Global Climate Change And The Pacific Islands

Author : Lalit Kumar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030328788

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Climate Change and Impacts in the Pacific by Lalit Kumar Pdf

This edited volume addresses the impacts of climate change on Pacific islands, and presents databases and indexes for assessing and adapting to island vulnerabilities. By analyzing susceptibility variables, developing comprehensive vulnerability indexes, and applying GIS techniques, the book's authors demonstrate the particular issues presented by climate change in the islands of the Pacific region, and how these issues may be managed to preserve and improve biodiversity and human livelihoods. The book first introduces the issues specific to island communities, such as high emissions impacts, and discusses the importance of the lithological traits of Pacific islands and how these physical factors relate to climate change impacts. From here, the book aims to analyze the various vulnerabilities of different island sectors, and to formulate a susceptibility index from these variables to be used by government and planning agencies for relief prioritization. Such variables include tropical cyclones, built infrastructures, proximity to coastal areas, agriculture, fisheries and marine resources, groundwater availability, biodiversity, and economic impacts on industries such as tourism. Through the categorization and indexing of these variables, human and physical adaptation measures are proposed, and support solutions are offered to aid the inhabitants of affected island countries. This book is intended for policy makers, academics, and climate change researchers, particularly those dealing with climate change impacts on small islands.

Author : John E. Hay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UOM:39015059176787

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Climate Variability and Change and Sea-level Rise in the Pacific Islands Region by John E. Hay Pdf

Author : John Campbell,Jon Barnett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136542855

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Climate Change and Small Island States by John Campbell,Jon Barnett Pdf

Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow. This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies.

Author : Marc Williams,Duncan McDuie-Ra
Publisher : Springer
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319696478

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Combatting Climate Change in the Pacific by Marc Williams,Duncan McDuie-Ra Pdf

This book analyses the regional complexes of climate security in the Pacific. Pacific Island States and Territories (PICTs) have long been cast as the frontline of climate change and placed within the grand architecture of global climate governance. The region provides compelling new insights into the ways climate change is constructed, governed, and shaped by (and in turn shapes), regional and global climate politics. By focusing on climate security as it is constructed in the Pacific and how this concept mobilises resources and shapes the implementation of climate finance, the book provides an up-to-date account of the way regional organizations in the Pacific have contributed to the search for solutions to the problem of climate insecurity. In the context of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris in 2015, the focus of this book on regional governance offers a concise and innovative account of climate politics in the prevailing global context and one with implications for the study of climate security in other regions, particularly in the developing world.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : UVA:35007000481527

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Global Climate Change and the Pacific Islands by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Alexander Gillespie,William C.G. Burns
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780792360773

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Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and Small Island States by Alexander Gillespie,William C.G. Burns Pdf

ALEXANDER GILLESPIE & WILLIAM C.G. BURNS The idea for this book grew out of the Ecopolitics conference in Canberra, Australia in 1996. The conference captured the ferment of the climate change debate in the South Pacific, as well as some its potential implications for the region’s inhabitants and e- systems. At that conference, one of the editors (Gillespie) delivered a paper on climate change issues in the region, as did Ros Taplin and Mark Diesendorf, who are also c- tributors to this volume. This book focuses on climate change issues in Australia, New Zealand, and the small island nations in the Pacific as the world struggles to cope with possible the impacts of environmental change and to formulate effective responses. While Australia and New Zealand’s per capita emissions of greenhouse gases are among the highest in the world, their aggregate contributions are small. However, both nations may exert a disprop- tionate influence in the global greenhouse debate because their obstinate positions at recent conferences of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on C- mate Change (FCCC) may provide justification for other developed nations, as well as developing countries, to refuse to make meaningful reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions.

Author : Alexander Gillespie,William C.G. Burns
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780306479816

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Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and Small Island States by Alexander Gillespie,William C.G. Burns Pdf

ALEXANDER GILLESPIE & WILLIAM C.G. BURNS The idea for this book grew out of the Ecopolitics conference in Canberra, Australia in 1996. The conference captured the ferment of the climate change debate in the South Pacific, as well as some its potential implications for the region’s inhabitants and e- systems. At that conference, one of the editors (Gillespie) delivered a paper on climate change issues in the region, as did Ros Taplin and Mark Diesendorf, who are also c- tributors to this volume. This book focuses on climate change issues in Australia, New Zealand, and the small island nations in the Pacific as the world struggles to cope with possible the impacts of environmental change and to formulate effective responses. While Australia and New Zealand’s per capita emissions of greenhouse gases are among the highest in the world, their aggregate contributions are small. However, both nations may exert a disprop- tionate influence in the global greenhouse debate because their obstinate positions at recent conferences of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on C- mate Change (FCCC) may provide justification for other developed nations, as well as developing countries, to refuse to make meaningful reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions.

Author : Victoria Keener,John J. Marra,Melissa L. Finucane,Deanna Spooner,Margaret H. Smith
Publisher : NCA Regional Input Reports
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1610914279

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Climate Change and Pacific Islands by Victoria Keener,John J. Marra,Melissa L. Finucane,Deanna Spooner,Margaret H. Smith Pdf

Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, Climate Change and the Pacific Islands was developed by the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment, a collaborative effort engaging federal, state, and local government agencies, non-government organizations, academician, businesses, and community groups to inform and prioritize their activities in the face of a changing climate. The book assesses the state of knowledge about climate change indicators, impacts, and adaptive capacity of the Hawaiian archipelago and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. The book provides the basis for understanding the key observations and impacts from climate change in the region, including the rise in surface air and sea-surface temperatures, along with sea levels, and the changes in ocean chemistry, rainfall amount and distribution, weather extremes, and widespread ecosystem changes. Rich in science and case studies, it examines the latest climate change impacts, scenarios, vulnerabilities, and adaptive capacity and offers decision makers and stakeholders a substantial basis from which to make informed choices that will affect the well-being of the region’s inhabitants in the decades to come.

