| Name | A Framework to Support Climate Change Adaptation Measures and Investments for Agriculture, Tourism, Water Resources and Infrastructure in Palau |
| Name | ADAPT Asia-Pacific |
| Description | The principal objective of ADAPT Asia-Pacific is to establish a fully functional and self-sustaining adaptation project preparation facility that will not only support preparation of specific projects, but also build the capacity of the region’s governments to independently access climate adaptation funds. ADAPT Asia-Pacific works in 27 target countries in the Asia and Pacific region. Eligible nations in the Pacific include: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Contacts | info@asiapacificadapt.net |
| Name | Advancing Best Practices for the Formulation of Localized Sea Level Rise/Coastal Inundation Extremes Scenarios for Military Installations in the Pacific Islands |
| Description | Guidance will be developed, through an iterative process of analysis and assessment complimented by periodic expert input that outlines best practices and methodologies that can be used to formulate probabilistic estimates of extreme events under a changing climate for specific locations in the Pacific Islands. This will include the creation of innovative proof-of-concept products that can be used directly to support decision-making ranging from area-wide vulnerability assessment related to climate adaptation planning and disaster risk reduction to site-specific analysis related to design and maintenance of facilities and infrastructure at select DoD sites. Attention will also be given to incorporating the results of the work into IT-based decision-support and visualization tools.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC |
| Contacts | John Marra, Regional Climate Services Director - Pacific Region, john.marra@noaa.gov |
| Name | Application of Latest IPCC Climate Models to Forecast Possible Marine Ecosystem Changes in the North Pacific Over the 21st Century (1 of 2) |
| Description | Coral reef ecosystem health is highly impacted by ocean temperature variability. The NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) has been recording subsurface temperature data from various habitats (forereef, backreef, and lagoon) and depth ranges (1 – 35 m) in coral reef environments from around the Pacific in disparate oceanographic regimes for 10 years. To better understand subsurface temperature variability across various habitat, depth, and regional oceanographic conditions, these data need to be analyzed in the context of seasonal to interannual variability, for correlations of regional to basin scale forcing mechanisms, and compared to remotely sensed products, which is currently the scientific standard for assessing thermal conditions on coral reefs.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) |
| Contacts | Jamie Gove, jamison.grove@noaa.gov Russell Brainard, rusty.brainard@noaa.gov |
| Name | Application of Latest IPCC Climate Models to Forecast Possible Marine Ecosystem Changes in the North Pacific Over the 21st Century (2 of 2) |
| Description | Take output from the latest IPCC climate models that include a phytoplankton component and use various approaches to project possible high trophic level impacts. The approaches include: i) a biome approach; ii) driving ecosystem/fisheries models with phytoplankton output from the climate model; and iii) a size spectrum model approach.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) |
| Contacts | Jeffrey Polovina, jeffery.polovina@noaa.gov Phoebe Woodworth, phoebe.woodworth@noaa.gov |
| Name | Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Project Preparation Facility |
| Description | Increase access to financial resources for climate change adaptation investment projects; strengthen national human and institutional capacity in preparation of financing proposals; and strengthen regional knowledge platform to share information and processes on climate change projects, funds and best practices to promote replication and scaling up.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | WWF, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, ARD Inc., NOAA |
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| Name | Asia Pacific Mangrove Monitoring |
| Description | We are working with various Pacific Island nations to identify the ecological attributes of mangroves that may be more resilient to sea level rise. This involves a Pacific-wide rod surface accretion table (RSET) network that quantifies the rate at which mangroves are rising or falling in relation to sea level rise. This information is also being used to help secure C credits, which can be used to restore of conserve these valuable ecosystems. We are also quantifying accretion rates using naturally occurring 210Pb and 137Cs. RSETs have already been installed in Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Palau.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | USDA/FS/PSW |
| Contacts | Rich MacKenzie, rmackenzie@fs.fed.us |
| Name | Climate Variability Influences on Trends in Streamflow and Precipitation Records at Selected Sites in the Pacific Islands Region |
