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Community Awareness

This powerpoint presentation is aimed at increasing local communities' knowledge of sea turtles and the importance of communities' collective efforts to conserve these unique marine reptiles

SPC/GIZ Posters 1,2,3

 Climate  Meteorology and Weather  Greenhouse gases  Climate Change

Awareness posters on climate change.Each  set 1,2 and 3 contains 4 to 10 different posters

Coastal Erosion-NATURAL HAZARDS IN THE PACIFIC

 Coastal zone  Natural Resources and the Environment  Climate Change  Climate  Meteorology and Weather  Ecology and ecosystems  Reefs

Erosion is the process where soft shorelines (sand, gravel
or cobble) disappear and land is lost. Erosion generally
comes in two forms; 1) A natural part of the coastal environment
where a soft shore moves and changes in response to
cyclic climatic conditions, and 2) Erosion can be induced by
human interference of natural sand movement and budget
patterns. Erosion can be slow and ongoing over many
years or fast and dramatic following large storm events.
Many erosion problems in the Pacific today, occur because

Feasibility assessment, project description and GHG emissions and removal budget for Penaoru and Petawata, Santo Island, Vanuatu

 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing  Forestry  Climate Change  Meteorology and Weather  Climate  Natural Resources and the Environment  Biodiversity  Ecology and ecosystems  Vegetation

The assessment of available remote sensing data indicates, that there is almost no potential for
activities reducing deforestation within the CCA/REDD site. Reducing forest degradation by
eliminating invasive weeds might show some potential for emission reductions and removals, but
requires further research to assess the management options and their carbon dynamics.
 

WET FEET MARCHING: CLIMATE JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR CLIMATE DISPLACED NATIONS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

 Climate Change  Natural Resources and the Environment  Climate  Meteorology and Weather

At the first United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Berlin in 1995, Atiq
Rahman of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies gave an
impassioned speech to the delegates and warned, “If climate change makes
our country uninhabitable . . . we will march with our wet feet into your
living rooms.”1 Climate change related impacts such as floods, tsunamis,
hurricanes, and drought have already caused millions of people around the

Networked Disaster Governance in Vanuatu: the Anatomy of an Inclusive and Integrated System to Build Resilience in a Small Island Developing State

 Climate Change  Adaptation  Disaster Risk Management  Disaster risk reduction  Hazard  Resilience

Abstract

Overcoming barriers to climate change information management in small island developing states: lessons from pacific SIDS

 Information Technology and Information Management  Information management  Knowledge management

We live in a rapidly advancing digital information age where the ability to discover, access and utilize high-quality information in a reliable and timely manner is often assumed to be the norm. However, this is not always the experience of researchers, practitioners and decision makers responding to the challenges of a rapidly changing climate, despite the billions now being made available for investment in climate change adaptation initiatives throughout the world and particularly in developing countries.