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Climate Change in the Pacific is a rigorously researched, peer-reviewed scientific assessment of the climate of the western Pacific region. Building on the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, this two volume publication represents a comprehensive resource on the climate of the Pacific.
VOLUME 1: REGIONAL OVERVIEW
Volume 1 presents an overview of the region: analysis of large-scale climate phenomena such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, seasonal variability and past climate trends and further develops regional climate change projections. Download the report from the links below.
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT: VOLUME 1
Climate Change in the Pacific. Scientific Assessment and New Research, Volume 1. Regional Overview [PDF, 20.1MB]
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The Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are a diverse array of countries with widely varying topographies, cultures and economies, fragile natural resource environments, and prosperity, stability, and security that can be compromised by the impacts and consequences of climate change. The Pacific island governments view climate change as a priority issue, especially in terms of its potential impacts on food security, and need clear directions in addressing both issues. This report describes the present state of food security and its contributing factors in the Pacific region, assesses its prospects amid the growing threats and likely impacts of climate change, and presents potential areas for more active assistance, investments, and interventions from ADB and other development partners. While technical and policy measures to ensure food security amid the ensuing climate change are numerous, interrelated, and complex, the successful implementation of programs and projects calls for simple and flexible designs that carefully consider the capabilities of relevant stakeholders at the regional, national, and local levels.
The Food Security and Climate Change in the Pacific: Rethinking the Options report includes:
Foreword
Executive Summary
Introduction
Food Security: Current Status and Factors
Climate Change Threats and Impacts on Food Security
Rethinking the Options
Implications for ADB Assistance
References
Appendixes
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ArtTEK Tanna: Nainé Resilient Societies Center consists of two separate programs with differing objectives and implementation strategies. Program A: TEK & Tech Youth Champions is the subject of this brief. It encompasses youth outreach and community training that brings outside experts to conduct ongoing training and workshops in Climate Change Adaptation. Central to this training are renewable energy systems operations and maintenance paired with sustainable forestry of rapidly-‐renewing building and fuel stocks. These include cash crops or incentivized agro-‐forestry that mitigate forest degradation (like sandalwood, Project brief: ArtTEK Tanna National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction 2 kauri, canarium and namamau) with additional focus placed on large-‐diameter bamboo and coconut. This focus on fusing economic benefits with climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies is reinforced through knowledge transfer between local communities and visiting experts. Such experts bring news of global best practices in eco literacy and environmental conservation which integrate with local kastom to strengthen climate change mitigation practices at the village level in Vanuatu. Program B: TEK & Tech Resilience Innovators focuses on increasing resilience to climate change worldwide through integration of indigenous management strategies. It will be implemented by ArtTEK Tanna’s New York-‐based Directorial Board & Team through an Administrative Agreement between the governing board and this project’s Community Co-‐Founders in Middle Bush, Tanna.
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Assist in the application of technology to improve understanding of effectiveness of climate change policy and activity in the country in line with the review of climate change policy underway. Assist with understanding opportunites for feeding this work into specific areas of interest of the government: e.g. data in the agricultural sector (as already examined in Samoa)
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Vanuatu is one of the six countries that were selected as pilot project countries for the SPC/USAID project titled “Vegetation and land cover mapping and improving food security for building resilience to a changing climate in Pacific island communities”.
The main objective of the assessment was to conduct climate change vulnerability assessments on the
land based agricultural production systems and identify adaptation measures to the impacts of climate
change. More specifically:
1. Assess the degree of vulnerability to climate change on food productions systems in Ureparapara;
2. Assess food security situation in Ureparapara;
3. Identify adaptation measures to the impacts of climate change on food production systems.
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Climate Change I save spoilem yam blong yumi. Bigfala san I
save bonem ol lif, mekem se kaikai I no gud. Bigfala ren I
save mekem se kaikai I stink o ol pipey oli kam plante. Samtaem
yam I luk redi be kaikai I no gud nomo. Ol saeklon oli
save brokbrokem lif yam mo spoilem kaikai blong hem.
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Information on how to adapt to climate change on pilot sites for forestry in vanuatu.
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conditions on how to plant tomato in relations to climate change that is one of the major threats to the pacific islands countries.
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Conditions on how to plant crops in relation to climate change that is one of the major threats to the pacific island nation.
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Climate Change I save spoilem taro blong yumi. Bigfala san I
save bonem ol lif, mekem se kaikai I no gud. Bigfala ren I
save mekem se kaikai I stink nomo long graon mo ol sik mo
disis I mekem taro I no gud. Ol saeklon oli save brokbrokem lif
taro mo spoilem kaikai blong hem.
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Climate Change I save spoilem manioc blong yumi. Bigfala
san I save bonem ol lif, mekem se kaikai I no gud. Bigfala ren
I save mekem se kaikai I stink nomo long graon mo ol sik mo
disis I mekem manioc I no gud. Ol saeklon oli save brokbrokem
lif manioc mo spoilem kaikai blong hem.
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Around the world, weather patterns are shifting
and farmers are scrambling to adjust as the
leading edge of climate change is arriving.
In quite a few places, growing seasons have
expanded, in others they have contracted. Sea
levels are rising and water tables are shrinking.
For agriculture, climate change is no longer
conjecture but a fact of daily life.
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