| Description | Analysis of streamflow and precipitation trends during different phases of ENSO and PDO at selected sites in Hawaii, American Samoa, and Western Pacific islands. Trends will be analyzed using non-parametric statistical tests and spectral analysis.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | USGS/PIWSC, USGS/PIERC, Pacific RISA |
| Contacts | Delwyn Oki, dsoki@usgs.gov Lisa Miller, ldmiller@usgs.gov Victoria Keener, KeenerV@EastWestCenter.org |
| Name | Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle of the Pacific |
| Description | To promote the conservation and sustainable use of globally significant coastal and marine resources in the Coral Triangle region through the introduction of integrated and ecosystem-based coastal and marine resources management in five Pacific countries.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Name | Coastal Community Adaptation Project |
| Description | The Pacific Island countries comprise the most vulnerable region in the world to climate change. The nature-based livelihoods and diverse cultures that have risen from these island nations—some of which stand only meters above sea level—are being challenged, and in some cases overwhelmed, by sea level rise, changing ocean temperatures and acidity, increasing air temperatures, shifting rainfall and storm patterns, and other impacts of climate change that are projected to increase over the next 100 years. National adaptation strategies and policies are in place, but implementation lags at the community level. Climate-smart decision making to improve coastal zone and water resource management and strengthen disaster management must be applied in communities across the Pacific for the region to successfully adapt to climate change. This project is for the countries of Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the Federated States of Micronesia. We will build the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities to withstand more intense and frequent weather events and ecosystem degradation in the short term, and sea level rise in the long term.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | USAID, Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI) |
| Contacts | pinquiries@usaid.gov |
| Name | Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region |
| Description | Six main components: 1) Strengthening regional advisory and management capacity - support SPC in technical deliveries; support development of Regional CC Portal; 2) Mainstreaming climate considerations and adaptations strategies - support mainstreaming CC in national forest policies, land use policies and plans, and sector legislations, development of national CCA strategies land-based sectors, development of national CC policies; 3) Implementing adaptation and mitigation measures - establishment of pilot sites for food security and land use planning, innovative community approaches, promote reef-to-ridge approach, REDD+; 4) Sustainable tourism and climate change - assessment of interventions currently underway; 5) Sustainable energy management - support development of National Energy Policies and Strategies, renewable readiness/potential assessments, energy audits; 6) Climate Change Education - New learning outcomes on climate change introduced in school curricula across various subjects and levels.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | GIZ, SPC |
| Contacts | Dr. Wulf Killmann, wulf.killmann@giz.de |
| Name | Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database |
| Description | The CoRTAD contains a collection of sea surface temperature (SST) and related thermal stress metrics, developed specifically for coral reef ecosystem applications but relevant to other ecosystems as well. The CoRTAD contains global, approximately 4 km resolution SST data on a weekly time scale from 1981 through 2010.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center |
| Contacts | Kenneth Casey, Kenneth.Casey@noaa.gov |
| Name | Coral Resilience in Hotter, More Acidic Oceans |
| Description | Mechanisms of coral calcification and the synergistic impacts of temperature, carbonate chemistry and feeding on coral growth and survival.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | NOAA, NPS |
| Contacts | Rob Toonen, toonen@hawaii.edu |
| Name | Effects of Landscape Change on Island Birds |
| Description | This project models bird species' responses to long-term and large-scale landscape change on Pohnpei Island, Federated States of Micronesia. Data from bird surveys spanning back to 1983 combined with 30 years of vegetation mapping will be used to create a predictive model of species change to guide reforestation and assess climate change model projections. This is the first effort of this kind in the Pacific Islands outside of Hawaii.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | U of Missouri, College of Micronesia, Pacific Islands Conservation Research Association |
| Contacts | Dylan Kesler, KeslerD@Missouri.edu |
| Name | Enhancing Scientific and Technical Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Small Island Developing States |
| Description | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), working through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is undertaking a two-year program to support climate change adaptation in the Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) by conducting a series of activities to enhance scientific and technical capacity. These activities are designed to strengthen end-to-end climate services and adaptation capabilities through the expansion of ongoing work of the U.S.-focused NOAA Pacific Climate Information System (PaCIS) into the broader Pacific.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | NOAA, PaCIS, USAID |
