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SPREP LIBRARY & INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTRE
PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES
http://www.sprep.org/publication/climate.asp
"A clearinghouse of pacific climate change web resources, documents and lessons learned”
Contents
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) - Clearinghouse mechanisms
UNFCCC Conference of the Parties
(COPs)
SPREP climate change
programme and resources
Selected documents and reports
- (incl. resources for schools)
Lessons learned and best practices: climate
change
Databases and web
resources relating to climate change in the Pacific
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Clearinghouse mechanisms
UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change
http://unfccc.int/2860.php
see also: Capacity
Development for Policy Makers to Address Climate Change
http://www.undp.org/climatechange/capacity-development.html
Kyoto Protocol
http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the
Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries
and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
.These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over
the five-year period 2008-2012. The major distinction between the Protocol
and the Convention is that while the Convention encouraged industrialised
countries to stabilize GHG emissions, the Protocol commits them to do
so.
see also:
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/
The IPCC assesses the scientific, technical and socio-economic information
relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change.
The main activity of the IPCC is to provide in regular intervals Assessment
Reports of the state of knowledge on climate change.
see also:
Climate Funds Update
http://www.climatefundsupdate.org/
This site provides information on the growing number of international
funding initiatives that have been designed to help developing countries
address the challenges of climate change. The fund descriptions focus
on the institutional and governance characteristics of the emerging funding
initiatives.
The website contains:
18 international funding initiatives, fully documented (with a summary
table listing key attributes of each fund)
An overview diagram of the international architecture of funds
A separate webpage on a range of proposed funds
834 operational climate change projects on a searchable data base
see also:
United States Global Change Research
Program
http://www.globalchange.gov/
Integrating federal research on climate and global change
see also:
Gateway
to the UN system's work on climate change
http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/climatechange/gateway
see also:
The
EarthCharter : climate change
http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/categories/Climate%20Change
Climate change -- caused by humanity's emission of greenhouse gases --
has emerged as a global issue of the highest urgency. On this page, you
will find some articles addressing climate change from an integrated ethical
perspective, as framed by the Earth Charter .
see also:
Global Climate Network
http://www.globalclimatenetwork
The Global Climate Network is an alliance of nine influential, progressive
think tanks located in countries where action on climate change really
matters. We bring together some of the world’s brightest brains
to propose progressive solutions to climate change that will also help
lay the foundations for a new era of prosperity.
see also:
International Climate Change Information
Programme (ICCIP)
http://www.iccip.net/
The aims of the "International Climate Change Information Programme"
are:
to disseminate the latest findings from scientific research on climate change, including elements related to its environmental, social, economic and policy aspects in a way that allow them to be understood by the non-specialist audience. This will take place by means of books, book chapters, journal articles and information via the media;
to undertake education, communication and awareness-raising projects on matters related to climate change in both industrialised and developing countries in cooperation with UN agencies, universities, scientific institutions, government bodies, NGOs and other stakeholders;
to network people and organisations ways to discuss the problems, barriers, challenges and chances and potentials related to communication on climate change
see also:
NOAA Climate Service portal
http://www.climate.gov/
Our goal is for the Portal to become the "go-to" website for
NOAA's climate data, products, and services for all users. The NCS Portal
will be a central component of NOAA's commitment to enhancing the access
to and extensibility of climate data and services, timely articles and
information, education resources, and tools for engagement and decision-making.
see also:
Carbon, biodiversity &
ecosystem services: exploring co-benefits
http://www.carbon-biodiversity.net/
Includes background information and interactive tools
see also:
Climate-Eval:
Evaluation of Climate Change and Development
http://climate.esdevaluation.org/gefeo/home
This site is dedicated to building the networking and professional capacity
of individuals working on the evaluation of climate change and international
development projects and programs.
Alert services , newsletters and bulletins
Climate-l.org
http://climate-l.org/
Climate-L.org is a knowledge management project for international negotiations
and related activities on climate change run by the International Institute
for Sustainable Development (IISD),
see also: SPREP
International Conventions webpage
http://www.sprep.org/legal/international.htm
see also: MEA Bulletin
http://www.iisd.ca/email/mea-l.htm
The MEA Bulletin is a publication created by the International Institute
for Sustainable Development (IISD), in cooperation with the United Nations
Environment Programme’s Division for Environmental Law and Conventions
(UNEP DELC).
see also: IISD [International
institute for Sustainable Development]
http://www.iisd.org/
Current and recent coverage of major MEA meetings
see also: Linkages [IISD Reporting
Services]
http://www.iisd.ca/
News, information, and analysis on international environment and sustainable
development negotiations and policy making.
