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Integration of Climate Change Risk and Resilience into Forestry Management in Samoa (ICCRIFS)

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
    Summary:

    Although much has been accomplished in Samoa in disaster risk management during the past 20 years, communities in Samoa are still facing increasing and additional challenges in terms of addressing climate-related disaster risk. There is now a need to strengthen the capacity of Samoan communities to build further resilience to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events, especially in rural communities.

    Project Components:
    • 1. Review of national climate change adaptation policies and strategies to integrate lowland agroforestry and upland native forestry sub-sectors
    • 2. Demonstration of policy and technical guidelines through piloting climate resilient techniques.
    • 3. Knowledge Management, Learning and Replication
    • 4. Project Management
    Expected Outputs:
    • 1. Climate risk and resilience are integrated in lowland agroforestry and upland native forestry policies, strategies and management techniques.
    • 2. Enhanced capacity of foresters and communities on climate-resilient agroforestry practices in lowland areas.
    • 3. Project knowledge captured, disseminated and replicated through dedicated follow-up activities
    Contacts:
    • Gabor Vereczi
    • Regional Technical Advisor
    • Climate Change Adaptation
    • Tel: +685 23670
    • Email: gabor.vereczi@undp.org
    Project Status:
    Hard Pipeline (As of 7 October 2010).
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-LDCF
    Cofinancing Total:
    $2,400,000
    Total Amounts:
    $4,800,000

Climate Proofing: A Risk-based Approach to Adaptation

Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2010-03-31 01:40
Author(s):
Project Team: John Hay Team Leader, International Global Change Institute (IGCI), University of Waikato, Richard Warrick Team Member, IGCI, University of Waikato, Wei Ye SimClim Development, University of Waikato, Peter Kouwenhoven SimClim Development, University of Waikato, Liza Koshy Data Management and GIS, IGSI, University of Waikato, Claire Gibson Information, IGCI, University of Waikato, Yengpeng Yi Data Processing, IGCI, University of Waikato, Joseph Kono Team Member (FSM), Teresa Manarangi-Trott Team Member (Cook Islands), Mr. Kevin Oldham Project Director, Maunsell (NZ) Ltd., Peter Hartley Project Manager, Maunsell (NZ) Ltd., Nadine Wakim. Further details for contributing authors can be found on xvii-xxi of the report.
Year:
2005
City:
Manila, Philippines
Publisher:
Asian Development Bank
Pages:
219
Summary:

The studies are designed to assist Pacific Developing Member Countries (PDMCs) to enhance their adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change and variability, including extreme events. The Climate Change Adaptation through Integrated Risk Reduction (CCAIRR) framework and methodology have been used to demonstrate a risk-based approach to adaptation and the mainstreaming of adaptation through risk assessment, adaptation planning, and policy development, by climate proofing infrastructure, and through community and other development initiatives.

An Overview of Modeling Climate Change Impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands

Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2010-03-31 01:21
Author(s):
Simpson, M.C., Scott, D., New, M., Sim, R., Smith, D., Harrison, M., Eakin, C.M., Warrick, R., Strong, A.E., Kouwenhoven, P., Harrison, S., Wilson, M., Nelson, G.C., Donner, S., Kay, R., Geldhill, D.K., Liu, G., Morgan, J.A., Kleypas, J.A., Mumby, P.J., Christensen, T.R.L., Baskett, M.L., Skirving, W.J., Elrick, C., Taylor, M., Bell, J., Rutty, M., Burnett, J.B., Overmas, M., Robertson, R. and Stager, H.
Year:
2009
City:
Barbados, West Indies
Publisher:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Pages:
266
Summary:

This report was commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sub-Regional Office for Barbados and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), with support from Australia’s International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. The report was produced by the CARIBSAVE Partnership and authored by members of 15 key institutions around the world dealing with climate change (see page 10 of the report for further details).

Climate Change and the Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclones Project

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Australian Department of Climate Change
    Summary:

    #####PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

    The Climate Change and the Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclones Project is funded by
    Australian Department of Climate Change and implemented in all Pacific Developing Member Countries (PDMCs) during 2007 and 2008. The project is designed to conduct further analysis of the climatology of tropical cyclone variability and to develop a tropical cyclone forecasting scheme, linking with activities in the Pacific Islands Climate Predictions Project (PI-CPP).

    Contacts:

    AusAID Contacts:
    Brian Dawson
    Email: brian.dawson@ausaid.gov.au

    Paul Mitchell
    Email: paul.mitchell@ausaid.gov.au

    Project Status:
    Completed, 2008
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    AusAID
    Cofinancing Total:
    No information available

Pacific Islands Climate Predictions Project (PI-CPP)

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Australian Bureau of Meteorology
    Summary:

    Project Description: The aim of this project is to strengthen climate prediction in Pacific Island countries. It aims to expand the use of climate predictions by Pacific Island countries both in National Meteorological Services and by industries/agencies which use climate information including farmers, tourism, water resource managers and health authorities. The project is scheduled to end in 2009.