| Contacts | John Marra, john.marra@noaa.gov |
| Name | FINPAC - Reduced Vulnerability of the Pacific Island Country Villagers' Livelihoods to the Effects of Climate Change |
| Description | The FINPAC project is a regional project that aims to facilitate improved capacity of the Pacific Island Country National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to deliver weather, climate and early warning services in cooperation with and for the benefit of villagers in Pacific communities.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | SPREP, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) |
| Contacts | Neville Koop, Meteorology and Climate Adviser SPREP, nevillek@sprep.org Jaakko Nuottokari, Head of International Projects FMI, jaakko.nuottokari@fmi.fi |
| Name | Future Wind and Wave Projections for NPS and USFWS Managed Islands in the Pacific |
| Description | The goal of this proposed effort is to use GCM and coupled numerical wave model output to provide 3-hourly data and statistical measures (mean and top 5% values) of wave height, wave period, wave direction, wind speed, and wind direction for 15 DOI-managed coastal assets (parks and refuges) in the Pacific Ocean for the recent past (1996-2005) and future projections (2026-2045 and 2085-2100). These data are needed as baseline physical information for these DOI-managed assets, as winds and waves are the dominant spatially- and temporally-varying processes that influence coastal morphology and ecosystem structure, and can impact coastal infrastructure, natural and cultural resources, and coastal-related economic activities (e.g., fishing and tourism).(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Contacts | Curt D. Storlazzi, cstorlazzi@usgs.gov Li H. Erikson, lerikson@usgs.gov |
| Name | Implementation of the Strategic Program for Climate Resilience: Pacific Region |
| Description | The Pacific Regional Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) aims to facilitate more effective integration of CCA and related DRR for Pacific island countries to become resilient to climate change and climate-related disasters. As approved by the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) Subcommittee, the Pacific Regional SPCR has three components, which will complement and reinforce each other and will be delivered through existing regional organizations (CROP agencies) and mechanisms. These are: 1) Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction; 2) Identifying and Implementing Practical Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge and Experiences; and 3) Building and Supporting Pacific Developing Member Countries‘ Capacity to Respond to Climate Change Risks. ADB will administer Components 1 and 3, while WB will manage Component 2. 2-3 countries will be identified for pilot activities; pilot countries will exclude PNG, Samoa and Tonga, which have approved country PPCRs. The forthcoming project will be implemented for 3 years.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank (WB) |
| Contacts | Maria Lourdes Drilon, Senior Natural Resources Economist, Pacific Department ADB, mldrilon@adb.org |
| Name | Land Management Unit/Crop Production and Extension |
| Name | Mainstreaming Gender Aspects in Climate Change Adaptation and Low-Carbon Development |
| Description | This project contributes to mainstreaming gender into climate change adaptation and low-carbon development measures in climate policy.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | GenerCC–Women for Climate Justice, Centre for Global Change, SPC |
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| Name | Micronesian Adapting to a Changing Climate Outreach Toolkit |
| Description | In 2010, the Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT) supported the development of community based climate change adaptation tools for the jurisdictions involved in the Micronesia Challenge (Palau, FSM, RMI, Guam, and CNMI). MCT hired consultants who have worked extensively with MCT in the past on community based natural resource management issues to help carry out the development of these tools. Based on input from this workshop, particularly regional stakeholders, the proposed outputs of this project were revised to reflect their needs to effectively carry out community-based adaptation. As such, the following products were developed to support community based climate change adaptation in Micronesia: 1) Adapting to a Changing Climate Outreach Toolkit – designed to provide community members and stakeholders with an understanding of climate change concepts and promote adaptation planning and strategies among community leaders and members; 2) Revised PIMPAC management planning guidance – to incorporate climate change adaptation into the existing process they use to guide communities through natural resource management planning.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | Micronesia Conservation Trust |
| Contacts | Liz Terk, Conservation Program Manager, Conservation@ourmicronesia.org |
| Name | Monitoring Marine Biodiversity in the Pacific Islands |