see also: Earth Negotiations
Bulletin
http://www.iisd.ca/voltoc.html
A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations
UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COPs)
- BRIEFING: Climate Change Conference: Outcomes and next steps [SPREP] (En) / (Fr)
- SUMMARY
OF THE COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: 7-19 DECEMBER 2009
http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/enb12459e.pdf
- Decisions
adoped by COP15 and CM5
http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_15/items/5257.php
- Copenhagen Accord
http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_15/application/pdf/cop15_cph_auv.pdf
- see also UNFCCC legal clarification of the meaning of the Copenhagen accord http://unfccc.int/files/parties_and_observers/notifications/application/pdf/100125_noti_clarification.pdf
- COP15 Outreach summary
http://tinyurl.com/OutreachWrapUp
- COP15 Copenhagen Pacific
Team Blog
http://climatepasifika.blogspot.com/
- List of Mid-Term Targets
of Industrialized Countries
http://unfccc.int/home/items/5264.php
- Communication by Developing
Countries on Their Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
http://unfccc.int/home/items/5265.php
SPREP
climate change programme and resources
- Climate change, variability
and sea level change
http://www.sprep.org/topic/climate.htm
- Climate Change
portal
http://www.sprep.org/climate_change/index.asp
- Pacific
Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC): Building resilience to climate change
in Pacific communities
http://www.sprep.org/climate_change/PACC/index.asp
- Pacific
Year of Climate Change
http://www.sprep.org/climate_change/PYCC/index.asp
Selected documents and reports
Action on the ground: A synthesis
of activities in the areas of education,
training and awareness-raising for adaptation [UNFCCC] (2010; 2.3mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Global/493.pdf
Adaptation
Finance under a Copenhagen Agreed Outcome (2009; 1.24mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/global/365.pdf
Adaptation to and mitigation of climate change in the agriculture and forestry sector - collection of best practices [SPC/GTZ] (2010; 1.17mb)
ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLAND STATES
(AOSIS) DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE 2009 (2009; 57kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Global/352.pdf
Ambo
Declaration [Kiribati: November, 2010] (2010; 60kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/662.pdf
Assessing the vulnerability
of rural livelihoods in the Pacific to climate change (2009; 1.38mb)
[CSIRO]
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/583.pdf
Climate change
fact sheet [SPREP]
http://www.sprep.org/factsheets/climate/index.htm
Climate
change fact sheets developed for the Pacific Year of Climate Change [SPREP]
http://www.sprep.org/climate_change/PYCC/factsheets.htm
Climate change and
food security in Pacific island countries [FAO] (2009; 1.85mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Pacific_Region/371.pdf
Climate
change and food security in the Pacific: policy brief [FAO / SPREP]
(2009; 3.07mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/493.pdf
Climate
change in the Pacific [WWF] (2003; 4mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/pacific_region/9.pdf
Climate
Change in the Pacific Islands: Impacts and Scope for Action (2008;
146kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/665.pdf
Climate change: information
kit [UNEP (2002; 3.86mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/global/39.pdf
Climate Change Science Compendium
2009 (2009; 4.6mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/global/353.pdf
Climate in Peril: A Popular
Guide to the Latest IPCC Reports [UNEP] (2009; 6.85mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/global/298.pdf
Climate literacy: the essential
principles of climate sciences: a guide for individuals and communities
[NOAA] (2009; 2.92mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Global/280.pdf
Climgloss: A Glossary of Climate
Change Terms
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/global/444.pdf
Coping
with climate change in the Pacific Island Region [SPC/GTZ]
http://www.spc.int/lrd/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=285&Itemid=48
- Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR). Sector Report: Sustainable Tourism and Climate Change - GTZ Appraisal Mission.
- Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region. Sector Report: Energy Component - GTZ Appraisal Mission.
- Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR): Sector Report: Adaptation to Climate Change related to Marine- and Land-based Natural Resources - GTZ Appraisal Mission.
- Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR): Institutional and Donor Coordination Framework - GTZ Appraisal Mission
- Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR): Main Report - GTZ Appraisal Mission
Disaster
risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific: the challenge
of integration [UNSW] (2010; 2.68mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/563.pdf
Forests
and climate change in the Asia-Pacific region [FAO] (2010; 1.02mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/675.pdf
The
future is here: climate change in the Pacific [Oxfam] (2009; 3.29mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/466.pdf
How
healthy ecosystems are helping the world’s most vulnerable adapt
to climate change.[Birdlife International] (2009; 1.94mb)
http://www.birdlife.org/climate_change/pdfs/Ecosystemsandadaption.pdf
Majuro Declaration
on climate change (2009)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/462.pdf
Mainstreaming
processes for climate change adaptation: collection of best practices
[SPC/GTZ] (2010)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/678.pdf
This collection of best practices looks at successful mainstreaming efforts
to provide policy makers and planners in the Pacific with ideas and lessons
learned. The examples, which come from different regions and sectors including
the Pacific, are not only illustrating adaptation to climate change. Many
examples originate from other related mainstreaming efforts like disaster
risk management or environmental mainstreaming.
