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The Adaptation Project Tool provides guidance to Pacific Islands Countries in developing and planning climate change projects, resilient development and disaster risk reduction projects.
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It’s great that you're keen on seeing what the Vanuatu coast may look like in 2100. Here is some information on how to get the most out of Coastal Risk Vanuatu (CRV). This version has been opened for public consultation, therefore if you experience any issues, or wish to provide feedback please submit a comment using the feedback link provided. If you enjoy the experience, feel free to like us with Twitter or LinkedIn by clicking the icons in the top right of your screen. For more information on any of the terminology or concepts in this guide go to the Background section of CRV.
Quick and Easy
Click on one of the well-known places on the front page, accept the conditions of use and you're away. Pan and zoom to your places of interest to see the high tide flood extent for today (dark blue) and the high sea level rise scenario for 2100 (light blue). Type in a location in the top left Google Search once you're in the map and you can go to any coastal location around Vanuatu where there is data.
Using the 2100 Sea Level Rise Scenarios provided by the IPCC
In the top left corner of the map screen you can see the predicted scenarios. You are able to select either the high, medium or low sea level rise scenarios to look at how the 2100 high tide inundation changes with each scenario. Go to the Background section to read about the details of each scenario. These are based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report scenarios.
Seeing More or Less Information
You can click either of the two "Current Day Highest Tide" or "2100 | + X.XXm Highest Tide" buttons to turn off the flood extents. You can also go to the Layers panel on the left hand side to reveal the Flood,DEM, Aerial Photography, and Cyclone Pam UAV Photography layers. Click any of these to turn them on and off and to also adjust transparency. The Flood box turns on and off the flood extents. The DEMlayer turns on and off the underlying data which shows the heights of the land. The DEM is used to calculate which are the low-lying areas that get flooded. The Cyclone PAM UAV photography has been provided by the Pacific Community (SPC) and captures some of the damage that was caused by Cyclone Pam in March 2015. The dot placemarks for this layer indicate where there is UAV imagery on Efate and Tanna.
Manually Setting Your Inundation
In the top left you can select either Predicted or Manual. Click on Manual and then use the slider to set the inundation level to whatever you like. The level you set will be the height above current day mean sea level.
Pacific Ocean Portal. . © 2019 Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division, Pacific Community (SPC)
Get up to date climate science variables on the ocean, with special application for sectors including tourism, fisheries, and coral reef management.
http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/tracks/
The aim of the Pacific Tropical Cyclone Data Portal is to improve knowledge of past tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific Islands and East Timor. The Portal can be used to plot tracks of cyclones in the South Pacific between 1969 and 2010, allowing users to see the characteristics and paths of past tropical cyclone events. Meteorologists and stakeholders can use this tool to analyse the tracks of historical tropical cyclones and relate them to the impact on lives and infrastructure recorded on the ground
Real Time Sea Level Display for Vanuatu
1. What is the source of the real-time data on the display?
The sea level and meteorological data displayed are those received from tidal gauge facilities located in countries in the Pacific.
2. What are the sea level predictions and where to they come from?
These are tide predictions generated by the Australian National Tidal Centre (tides@bom.gov.au) and are revised every year. These predictions do not include the effects of any local conditions that may occur throughout the year, such as weather patterns.
6. How current is the real-time data on the display?
It is normal for the data displayed to lag behind the current UTC time due to the time required to obtain the data and process it for display. Delays may also be experienced when there are problems with data communications services or other processes used to transfer the tide gauge data to the real-time display.
Monthly Tide Calendars for Vanuatu
Welcome to the Climate Investment Database
The Pacific Climate Investment Database (CID) is a publicly available database containing a comprehensive overview of primary climate finance projects in the Pacific. Though there is a framework for determining ‘primary’ climate finance, many of the projects are based on the judgement call of the composer, not having total access to individual breakdowns of the projects to determine how much finance is dedicated to purely climate change causes.
This database is based on largely publicly available information. It does not capture any climate finance projects that were completed prior to 2015.
The project financials are expressed in USD. Any projects that were implemented not in a donor currency were converted using an average exchange rate from June 2014 till present.
The entire financing amount for ALL projects (eg. Grant/loans & co-financing amounts) were used where possible to fully capture the scale of the projects. We have attempted to break down these amounts by donor where possible, however financial breakdowns were not always available.
For further information, please contact the Australia Pacific Climate Partnership Support Unit at info@apclimatepartnership.com.au
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