    Expected Outputs:

    1. Develop and install PC-based climate prediction software. 2. Train NMS personnel in the use of the climate prediction software and the establishment of a climate prediction service. 3. Facilitate linkages between NMS staff and clients making climate sensitive decisions. 4. Train clients in the effective use of prediction information.

    Contacts:

    Project Contacts: Ms. Janita Pahalad Project Team Leader Email: picpp@bom.gov.au Tel: (613) 9669 4781 Mrs. Debbie Dowel Project Support Officer Email: picpp@bom.gov.au Tel: (613) 9669 4757 AusAID Contacts: Brian Dawson Email: brian.dawson@ausaid.gov.au Paul Mitchell Email: paul.mitchell@ausaid.gov.au

    Project Status:
    Completed, 31 December 2009
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Cook Islands
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    AusAid
    Cofinancing Total:
    N/A
    Total Amounts:
    $3,000,000

South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Geoscience Australia, SOPAC (Fiji), SPREP (Samoa), Per Participating Country: National Meteorological Services, Lands and Survey Organizations, Environmental Planning and Management Agencies, Ports and Harbor Authorities, Fisheries and Agricultural Departments, Educational Institutions
    Summary:

    BACKGROUND:

    The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project (SPSLCMP) was developed in 1991 as an Australian Government response to concerns raised by member countries of the South Pacific Forum over the potential impacts of human-induced global warming on climate and sea levels in the Pacific region.

    Its primary goal is to generate an accurate record of variance in long-term sea level for the South Pacific and to establish methods to make these data readily available and usable by Pacific Island countries.

    The first three phases of the project established a network of 12

    Contacts:

    AusAID Contacts:
    Brian Dawson
    Email: brian.dawson@ausaid.gov.au

    Paul Mitchell
    Email: paul.mitchell@ausaid.gov.au

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation, 2006
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    AusAid
    Cofinancing Total:
    N/A
    Total Amounts:
    $9,000,000

Pacific Meteorological Services Needs Assessment Programme

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
    Summary:

    Project Description: The Pacific Meteorological Services Needs Assessment Programme (PMSNAP), implemented in 2000 and 2001, was designed to identify the assistance required by the Meteorological Services of 20 PDMCs, including needs for capacity building to meet growing public demand for the provision of improved weather and climate services and products; The central goal of the PMSNAP project is to support continued strengthening of the capability of National Meteorological Services in the Pacific region to meet growing public demand for improved weather and climate

    Contacts:

    AusAID Contacts: Brian Dawson Email: brian.dawson@ausaid.gov.au Paul Mitchell Email: paul.mitchell@ausaid.gov.au

    Project Status:
    Completed, 2001
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    AusAid
    Cofinancing Total:
    N/A

Pacific Islands Climate Data Rescue (PI-CDR)

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Australian Bureau of Meteorology, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Greenhouse Office
    Summary:

    PROJECT DESCRIPTION: With AusAID funding, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua-New Guinea are being assisted to develop an inventory of digitized and un-digitized climate records, to recommend action for the preservation of the records, and where appropriate, to enact immediate action to secure important paper climate records at risk of loss; since then similar activities have also been undertaken in the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and Tuvalu to also ensure that their climate data is secure, accessible, and in a form capable of being utilized in

    Contacts:

    AusAID Contacts:
    Brian Dawson
    Email: brian.dawson@ausaid.gov.au

    Paul Mitchell
    Email: paul.mitchell@ausaid.gov.au

    Project Status:
    Completed, 2008
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Kiribati, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua-New Guinea
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    AusAid
    Cofinancing Total:
    N/A
    Total Amounts:
    $75,000

Climate Change Adaptation Project for the Pacific - CLIMAP

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Asian Development Bank
    Summary:

    PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Climate Change Adaptation Project for the Pacific (CLIMAP) was implemented by ADB in Cook Islands and FSM. The project focused on demonstrating mainstreaming climate adaptation into development and planning in Pacific Developing Member Countries and into ADB Pacific Department operations, on a pilot basis. The goal of the project is to ensure that Pacific developing members countries (PDMCs) of the Asian Development Bank adapt to climate change and variability (CCV).

    Expected Outputs:

    The project outputs include the following:

    1. A review of completed and ongoing programs on climate change vulnerability and adaptation, with specific regard to relevance, appropriateness, and applicability of CCAIRR;

    2. Preparation of guidelines and pilot mainstreaming of CCAIRR into ADB project operations to better respond to country needs; and

    3. At the country level, two selected PDMCs (FSM and Cook Islands) will undertake mainstreaming of CCAIRR on a pilot basis at the national development planning, sector programs, and project activities level.

    Contacts:

    ADB Contact:
    Emma Ferguson
    Email: eferguson@adb.org
    Tel: +6793318101

    Project Status:
    Completed, 2005
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Federal States of Micronesia (FSM), Cook Islands and other Pacific Developing Member Countries
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    ADB
    Other
    Cofinancing Total:
    N/A
    Total Amounts:
    $800,000