| Description | Changes in biodiversity and the impacts to marine calcifiers are biological responses to climatic trends in the Pacific. An established systematic and standardize tool currently used to monitor biodiversity in the Pacific is the Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS). ARMS were developed by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) as part of the Census of Marine Life’s Census of Coral Reefs project. ARMS are a long-term collecting device designed to mimic the structural complexity of a coral reef and attract colonizing invertebrates. Through taxonomic identification and mass sequencing technologies they provide a consistent and comparable method to measure and monitor the biodiversity of these understudied organisms over time. They enhance ecosystem-based management and increase the ability to monitor and predict ecological impacts in response to natural and anthropogenic stressors. In conjunction with measured climatic variables such as temperature and salinity, ARMS could help advance our understanding of the relationship between climate variables and biodiversity. Currently, over 500 ARMS units are placed strategically throughout the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans with the majority at sites in the Pacific. To help facilitate the data produced from each ARMS unit, an ARMSbase web-enabled biodiversity information system has been proposed. The ARMSbase would house all information related to the ARMS which would include all metadata related to deployment, retrieval, and processing as well as the raw taxonomic and molecular sequence information. This information can then be applied and related to physical climate variables collected across the Pacific to investigate the relationships between biodiversity and Pacific climate trends.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | NOAA/PIFSC/CRED, JIMAR |
| Contacts | Annette DesRochers, Annette.DesRochers@noaa.gov Russell Brainard, Rusty.Brainard@noaa.gov |
| Name | Monthly ENSO Discussions, Seasonal Rainfall Outlooks and Sea Level Discussion |
| Description | The PEAC Center conducts a monthly conference call that discusses monthly sea level, the ENSO state, the PEAC rainfall outlook, and island reports from around the South Pacific.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | National Weather Service, PEAC Center |
| Contacts | LTJG G. Carl Noblitt , peac@noaa.gov |
| Name | Ocean Acidification and Impacts on Living Marine Resources within the Rose Atoll, Marianas Trench and Pacific Remote Island Areas National Marine Monuments |
| Description | This is a NOAA Hollings scholar project hosted by the NMFS Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center in the June-July 2011 time frame. It is basically an undergraduate project on ocean acidification and impacts on living marine resources within the Rose Atoll, Marianas Trench and the Pacific Remote Island Areas National Marine Monuments. Impacts include: environmental degredation; change in species dynamics; effects of environmental degradation and changes in species dynamics; and effects on humans.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | NOAA/NMFS/Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center |
| Contacts | Eric Breuer, eric.breuer@noaa.gov |
| Name | Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Description | The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Programme is the first major climate change adaptation initiative in the Pacific region. Since it began in 2009 the Programme has been laying the groundwork for more resilient Pacific communities that are better able to cope with climate variability today and climate change tomorrow. The Programme approaches this from two directions: it is working to enhance adaptive capacity on the ground, and it is driving the mainstreaming of climate risks into national development planning and activities. Working in 14 Pacific island countries, the Programme is demonstrating best-practice adaptation in three key climate-sensitive areas: coastal zone management, food security and food production, and water resources management. Each country is hosting a pilot project in one of these theme areas to demonstrate how climate change adaptation can work on the ground. The PACC country projects showcase best practice adaptation within the 14 countries. Five projects are focusing on coastal zone management, four on food production and food security, and five on water resources management. The projects are community oriented and gender sensitive. They are using the latest tools and processes to ensure that they combine the best science available with the realities faced by communities. Early in the process the project teams carried out vulnerability and adaptation (V&A) assessments to ensure the project addressed the priority needs of the communities in view of the climate risks they face. The projects were also assessed economically using cost–benefit analysis. As the projects progress, the project teams are producing technical guidelines to guide future adaptation work in coastal zone management, food production and food security, and water resources management.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | SPREP |
| Contacts | PACC Project Manager, Peniamina Leavai, peniaminal@sprep.org |