Many Strong Voices
– turning vulnerability into strength [UNEP] (2010)
http://www.grida.no/publications/msv_tvis/
Monitoring
the Vulnerability and Adaptation of Pacific Coastal Fisheries to Climate
Change [SPC] (2010; 2.15mb)
http://www.spc.int/coastfish/dmdocuments/MRAG_AP_SPC_CC_Final_Report.pdf
Natural
Solutions: protected areas helping people cope with climate change
[IUCN] (2009)
http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/natural_solutions.pdf
Niue Declaration on
climate change (2008)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/463.pdf
Pacific food security
toolkit: building resilience to climate change: root crop and fishery
production [USP / FAO / SPREP] (2010; 4.9mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/677.pdf
Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change 2006-2015 [SPREP] (2005; 208kb) and Action Plan (2008; 42kb)
Rapid
Appraisal of the Bioenergy-Food Security Nexus in Pacific Island Countries
[FAO] (2009; 839kb)
http://www.faopacific.ws/Portals/167/publications/Reports/Report for SAP
RL ED Final.pdf
A
research strategy for the Pacific Climate information System [East-West
Centre] (2010; 378kb)
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/envwp067.pdf
Responding to climate
change in the Pacific: Moving from strategy to action [ADB] (2010;
419kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Pacific_Region/626.pdf
Responding
to the challenges of climate change in the Pacific Islands: management
and technological
imperatives
/ Patrick D. Nunn (2009; 625kb)
http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr_oa/c040p211.pdf
Roles
and Responsibilities of Relevant Actors on Climate Change in the Pacific
(2008; 2.64mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/664.pdf
Small Islands [in] Climate
change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Contribution of Working
Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Global/232.pdf
SPREP
Climate change publications (all):
http://www.sprep.org/publication/pub_list.asp?int_pub_cat1=4
- Pacific
Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change 2006_2015
http://www.sprep.org/publication/pub_detail.asp?id=438
- Climate
Variability and Change and Sea-level Rise in the Pacific Islands Region
: A Resource Book for Policy and Decision Makers, Educators and other
Stakeholders
http://www.sprep.org/climate_change/001webpage/01index.htm
- CV&A
: A guide to Community Vulnerability and Adaptation assessment and action
http://www.sprep.org/publication/pub_detail.asp?id=437
The
Science of Climate Change [World Bank] (2009; 3.19mb)
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2010/Resources/5287678-1226014527953/Focus-A.pdf
Synthesis report on efforts
undertaken to assess the costs and benefits of adaptation options, and
views on lessons learned, good practices, gaps and needs [UNFCCC]
(2010; 116kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Global/408.pdf
A Toolkit for Designing Climate
Change Adaptation Initiatives [UNDP] (2010: 852kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Global/492.pdf
see also:
Documents
and reports about climate change available in full text online from the
SPREP library
http://www.sprep.org/WebPub/textbase/searchAlt.htm
see also:
Climate
change resources available from SPC Lands Division
http://www.spc.int/lrd/Climate_change_resources.htm
see also:
Documents and reports available
from the 'Climate Change Studies Library'
http://www.iccip.net/en/ccsl
see also:
Understanding
climate change [SPREP] (2007; 313kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/Retro/Factsheets/Understanding-climate-change.pdf
Climate
Change and Sea Level Rise: Curriculum Modules for the Pacific Schools
Part One: Physical Science [SPREP] (2000; 13mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/Retro/climate-change/Climate%20change%20and%20sea%20level%20part%20one%20physical%20science-Reduced.pdf
Climate
Change and Sea Level Rise: Curriculum Modules for the Pacific Schools
Part Two: Social Science [SPREP] (2000; 14.6mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/Retro/climate-change/Climate%20change%20and%20sea%20level%20part%20two%20social%20science-Reduced.pdf
SEREAD teaching
materials:
http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/AcEducational_use.html
- What
is weather ? A teaching unit for years 3 - 6 children
- What
is climate ? A teaching unit for years 7 - 10 children
- Oceans
rising ? A teaching unit for years 8 - 12 children
- Extra:
Thinking and literacy activities. Teaching resources for years 7 - 12
children
NOAA educational
materials:
http://www.education.noaa.gov/tclimate.html
- Global
Warming: Frequently Asked Questions
see more
resources for schools selected by the EPA
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/climate.html
Selected documents from the PEIN
Country Profiles Directory
http://www.sprep.org/publication/PEIN_Country_Profiles.asp
Adaptation Learning Mechanism [climate change adaptation] country
profiles
Cook
Islands, Federated
States of Micronesia , Fiji
, Kiribati
, Marshall
Islands , Nauru
, Niue
, Palau
, Papua
New Guinea , Samoa
, Solomon
Islands , Tonga
, Tuvalu
, Vanuatu
Climate
Lab profiles
American Samoa; Commonwealth of Northern Marianas; Cook Islands; Federated
States of Micronesia; Fiji;
French Polynesia; Guam; Kiribati;
Marshall Islands; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Palau; Papua New Guinea;
Samoa; Solomon Islands;
Timor-Lesté; Tonga; Tuvalu;
and, Vanuatu
Climate Risk Profiles
Cook
Islands (2005; 534kb) , Federated
States of Micronesia (2005; 474kb) , Samoa
(2006; 754kb) / Samoa
updated (2007; 421kb)
see also Climate Change in the Federated States of Micronesia Food and Water Security, Climate Risk Management, and Adaptive Strategies [UH] (2010; 1.47mb)
Disasters and Climate
Variability in the Pacific Islands: WORLD BANK regional stocktake-
Country Assessments:
Fiji
, Kiribati
, Marshall
Islands , Papua
New Guinea , Solomon
Islands , Timor-Leste
, Vanuatu
National Capacity Self Assessment (NCSA)
Thematic Assessment Reports:
Climate Change: Cook
Islands (2007;1.22mb), Kiribati
(2007; 720kb),
Niue (2008;204kb)
, Palau
Pt1 / Pt2
(2007) , Samoa
(2006; 472kb),
Solomon
Islands (416kb)
see also Solomon Islands (214kb) , Tonga
(2007?; 918kb)
Final NCSA Report:
Kiribati (2009;
1.07mb) , Papua
New Guinea (2010; 618kb) , Solomon
Islands (2008; 273kb)
National Communications
Support Programme [Climate] Profiles [UNDP]
Cook Islands,
Federated
States of Micronesia, Fiji,
Kiribati , Marshall
Islands, Nauru, Niue,
Palau, Samoa
, Solomon Islands,
Tonga , Tuvalu,
Vanuatu
Sea
Level & Climate: their present state: Country reports
Cook
Islands (2006; 2.07mb), Federated
States of Micronesia (2006; 2.11mb), Fiji
(2006; 2.76mb), Kiribati
(2006; 1.94mb), Marshall
Islands (2006; 2.08mb), Nauru
(2006; 2.1mb), Niue
(2006; 979kb), Palau
(2006; 2.16mb), Papua
New Guinea (2006; 2.04mb), Samoa
(2006; 2.07mb), Solomon
Islands (2006; 2.07mb), Tonga
(2006; 2.26mb), Tuvalu
(2006; 2.14mb), Vanuatu
(2006; 2.51mb)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
(i) First National Communications and In-depth Reviews
Cook Islands
(2000; 1.66mb), Federated
States of Micronesia (1997; 199kb),
