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PACC Vanuatu: Vital Roads
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2011-11-17 11:36
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With the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) acting as the Executing Agency and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as the Implementing Agency, the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project is working in 14 Pacific Island countries to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to the adverse effects of climate change.
Adapting Conservation Strategies to Global Climate Change
Submitted by Thomas Park on Fri, 2011-08-19 04:24Year:
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Climate change poses one of the greatest challenges to people and nature. It is already changing our lives and the places we live, and will have a dramatic and lasting impact on plants, animals, people, economies and our way of life. In addition to working to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change impacts through US and multilateral efforts, The Nature Conservancy is taking steps to focus attention on climate change issues related to sea level rise. Taking action to reduce and adapt to the extreme impacts
Need to move Indonesia's capital growing urgent in face of climate change, experts say
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JAKARTA (AlertNet) - Sea level rise, worsening flooding and land subsidence in and around Jakarta have prompted Indonesian officials to resurrect plans to move the country's capital - but local residents and experts say Jakarta itself will not survive unless it adapts to cope with climate change.
Plans to relocate Indonesia's central government, parliament and public offices to another province on the island of Java or to another island in the Indonesian archipelago hav
Vulnerable Arab world lags on climate change action
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The Arab world will be one of the regions worst hit by climate change but still lacks any coordinated response to its potentially devastating effects, experts said at a conference this week.
With hotter, drier and less predictable climates, the amount of water running into the region's streams and rivers is set to fall 20 to 30 percent by 2050, worsening desertification and fo
NOAA Sea Grant Initiates $1.2 Million Community Climate Change Adaptation Initiative
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NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program has launched a one-time $1.2 million effort to help coastal communities prepare for the impacts of climate change. The initiative is supporting rapid response, community-based, climate adaptation demonstration projects in coastal and Great Lakes states.
Not If, But When: Adapting to Natural Hazards in the Pacific Islands Region
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-06-21 21:19Year:
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The goal of this Policy Note is to influence policy makers and development partners in the Pacific Islands region to undertake risk management of natural hazards and minimize the future impacts of natural disasters, climate change and sea level rise. As a short-term objective, the Policy Note aims to review the disaster trends and lessons learned from pilot risk management of natural hazards initiatives, and recommend a strategic way forward.
Climate Refugees: Implications for India
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2010-05-19 17:05
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There is as yet no agreement on the status of people displaced by climate change and the term “climate refugees” has no place in international law. While refugees are supposed to be people who cross national borders, climate change is seen to induce people to move within their countries.
Water Supply at Risk: Wells in coastal regions and on Zanzibar
Submitted by tianyili on Thu, 2010-05-06 08:15
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The following case study is featured in the Meister Consultants Group study: *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World*.
As one of the least developed countries in the world, Tanzania is especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. More than half of the country lives on less than a dollar per day, and more than 80 percent depend on subsistence agriculture and therefore, on natural resources. Given its geographic conditions, the impacts of climate change in Tanzania are very diverse. Affected sectors include agriculture, water management, public health, biodiversity and energy. Tanzania has developed a national adaptation plan, but the proposed measures are not sufficient to deal with the challenge of climate change. The plan emphasizes only the most urgent short-term measures, and the implementation process is just beginning. This situation is characteristic of many developing countries.
_Source: Dr. Hans-Peter Meister, I. K., Martina Richwein, Wilson Rickerson, Chad Laurent. Additional contributors: Jeff Snell, Elisa Burchert, Florian Lux. (2009). *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.* Boston: Meister Consultants Group. p. 20._
For more detailed information and references refer to: [Floating Houses - Full Report](http://files.mc-group.com/clst/Study%20Climate%20Change%20Adaption.pdf).
[Meister Consultants Group](http://www.mc-group.com/)
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The current rise in sea level has already had significant impacts on some coastal areas of Tanzania. Wells and other sources of drinking water in have been flooded, leading to contamination by salt water. The district of Bagamoyo, not far from Dar-es-Salaam, is particularly affected.
Within the framework of the NAPA project, alternative water sources are identified and new wells are built in Bagamoyo and other coastal regions. The project is directed by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and other ministries, as well as local institutions and NGOs.
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An Overview of Modeling Climate Change Impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands
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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).
Preliminary Climate and Sea Level Changes Through the Application of SimCLIM - Vanuatu
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Vanuatu National Advisory Committee on Climate Change (NACCC), Vanuatu Meteorological Services, and CLIMsystems Ltd.Summary:
Port Vila, Vanuatu and Hamilton, New Zealand - The Vanuatu National Advisory Committee on Climate Change (NACCC) through its Second National Communication (SNC) Project in collaboration with the Vanuatu Meteorological Services and CLIMsystems Ltd.
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The Vanuatu National Advisory Committee on Climate Change (NACCC) through its Second National Communication (SNC) Project in collaboration with the Vanuatu Meteorological Services and CLIMsystems Ltd. of New Zealand have generated preliminary climate change and sea level rise results that will form the background for the country’s SNC reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Using the newly digitised site-specific time series daily data a preliminary analysis was done on some of the major sites selected for field survey for the Second National Communication.
Another important activity completed during this visit enabled sea level data to be analysed using VanuaCLIM and other software products developed by CLIMsystems.
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For additional detail on Vanuatu’s climate change initiatives, contact Brian Phillips, the Secretary of NACCC at the Vanuatu Climate Change Office: piccap@vanuatu.com.vu.
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Completed.