Author : Jenny Bryant-Tokalau
Publisher : Springer
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319783994

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Indigenous Pacific Approaches to Climate Change by Jenny Bryant-Tokalau Pdf

This book explores how Pacific Island communities are responding to the challenges wrought by climate change—most notably fresh water accessibility, the growing threat of disease, and crop failure. The Pacific Island nations are not alone in facing these challenges, but their responses are unique in that they arise from traditional and community-based understandings of climate and disaster. Knowledge sharing, community education, and widespread participation in decision-making have promoted social resilience to such challenges across the Pacific. In this exploration of the Pacific Island countries, Bryant-Tokalau demonstrates that by understanding the inter-relatedness of local expertise, customary resource management, traditional knowledge and practice, as well as the roles of leaders and institutions, local “knowledge-practice-belief systems” can be used to inform adaptation to disasters wherever they occur.

Author : Johannes M. Luetz,Patrick D. Nunn
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030676025

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Beyond Belief by Johannes M. Luetz,Patrick D. Nunn Pdf

This interdisciplinary book explores the science and spirituality nexus in the Pacific Islands Region and as such makes a critical contribution to sustainable climate change adaptation in Oceania. In addition to presenting case studies, literary analyses, field projects, and empirical research, the book describes faith-engaged approaches through the prism of: • Context: past, present, and future prospects• Theory: concepts, narratives, and theoretical frameworks• Practice: empirical research and praxis-informed case examples• Doctrine: scriptural contributions and perspectives• Engagement: enlisting religious stakeholders and constituencies Comprising peer-reviewed works by scholars, professionals, and practitioners from across Oceania, the book closes a critical gap in the literature and represents a groundbreaking contribution to holistic climate change adaptation in the Pacific Islands Region that is scientifically sound, spiritually attuned, locally meaningful, and contextually compelling.

Author : Johann D. Bell,Johanna E. Johnson,Alistair J. Hobday
Publisher : Pacific Community
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789820004719

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Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change by Johann D. Bell,Johanna E. Johnson,Alistair J. Hobday Pdf

Author : Carola Klöck,Paula Castro,Florian Weiler,Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000259247

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Coalitions in the Climate Change Negotiations by Carola Klöck,Paula Castro,Florian Weiler,Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær Pdf

This edited volume provides both a broad overview of cooperation patterns in the UNFCCC climate change negotiations and an in-depth analysis of specific coalitions and their relations. Over the course of three parts, this book maps out and takes stock of patterns of cooperation in the climate change negotiations since their inception in 1995. In Part I, the authors focus on the evolution of coalitions over time, examining why these emerged and how they function. Part II drills deeper into a set of coalitions, particularly "new" political groups that have emerged in the last rounds of negotiations around the Copenhagen Accord and the Paris Agreement. Finally, Part III explores common themes and open questions in coalition research, and provides a comprehensive overview of coalitions in the climate change negotiations. By taking a broad approach to the study of coalitions in the climate change negotiations, this volume is an essential reference source for researchers, students, and negotiators with an interest in the dynamics of climate negotiations.

Author : Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh,Evan Hamman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : 0367502895

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Environmental Law and Governance in the Pacific by Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh,Evan Hamman Pdf

This volume examines environmental law and governance in the Pacific, focussing on the emerging challenges this region faces. Fourteen Pacific Island countries, and a broad range of themes, such as deep-sea mining, fisheries, protected areas, heritage, endangered species, human rights and access to justice, are addressed in the volume.

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319500942

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Climate Change Adaptation in Pacific Countries by Walter Leal Filho Pdf

This book showcases vital lessons learned from research, field projects and best practice examples with regard to climate change adaptation in countries throughout the Pacific region, a part of the planet that is particularly vulnerable to and affected by climate change.The book's primary goals are to document the wealth of experiences in the region available today, to encourage cross-sector interactions among the various stakeholders in the region, and to help transfer results to other countries and regions. Accordingly, it gathers a set of papers presented at a symposium on climate change adaptation held in Fiji in July 2016, focusing on "Fostering Resilience and Improving the Quality of Life". In these contributions, local and international experts present a variety of initiatives showing how Pacific countries are coping with the many problems associated with climate change, including initiatives in education and awareness work taking place across the region, operational aspects and their implications for policy-making, and challenges in urban and rural areas.

Author : Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh,Evan Hamman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429536489

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Environmental Law and Governance in the Pacific by Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh,Evan Hamman Pdf

This volume examines environmental law and governance in the Pacific, focusing on the emerging challenges this region faces. The Pacific is home to some of the world’s most astonishing biological and cultural diversity. At the same time, Pacific Island nations are economically and technically under-resourced in the face of tremendous environmental challenges. Destructive weather events, ocean acidification, mining, logging, overfishing, and pollution increasingly degrade ecosystems and affect fishing, farming, and other cultural practices of Pacific Islanders. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to understand and analyse the role of law and governance in responding to these pressures in the Pacific. Drawing on academic and practitioner expertise from the Pacific region, as well as Europe and the United States, this unique collection navigates the major environmental law and governance challenges of the present and future of the Pacific. Environmental Law and Governance in the Pacific discusses 21 Pacific Island countries and territories, including Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Samoa, and a broad range of themes, such as deep-sea mining, wetlands and mangroves, heritage, endangered species, human rights, and access to justice, are addressed, thus providing a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of environmental law and governance within specific jurisdictions as well as across the Pacific region as a whole. This volume will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in environmental law and governance in the Pacific region, as well as policy-makers, practitioners and NGOs involved in the development and implementation of environmental law and policy.