Fiji (2005; 6.29mb), Kiribati
(1999; 823kb) , Marshall
islands (2000; 1.91mb), Nauru
(1999; 1.27mb), Niue
(2000; 3.09mb) , Papua
New Guinea (2000; 1.53mb), Samoa
(1999; 784kb), Solomon
Islands (2001; 2.12mb), Tonga
(2005; 4.03mb), Tuvalu
(1999; 5.37mb), Vanuatu
(1999; 583kb)
(ii) Second National Communications
Samoa
(2008; 3.93mb), Tonga
(2010; 1.2mb)
(iii) National Action Plans on Adaptation (NAPA)
Kiribati (2007;
1.66mb), Samoa (2005;
473kb), Synthesis
Report (2004; 1.93mb) and framework
(2004; 402kb), Solomon
Islands (2008; 5.01mb), Tuvalu
(2007; 2.2mb), Vanuatu
(2007; 7.2mb)
see also Tonga Joint National Action Plan (JNAP) on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management (CCA & DRM) 2010 - 2015 (2010; 1.2mb)
Lessons learned and best practices: climate change
Action on the ground: A synthesis
of activities in the areas of education,
training and awareness-raising for adaptation [UNFCCC] (2010; 2.3mb)
Adaptation to and mitigation of climate change in the agriculture and forestry sector - collection of best practices [SPC/GTZ] (2010; 1.17mb)
Adapting to Coastal Climate Change: A Guidebook for Development Planners (2009; 18mb) ; Summary (3.93mb)
Climate change adaptation in the Pacific: lessons learned from variability and extreme events / Eileen Shea (2004; 3.44mb)
Climate change information for effective adaptation : a practioner's manual [GTZ] (2009; 911kb)
Climate
change mainstreaming guide and training manual [SPREP] (2010)
http://www.sprep.org/publication/pub_detail.asp?id=848
Climate witness:
community toolkit [WWF] (2.7mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Pacific_Region/352.pdf
Community-Based Adaptation
Toolkit
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/global/521.pdf
Community-level adaptation
to climate change: action in the Pacific. Proceedings of a workshop on
community-level adaptation to climate change, Suva, Fiji: 21-23 March,
2005. (2005; 283kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000431_CBDAMPIC.pdf
Drought and extreme
tides in RMI and FSM: Lessons learned, guidelines and recommendations
[PEAC] - power point presentation (1.69mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Lessons_learned/PEAC2.ppt
Ethics
and methods in research for community-based adaptation: reflections from
rural Vanuatu
(2010; 125kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/countries/vanuatu/115.pdf
Guiding
principles for climate risk management initiatives - power point presentation
(2003; 104kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Lessons_learned/Extreme_climate_guiding_principles.ppt
Climate Adaptation
and Adaptation Mainstreaming: Lessons From Variability (2004; 2.04mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Lessons_learned/Climate_Shea.ppt
Climate literacy: the essential
principles of climate sciences: a guide for individuals and communities
[NOAA] (2009; 2.92mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Global/280.pdf
CRiSTAL: Community-based Risk Screening
Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods
http://www.cristaltool.org/
The Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods
(CRiSTAL) is designed to help project planners and managers integrate
climate change adaptation into community-level projects. It helps project
designers and managers:
Understand the links between livelihoods and climate in their project
areas;
Assess a project’s impact on community-level adaptive capacity;
and
Make project adjustments to improve its impact on adaptive capacity and
reduce the vulnerability of communities to climate change.
CV&A : A guide to
Community Vulnerability and Adaptation assessment and action [SPREP]
(2006; 1.25mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000437_CVAGuideE.pdf
Implementing
sustainable bioenergy production: a compilation of tools and approaches
[IUCN] (2009; 4.09 mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/global/215.pdf
Mainstreaming
processes for climate change adaptation: collection of best practices
[SPC/GTZ] (2010)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/678.pdf
This collection of best practices looks at successful mainstreaming
efforts to provide policy makers and planners in the Pacific with ideas
and lessons learned. The examples, which come from different regions and
sectors including the Pacific, are not only illustrating adaptation to
climate change. Many examples originate from other related mainstreaming
efforts like disaster risk management or environmental mainstreaming.
Pacific food security
toolkit: building resilience to climate change: root crop and fishery
production [USP / FAO / SPREP] (2010; 4.9mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/pacific_region/677.pdf
Pacific
Islands: adapting to climate change [World Bank] (2002; 125kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Lessons_learned/World_Bank_adaptation.pdf
Pacific Islands
Climate Change Adaptation Programme - PICCAP - power point presentation
- success stories / lessons learned (2002; 1.09mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Lessons_learned/PICCAP.ppt
Pacific Islands
Climate Change Adaptation Programme - PICCAP - power point presentation
- lessons learned (2002; 70kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Lessons_learned/PICCAP2.ppt
PEAC Review Workshop:
Lessons and recommendations - power point presentation (2003; 34kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Lessons_learned/PEAC.ppt
PSC Climate
change and extreme events: shared lessons - power point presentation
(2003; 107kb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Lessons_learned/Extreme_climate.ppt
Resource Guide on Gender and
Climate Change [UNDP] (2009; 2.82mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Global/289.pdf
SANDWATCH MANUAL. Adapting
to Climate Changes and Educating for Sustainable Development [Sandwatch]
(2010; 8.13mb)
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/global/535.pdf
Toolkit
for Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Projects
http://www.sprep.org/att/irc/ecopies/global/522.pdf
Databases and web resources relating to climate change in the Pacific
Adaptation Learning Mechanism
The ALM is mapping good practices, providing information, building knowledge
and networks on climate change adaptation. The Global Environment Facility
(GEF) is the main financer of the ALM. UNDP is implementing the project
in partnership with the UNFCCC-Secretariat, the World Bank, UNEP and FAO
as the core partners. The adverse impacts of climate change affect core
development needs, including access to drinking or irrigation water, food
security, and public health. Adaptation is, therefore, part of development
and cannot be addressed in isolation. - see pacific
resources
Adapting
to Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region [GTZ project website]
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ), GTZ is supporting partner governments in Tonga, Vanuatu
and Fiji, as well as the regional organisation, the Secretariat of the
Pacific Community (SPC), in their efforts to integrate climate change
into their strategies and policies. The programme concentrates on farming,
forestry and land use planning.