| Name | Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative |
| Description | The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), and the World Bank jointly launched the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI) in 2007 to increase the financial resilience of Pacific DMCs to natural disasters and to enable them to better cope with the aftermath of such events. The PCRAFI aims to: 1) develop a regional catastrophe risk insurance pool to enhance the capacity of Pacific DMCs to manage natural disasters; 2) provide immediate liquidity resources to restore essential services to countries affected by natural disasters; and 3) assist with recovery and reconstruction activities. The technical assistance aims to respond to this request by assisting Fiji, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu, to build their capacity in mainstreaming climate change and natural disaster risks into urban and infrastructure planning using available data and risk models.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | Asian Development Bank (ADB), Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), World Bank (WB) |
| Contacts | Allison Woodruff, Urban Development Specialist, Pacific Department ADB, awoodruff@adb.org |
| Name | Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative |
| Description | The research program of the PICCC is focused on providing original science products and syntheses that will assist managers of natural and cultural resources in adapting to climate change and related large-scale threats. The PICCC seeks to coordinate its research program with other entities funding and disseminating basic and applied science in the Pacific Islands. The PICCC awards research grants through annual solicitations, directly funds specialized projects, and creates products in-house. The research results are then disseminated to our Members and external partners via workshops and trainings, presentations, and publications. In this way the PICCC fosters a dialogue across our membership and with key stakeholders, thus supporting a community of learning that can adapt to new knowledge and practices.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | HCA, USFWS, USGS, NPS, NOAA, OIA |
| Contacts | Jeff Burgett, Science Manager, jeff.burgett@piccc.net Deanna Spooner, Coordinator, deanna.spooner@piccc.net |
| Name | Pacific Islands Climate Change Social Network Analysis |
| Description | More than 1,000 climate change professionals in the Pacific Islands were invited to complete a network analysis survey on climate change connectedness between December 2012 and March 2013. The survey solicited information about professional and personal demographics, network connectedness, climate change risk perception and resiliency, and sense of community. Using network analysis methods, East-West Center and Pacific RISA researchers tracked information flows, key hubs, and isolated groups to map out the strengths and gaps in the flow of climate information in the region. The project is supported by NOAA and the DOI Pacific Islands Climate Science Center (PI-CSC).(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | East-West Center (EWC), Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (Pacific RISA) |
| Contacts | Kati Corlew, corlewk@eastwestcenter.org |
| Name | Pacific Islands Climate Education Partnership |
| Description | Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Pacific Islands Climate Education Partnership (PCEP) has developed a detailed strategic plan to collaboratively improve climate knowledge among the region’s students and citizens in ways that exemplify modern science and indigenous environmental knowledge, address the urgency of climate change impacts, and honor indigenous cultures. Students and citizens within the region will have the knowledge and skills to advance understanding of climate change, and to adapt to its impacts. Core PCEP partners contribute expertise in climate science, the science of learning, the region’s education infrastructure, and the region’s cultures and indigenous knowledge and practices. PCEP’s interactive web-based environment interlinks the region’s locations, organizations and people with information about climate science and climate impacts. This system enables the region’s diverse stakeholders to access and contribute to the same information pool. This web-based environment both supports the development of PCEP resources such as the CEF and their continuing evolution and dissemination.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, WestEd, University of Hawaii, College of the Marshall Islands |
| Contacts | Sharon Nelson-Barber, nelsons@prel.org Art Sussman, asussma@wested.org Chip Fletcher, fletcher@soest.hawaii.edu Don Hess, cmihess@grmail.com |
| Name | Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments |
| Description | The major goal of Pacific RISA is to integrate flexible processes for building adaptive capacity to climate variability and change in diverse island settings. Our region includes Hawaii and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau).(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | East-West Center (EWC) |
| Contacts | Victoria Keener, EWC, Lead Investigator, KeenerV@EastWestCenter.org |
| Name | Pacific Storms Climatology Products |
