicates, that there is almost no potential for activities reducing deforestation within the CCA/REDD site. Reducing forest degradation by eliminating invasive weeds might show some potential for emission …
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At the first United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Berlin in 1995, Atiq Rahman of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies gave an impassioned speech to the delegates and warned, “If …
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17 January 2014: During an informal meeting of the Plenary of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined UN challenges for 2014, noting that the post-2015 development agenda “must fully reflect the importance of …
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Report by Chapters Technical Summary Introduction Observations: Atmosphere and Surface Observations: Ocean Observations: Cryosphere Information from Paleoclimate Archives Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles Clouds and Aerosols Anthropogenic and …
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The Global climate Risk Index 2014 analyses to what Extent countries have been affected by the Impacts of weather- related loss events (Storms, floods, heat waves etc)... The most recent death available from 2012 and 1993-2012 were taken into …
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The UN CC:Learn initiative was started in 2009 as a collaboration of UN agencies committed to support and contribute to effective, results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change and related development challenges. UN CC:Learn …
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Havannah Harbour tourism stakeholders, the Nothwest Efate Area Council and local communities are joining hands to run an innovative campaign to minimize the effects of waste and climate change on the local tourism industry. …
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Vanuatu is identified as one of the most disaster prone countries in the Pacific region. Comprising a national population of 250,000; the country regularly experience natural disasters like flooding, volcanic eruptions, landslides, cyclones, sea level …
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ABSTRACT In many Pacific island countries, meeting non-food basic needs is a growing challenge and further complicated by substantial economic and environmental risks. Hardship and vulnerability are increasingly prominent concerns in Pacific island …
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During IFAD’s more than 35 years of existence, gender equality and women’s empowerment have gained increasing importance, both as objectives and as instruments for poverty reduction. IFAD has long recognized that as primary collectors of fuel and water in …
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Valuing Indigenous knowledge for climate change Adaptation planning in Fiji and Vanuatu …
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The academic literature on climate change communications is growing. However, the majority of this literature focuses on the issue of climate change mitigation in a developed country context, and there is little published material regarding communication …