Alofa Tuvalu [Tuvalu climate change awareness and education website]
Asia-Pacific Data Research Centre
http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/
The APDRC is building towards a vision of one-stop shopping of climate
data incl. the following climate related datasets: atmospheric, oceanic,
air-sea flux, and terrestrial.
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
A searchable database of more than 100 case studies on managing natural
systems to adapt to climate change is now online at www.cakex.org. Many
of the case studies pertain to coastal and marine ecosystems. The database
and website are provided by the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
project (CAKE), a joint initiative of Island Press and EcoAdapt.
The
Centre for Climate and Development: Improving access to climate change
research and information
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/fightingpoverty/climate_centre.asp
There is a pressing need for developing countries to have better access
to high quality research and information on climate change and development.
To tackle climate change effectively, developing countries will first
need to understand what the likely impacts in their regions will be (e.g.
will there be more or less rainfall) and second, assess what options there
are to adapt to these changes (e.g. ways to better manage water supplies).
It’s also important that developing countries can get high-quality,
relevant information about low carbon development opportunities, such
as renewable energy. To help developing countries do this, DFID is developing
a multi-million pound ‘Centre for Climate and Development’
which will deliver an integrated set of knowledge management, research
and advisory services on all aspects of climate change and development.
The aim is to support policy-making and practice on adaptation and low
carbon development in developing countries.
Climate Change & Development Roundtable
http://www.ccdr.org.au/
The Climate Change & Development Roundtable is a 12-member organisation
formed to facilitate information exchange between organisations specialising
in climate change and those specialising in development.
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
(CAKE)
http://www.cakex.org/
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) is a joint project of Island
Press and EcoAdapt. It is aimed at building a shared knowledge base for
managing natural systems in the face of rapid climate change. Includes
access to a virtual library, case studies and discussion forum.
Climate change in Kiribati
http://www.climate.gov.ki/index.html
"On behalf of the Government and people of Kiribati I am pleased
to welcome you to this web site which is designed to bring you information
and updates on our situation in Kiribati. You will be aware that our small
country is facing critically difficult times with regard to climate change
issues & its impact on our future. We hope the content and links from
this site will assist you in understanding more clearly our situation..."
Anote Tong
Climate
change in the Pacific Islands
Resource site maintained by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. see
also Pacific
Islands Climate Change Cooperative
The Climate Community (UNDPCC)
A knowledge platform to promote capacity development of policy makers
working directly with activities related to climate change adaptation
and mitigation. see country
profiles .
Climate Funds Update
A free website organizes new information on funding opportunities for
climate change initiatives
With tables, charts, graphs, and maps, ClimateFundsUpdate.org
simplifies learning about climate change funding for developing countries.
Throughout the site, colorful graphs, charts, and maps provide visual
aids, useful for comparing country contributions and understanding where
funds are going. A resources page links to relevant news commentaries,
publications, and websites. Sponsored in part by ODI, Climate Funds Update
has just completed a comprehensive update on all 21 climate change funds,
including information on funds pledged, deposited and disbursed, project-level
information, and updated tables and graphs. The website also launched
a new page that tracks Fast Start Finance pledges made by donor countries
Climate Lab
Climate Lab's mission is to develop web-based tools for knowledge sharing
and collaboration that drive action to address climate change. Climate
Lab includes a webresource dedicated to small
island developing states.
Dev-Zone
Directory of climate change resources
http://www.devzone.org/knowledge/Pacific_Focus/Environment_in_the_Pacific/Climate_Change_in_the_Pacific/index.php
Compiled by staff at the Dev-Zone Knowledge Centre in Wellington, New
Zealand.
Environmental Vulnerability
Index
http://www.vulnerabilityindex.net/
A vulnerability index for the natural environment, the basis of all human
welfare, has been developed by the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
(SOPAC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and their partners.
The index was developed through consultation and collaboration with countries,
institutions and experts across the globe. This index is designed to be
used with economic and social vulnerability indices to provide insights
into the processes that can negatively influence the sustainable development
of countries. Includes Country
Profiles for most Pacific island countries.
FAO Climate Change
Asia-Pacific website
http://www.fao.org/climatechange/49387/en/
see also FAO Pacific website [Includes
access to publications] - http://www.faopacific.ws/
Hazards, Climate &
Environment Program (HCEP)
The Hazards, Climate & Environment Program (HCEP) works with local
and regional stakeholders and experts in physical and biological science,
engineering, and social and cultural knowledge to assess risk and vulnerability
from hazards, climate and environmental degradation and to develop risk
reduction methods to build resilient communities.
Hurricane & Storm Tracking for
the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/
The StormTrack system receives weather data from the US National Weather
Service via satellite. The system creates an entry for each tropical depression,
storm, or hurricane when the National Weather Service begins issuing advisories.
Island Climate Update
[NIWA National Climate Centre]
http://www.niwa.cri.nz/ncc/icu
An overview of the present climate in the tropical South Pacific Islands,
with an outlook for the coming months, to assist in dissemination of climate
information in the Pacific region. Include temperature and rainfall data.