| Description | Pacific Storms is focused on improving our understanding of patterns and trends of storm frequency and intensity - storminess - within the Pacific region. It is exploring how the climate-related processes that govern extreme storm events are expressed within and between three thematic areas: heavy rains, strong winds, and high seas. It is developing a suite of extremes climatology-related data and information products that can be used by emergency managers, mitigation planners, government agencies and decision-makers in key sectors including water and natural resource management, agriculture and fisheries, transportation and communication, and recreation and tourism. In-situ station products include the delineation of rates of sea level rise and high water return periods, as well as changes in the frequency of both short-lived intense rainfall events and extended periods of heavy rains and the linkages of these patterns and trends to climate indices. Observational data used to support product development are taken from standard holdings. In addition to the basic product set, special attention is being given to climate indices-related products that describe the relationship between extremes and climate, primarily through the correlation of extremes indicators and climate indices known to have relevance to the Pacific region (e.g., the Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI); the Pacific Decadal Oscillation Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO); the North Pacific Index (NPI); etc.) as well as the formulation of new integrated and/or regional indices.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | NOAA/NCDC/Regional Climate Services |
| Contacts | John Marra, john.marra@noaa.gov |
| Name | PIMPAC Climate Change Adaptation Tool Kit Training |
| Description | PIMPAC aims to address CC challenges by facilitating Pacific island communities and managers who support them through a process that assesses their most pressing needs, provides a suite of tools to address those needs, and prioritizes actions that can be taken at the community level. Currently, trainings are being conducted in each Micronesian jurisdiction on how to deliver these materials and how to use the revised PIMPAC management planning and adaptation guidebook to carry out a management and adaptation planning process including a vulnerability assessment. The first training took place in the Republic of the Marshall Islands from August 22-26 2011. Similar trainings were also conducted in Republic of Palau and all the Federated Stated of Micronesia. Follow up work is being planned by Core Teams in each location.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | PIMPAC, Micronesia Conservation Trust |
| Contacts | Mike Lameier, Michael.lameier@noaa.gov |
| Name | Sea Level Rise and Changes in Storminess on U.S. High-Island Fringing Reefs |
| Description | We are actively conducting USGS-funded research on sea-level rise and changes in storminess on US high-island fringing reefs in the US and US-territories, primarily in US National Parks. Tasks include in situ data acquisition and development of coupled wave-current-sediment transport numerical models to investigate potential future climate change impacts on coral reef ecosystems. We have proposals into the USGS, USFWS, and DOD investigating sea-level rise and changes in storminess on US atolls in the US and US-territories. Proposed tasks include in situ data acquisition and development of coupled wave-current-sediment transport numerical models and hydrologic models to investigate potential future climate change impacts on natural resources, freshwater availability, and infrastructure.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Contacts | Curt Storlazzi, cstorlazzi@usgs.gov |
| Name | SPC Climate Change Support Activities in Pacific Island Countries and Territories |
| Description | The purpose of this document is to provide a summary overview of SPC climate change and disaster risk management (DRM) support to member Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs). It is divided into two sections. The first section includes those activities that provide benefits to all PICTs and lists activities that have been implemented since 2011, or are currently in the process of being implemented. It also lists activities that SPC plans to commence during 2013. The regional matrix of activities will be updated annually. Activities have been categorised by sector or theme, although in some cases activities cover multiple sectors. The second section contains a national matrix summarising activities that are being implemented in individual countries and territories. The national matrix uses the same timeframe and sector classifications as the regional matrix of activities. The national matrix will also be updated regularly to ensure that countries have a clear indication of what climate change and DRM services are being provided. For both the regional and national activity summaries the key SPC contact person is listed, as are the development partners that are supporting that activity and the approximate timeframe over which the support is being provided.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Contacts | spc@spc.int |
| Name | Strengthening the Capacity of Pacific Developing Member Countries to Respond to Climate Change (Phase 1) |