Marshall
Islands Climate Change website
This site provides various information related to the Marshall Island's
implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) and other climate change issues. It has been prepared as part
of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority
(RMIEPA) implementation of the Pacific Islands Climate Change Assistance
Programme (PICCAP).
NOAA Central
Library Global Climate Change Resources - Pacific
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/climatechangeresources.html
- see also Coastal Management Virtual Library and Forum (CMVLF)
- currently in development - see http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/vlib/PICCP.html
Oceania
Sustainable Tourism Alliance: Tourism and climate change
http://www.oceaniatourismalliance.net/tourism_&_climate_change.htm
A key task and opportunity of OSTA programs is to deliver on several issues
of importance tourism and climate change in the Pacific Island - adaptation,
transfer of climate friendly technology, strengthened capacity building
and progress on reducing emissions due to deforestation.
On the frontlines
of climate change: a forum for indigenous peoples, small islands and vulnerable
communities
http://www.climatefrontlines.org/
G rassroots Internet forum On the Frontlines of Climate Change was launched
by UNESCO, in partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological
Diversity (SCBD), the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issue (SPFII) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights
(OHCHR).
Pacific
Adaptation Strategy Assistance Programme
http://www.climatechange.gov.au/en/government/initiatives/international-climate-change-adaptation-initiative/pacific-adaptation-strategy-assistance-program.aspx
Within the overall Initiative, the $12 million Pacific Adaptation Strategy
Assistance Program aims to enhance country capacity to assess their vulnerability
to climate change and develop evidence-based adaptation strategies.
The fifteen partner countries are the Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji,
Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue,
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Pacific Climate
Change Science Programme
http://www.cawcr.gov.au/projects/PCCSP/index.html
Despite widespread international awareness of the impacts of climate change
in this region there is only very limited specific scientific information
available to these countries. Better scientific knowledge is urgently
needed to adapt and plan for the future. The Pacific Climate Change Science
Program (PCCSP) is aiming to help fill this gap by examining past climate
trends and variability and providing regional and national climate projections.
The PCCSP is actively engaging with 15 partner countries and regional
stakeholders to build their capacity to effectively apply the results
and to build the climate science knowledge base.
Pacific
Climate Network [Google Group]
http://groups.google.com/group/pacific-climate-network?hl=en
Open email forum and discussion group. Excellent email group to subscribe
to for finding and sharing the latest news and developments in climate
change in the pacific. The aim of this network is to share information
and ideas that will assist Pacific island governments, NGOs, communities
and the private sector respond to climate change.
Pacific Disaster Net
http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdn2008/
The Pacific Disaster Net is the - Virtual Centre of Excellence - for Disaster
Risk Management in the Pacific Region. The Web Portal and Database System
is designed to be the largest and most comprehensive information resource
in relation to Disaster Risk Management for the Pacific Island Countries.
Pacific Islands Applied
Geoscience Commission [SOPAC]
http://www.sopac.org/tiki-index.php?
SOPAC, the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission is an inter-governmental,
regional organisation dedicated to providing products and services in
three technical programme areas of: Community Lifelines; Community Risk;
and Ocean and Islands. Website includes access to detailed reports, journals,
newsletters amd GIS maps and data for the region.
Pacific Climate Information
Service (PaCIS)
http://www.ideademo.org/pacis/index.php
The Pacific Climate Information System (PaCIS) provides a programmatic
framework to integrate ongoing and future climate observations, operational
forecasting services and climate projections, research, assessment, data
management, outreach, and education to address the needs of American Flag
and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI). PaCIS and the concept of
a Pacific Regional Climate Centre trace their roots back to the 1997-1998
El Nino season and initial discussions of Pacific climate services at
a workshop held in conjunction with the 1999 Pacific Regional Environment
Program (SPREP) meeting of the Pacific Regional Meteorological Services
Directors (RMSD).
Pacific Islands
Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC)
http://hawaiiconservation.org/blankpage.asp
In response to the need to address climate change impacts in Hawai'i,
HCA is facilitating the establishment of the Pacific Islands Climate Change
Cooperative (PICCC). The PICCC will provide a range of scientific and
technical tools to help managers in Hawai'i, the Mariana Islands, American
Samoa, and other island groups make informed decisions for landscape-scale
conservation. These tools will help managers reach explicit conservation
objectives for native species and habitats in the face of climate change
and ongoing threats such as fire, land conservation, and invasive species.
Pacific
Islands Climate Change Virtual Library
http://pigcos.soest.hawaii.edu/piccp/joomla/
The Pacific Islands Climate Change Virtual Library provides web accessible
climate information and products such as adaptation guides, case studies,
and decision support tools relevant to Pacific Island coastal managers.
Pacific Islands
Climate Prediction Project (PI-CPP)
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/pi-cpp/
The Government of Australia funded Project Pacific Islands Climate Prediction
Project (PI-CPP) is managed by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. In
2001 a needs analysis for strengthening meteorological services in Pacific
Island Countries (PICs), funded by AusAID, found that the majority of
National Meteorological Services (NMSs) in the region were encountering
many difficulties in providing basic meteorological services for the citizens
and industries of their countries.
One of the clear priorities was the need to enhance the ability of NMSs to provide seasonal climate prediction services. The needs analysis report included a project concept that would not only enhance NMS proficiency in seasonal forecasting but would also build expertise in the prudent use of the forecasts.
In response to this identified need, the Australian overseas aid and development agency, AusAID, in collaboration with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology developed a project plan for enabling participating PICs to generate and make use of seasonal predictions.