| Name | Synergistic Impacts of Global Warming and Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs |
| Description | This project develops equations describing changes in coral growth rates in response to increased temperature and ocean acidification. These data are necessary for developing and refining models evaluating the future impact of climate change on Pacific coral reef communities. Results will help define appropriate management responses and prioritize interventions at the most vulnerable sites.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | UH/HIMB |
| Contacts | Paul Jokiel, jokiel@hawaii.edu |
| Name | Technical Support Project for Pacific Islands GUAN |
| Description | The GCOS (Global Climate Observing System) Upper-Air Network (GUAN) consists of stations selected from the Global Observing System of the World Weather Watch. TSP is a joint partnership between MetService and U.S. GCOS established in 2004. The goal of the program is to provide a technical support and program management solution to ensure that upper air programs that are part of the GUAN and operated in the Pacific Island States are effective.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | MetService, U.S. GCOS |
| Contacts | Pene Lefale, pene.lefale@metservice.com |
| Name | The Impact of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on Department of Defense Installations on Atolls in the Pacific Ocean |
| Description | The goal of this effort is to (1) provide basic understanding and specific information on storm wave-induced inundation on Department of Defense installations on atolls in the Pacific Ocean, and (2) assess the resulting impact of sea-level rise and storm-wave inundation on infrastructure and freshwater availability under a variety of sea-level rise and climatic scenarios, based on historic information, sea-level rise predictions, and global climate model wind, wave, and precipitation output.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | USGS/Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Contacts | Curt Storlazzi, Research Oceanographer, cstorlazzi@usgs.gov |
| Name | U.S. Peace Corps Small Project Assistance for Adaptation |
| Description | This project will extend USAID’s reach to remote communities by supporting the following efforts of Peace Corps volunteers: 1) development of youth camps that promote environmental awareness, knowledge and skills among the youth to become responsible natural resource stewards; 2) trainings that support community adaptation to climate change and build capacity for disaster risk reduction (DRR); and 3) small-scale community projects that can demonstrate application of climate change and DRR principles.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | U.S. Peace Corps, USAID |
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| Name | U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands Regional Gap Analysis for Hazard Planning Implementation |
| Description | 1) To develop a multi-dimensional gap analyses to determine how to implement science into the community in order to improve hazard resiliency. 2) To develop an analysis that is flexible and can be used for different regions of the Pacific. 3) To test the analyses for two geographically diverse areas – Kauai, Hawaii and the U.S. Marshall Islands. 4) If successful, apply in later phases to the entire Pacific Region. The project begins with a briefing to the NOAA Regional Collaboration Team for the Pacific Region. Extensive interviews will also be conducted with scientists, planners, community members and leaders.(More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, NOAA |
| Contacts | Dennis Hwang, djh@opglaw.com |
| Name | Water Resources on Guam: Potential Impacts and Adaptive Response to Climate Change for Department of Defense Installations |
| Description | A grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) will support a four-year evaluation of potential adverse climate change impacts on DoD installations that rely on Guam’s surface water and groundwater resources. A diverse team of investigators from the U.S. Geological Survey, the East-West Center Pacific RISA program, the University of Hawaii International Pacific Research Center, the University of Texas, and the University of Guam will be concerned with the following questions: 1) How will streamflow, sediment loads, and turbidity be modified and how will this affect surface water availability?; 2) How will groundwater recharge and salinity be modified?; 3) What are climate change impacts to DoD infrastructure supplying surface water and groundwater, and what are the adaptive strategies to maximize the water resources?; and 4) How will information about potential climate change impacts be communicated to water managers evaluating and implementing adaptive strategies? (More…) (PDF) |
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| Lead Agencies | USGS - Pacific Islands Water Science Center, East-West Center - Pacific RISA program, University of Hawaii - International Pacific Research Center, University of Texas, University of Guam |
| Contacts | Stephen Gingerich, sbginger@usgs.gov Stephen Anthony, santhony@usgs.gov Melissa Finucane, finucanem@eastwestcenter.org Victoria Keener, keenerv@eastwestcenter.org |
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