Pacific Islands Global Climate Observing
System [PI-GCOS]
http://www.pi-gcos.org/
The Pacific Islands-Global Climate Observing System (PI-GCOS) programme
started in Apia, Samoa, in 2000 as a result of the first regional Global
Climate Observing System (GCOS) workshop organised by the Secretariat
of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the international
GCOS Secretariat. It is a sub-programme of the GCOS aimed specifically
at meeting the observing needs of Pacific Islands.
Pacific Island Global Ocean Observing
System
hhttp://www.pi-goos.org/
The Pacific Islands – Global Ocean Observing System (PI-GOOS) is
a regional initiative to develop capacity in operational oceanography
in the Pacific region. The primary focus is to work within an integrated
framework that systemically acquires oceanographic and marine data, and
disseminates as useful information in response to the needs of government,
scientific research and the public, to address marine related issues.
A program objective is to assure maximum operation of the system within
and by the region. The PI-GOOS was established in 1998 at the Pacific
Regional GOOS Capacity Building Workshop, which convened in Suva, Fiji.
The PI-GOOS Secretariat is based at the South Pacific Applied Geoscience
Commission (SOPAC), also in Suva.
Pacific Islands
Greenhouse Gas Abatement through Renewable Energy Project (PIGGAREP)
[SPREP]
http://www.sprep.org/climate_change/piggarep.htm
The PIGGAREP is a product of a Global Environment Facility (GEF) and United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - funded preparatory exercise, the
Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Project (PIREP). The PIREP was completed
in 2006 and the implementation of the PIGGAREP commenced in 2007. The
global environment and development goal of PIGGAREP is the reduction of
the growth rate of GHG emissions from fossil fuel use in the PICs through
the removal of the barriers to the widespread and cost effective use of
feasible RE technologies. The specific objective of the project is the
promotion of the productive use of RE to reduce GHG emission by removing
the major barriers to the widespread and cost-effective use of commercially
viable RE technologies (RETs).
Pacific National Meteorological Services - govt. websites
see - http://www.pi-gcos.org/PI_Met_Services.htm
American Samoa - http://www.prh.noaa.gov/samoa/
Australia - http://www.bom.gov.au/
Cook Islands
- http://www.cookislands.pacificweather.org/
Federated States
of Micronesia - http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/FM_cc.html
Fiji - http://www.met.gov.fj/
French Polynesia - http://www.meteo.pf/
Guam - http://pi-gcos.org/guam/default1.htm
Hawaii - http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/hnl/
Kiribati - http://www.pi-gcos.org/kiribati
Marshall Islands - http://www.prh.noaa.gov/majuro/
New Caledonia - http://www.meteo.nc/
New Zealand
- http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php
Northern Mariana
Islands - http://pi-gcos.org/Mariana%20Islands/default.htm
Niue - http://informet.net/niuemet/
Palau - http://www.prh.noaa.gov/koror/
Papua New Guinea - http://www.pi-gcos.org/PNG/
Samoa - http://www.meteorology.gov.ws/
Solomon Islands - http://www.met.gov.sb/
Tonga - http://www.met.gov.to/
Tuvalu - http://tuvalu.pacificweather.org/
Vanuatu - http://www.meteo.gov.vu/
Pacific
People's Partnership Climate Change Action Kit
http://climatechange.pacificpeoplespartnership.org/
Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility
(PRIF)
http://www.theprif.org/
The Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) is a multi-partner infrastructure
coordination and financing mechanism
Pacific Region Ocean Data &
Information Portal
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/PRODIP/
The goal of PRODIP is to develop and implement an end-to-end ocean data
and information portal with capabilities of exploring in-situ data from
real-time data streams and integrating the data streams with archives
across the Internet through a "one-stop shopping" (single interface)
query for users who have a high bandwidth Internet connection. Alternatively,
users without high-speed network access can order CD/DVD-ROMs from the
NODC that contain the integrated dataset and then use software over potentially
low-bandwidth/high-latency network connections to periodically update
the CD/DVD-ROM-based archive with new data.
Pacific RISA: The Pacific Regional
Integrated Science and Assessment program :
http://www.pacificrisa.org/cms/
The Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment (Pacific RISA)
program supports Pacific island and coastal communities to mitigate and
adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change. We strive to enhance
Pacific communities’ abilities to understand, plan for, and respond
to changing climate conditions. Our work is conducted though interdisciplinary
research and partnership with local, national, and regional stakeholders.
Pacific Water
http://www.pacificwater.org/
Interactive information portal on water, sanitation and hygiene
for the Pacific, which will help Pacific Island Countries, the Pacific
Water Partnership and SOPAC to share information and news on some of the
most important development issues in the Pacific today. You
can find information on the website about all SOPAC initiatives, programmes
and projects on water, sanitation and hygiene, by three main themes:
Water Resources Management: the Pacific Hydrological Cycle Observing System
(HYCOS), drinking Water Quality Monitoring (WQM), the Pacific Island Climate
Update (ICU) and the Pacific Water and Climate Resource Centre:
Water and Wastewater Asset Management: Water supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) including RainWater? Harvesting (RWH) and appropriate water and wastewater technologies, drinking Water Safety Planning (WSP), Water Demand Management (WDM)
Water Governance: Pacific Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) programme, and the Pacific Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Water Management
The information portal also includes several features to keep you well informed and updated on what is happening on water, sanitation and hygiene in the Pacific Island Countries. Includes country profiles.
Papua New Guinea Office of Climate Change and Carbon Trade
PEAC: The
Pacific ENSO Applications Climate (PEAC) Center
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/MET/Enso/index2.html
The Pacific ENSO Applications Climate (PEAC) Center was established
in August 1994 as a multi-institutional partnership, to conduct research
and produce information products on climate variability related to the
El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate cycle in the U.S.-Affiliated
Pacific Islands (USAPI). PEAC's core members are the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration - Office of Global Programs (NOAA/OGP),
NOAA National Weather Service - Pacific Region (NWS-PR), the University
of Hawaii - School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology UH/SOEST,
the University of Guam - Water and Environmental Research Institute (UOG/WERI),
and a regional association of the USAPI Governments, the Pacific Basin
Development Council (PBDC).
Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment
Programme [SPREP]
http://www.sprep.org
SPREP is a regional organisation established by the governments and administrations
of the Pacific region to look after its environment. SPREP’s mandate
is to promote cooperation in the Pacific islands region and to provide
assistance in order to protect and improve the environment and to ensure
sustainable development for present and future generations.
- Climate change,
variability and sea level change
http://www.sprep.org/topic/climate.htm
- Climate Change
portal
http://www.sprep.org/climate_change/index.asp
- Pacific
Environment Information Network [PEIN] Country Profiles - http://www.sprep.org/publication/PEIN_Country_Profiles.asp
- and SPREP
IRC & Library - http://www.sprep.org/publication/pub_top.asp -
see also Online
documents relating to climate change available from the SPREP Library
SEREAD
SEREAD (Scientific Educational Resources and Experience Associated with
the Deployment of Argo profiling floats in the South Pacific Ocean) is
an educational program and resource that provides regionally relevant
and focused ocean science that is built upon Argo data in a format that
fits directly into existing curricula of Pacific Island schools. SEREAD
teaches basic scientific fundamentals in a hands-on approach using examples
that build on Pacific students' everyday observations and experiences.
South Pacific
Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project
http://www.bom.gov.au/pacificsealevel/index.shtml
The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project (SPSLCMP) is
an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Australian Agency for
International Development (AusAID), which will enable South Pacific Island
Countries to better manage their own environments and contribute to achieving
sustainable development. Includes access to country reports.
SPC Land
Resources Division Climate Change Resources
http://www.spc.int/lrd/Climate_change_resources.htm
Includes news, reports and presentations. Useful source of REDD materials.
SPC
Vulnerability and adaptation of coastal fisheries to climate change
http://www.spc.int/coastfish/en/projects/climate-change.html
With funding assistance from the Australian Agency for International Development
(AusAID), and in relation with an ongoing assessment of the vulnerability
of coastal fisheries to climate change, the Secretariat of the Pacific
Community (SPC) has launched a project to assist Pacific Island countries
and territories (PICTs) to design and field-test monitoring pilot projects
to determine whether changes are occurring in the productivity of coastal
fisheries and, if changes are found, to identify the extent to which such
changes are due to climate change as opposed to other causes
START : Global Change SysTem for
Analysis Research and Training
http://www.usp.ac.fj/start/
START was launched by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
(IGBP), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and the International
Human Dimensions Programme on global environmental change (IHDP) to build
indigenous capacity world-wide to cope with scientific and policy aspects
of environmental change and development. START has established a system
of regional networks in developing regions of the world. The START Regional
Secretariat for the Pacific is based at the University of the South Pacific.
The primary mission of START networks is:
to conduct research on regional aspects of global change
to assess the impacts of regional findings
to provide regionally important integrated and evaluated information to
policy makers and government.
UNESCO
Office for the Pacific states
http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5945&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
UNESCO will shortly be creating a specific climate-change section.
University Of Hawai'i
Sea Level Centre
http://uhslc.soest.hawaii.edu/uhslc/
The University of Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC) is a research facility
of the University of Hawaii/NOAA Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric
Research (JIMAR) within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
(SOEST). The UHSLC originated as the TOGA Sea Level Center under the leadership
of Professor Klaus Wyrtki of the University of Hawaii, Department of Oceanography.
The center was a natural extension of Professor Wyrtki's pioneering research
on the El Nino Southern Oscillation in the Pacific Ocean. Under the current
direction of Dr. Mark Merrifield, the mission of the UHSLC is to collect,
process, distribute, and analyze in-situ tide gauge data from around the
world in support of climate research.
- Joint Archive
for Sea Level
http://ilikai.soest.hawaii.edu/uhslc/jasl.html
The Joint Archive for Sea Level (JASL) is a collaborative arrangement
between the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), the World Data
Center (WDC-SS) for Oceanography, Silver Spring, and the University of
Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC). Beginning in the Fall of 2000, the JASL
is supported by the new NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center
(NCDDC). The JASL is responsible for the collaborative archive referred
to as the Research Quality Data Set.
US Fish
and Wildlife Service Climate Change in the Pacific Region
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/Climatechange/changepi.html
In the Pacific Islands, we are collaborating with climate researchers
at the University of Hawai`i’s International Pacific Research Center,
the Department of Geography and NOAA's National Center for Atmospheric
Research. These collaborations will assess historic climate trends and
promote the development of regional climate models that will aid in estimating
future climate conditions in the Pacific Islands (Hawai`i, American Samoa,
the Mariana Islands and other islands.
US National Assessment
of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
Region: Pacific Islands
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/pacific.htm
World Resource Institute
Vulnerability and Adapatiation Database - case studies of small island
developing states
http://projects.wri.org/taxonomy/term/150
WWF
Pacific Climate Change Web Resource
http://www.wwfpacific.org.fj/what_we_do/climate_change/
Information, news and documents relating to climate change in the Pacific
and WWFs climate change programme
- Climate
Change eNewsletter
http://www.wwfpacific.org.fj/current/news/eNews/climate/index.cfm
Compiled
by Peter Murgatroyd. Last updated 23 December 2010
© SPREP