Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands: Assessment of Current Capacity and Recommendations for Future Opportunities
Spooner D, Polhemus, D, Peterson W, Gombos M, Miles W, Enomoto S, Speicher M, Fifita P. 2017. Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands: Assessment of Current Capacity and Recommendations for Future Opportunities. Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative. Honolulu, HI
At the request of the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), the Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC) was asked to provide technical assistance to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Territory of Guam, Territory of American Sāmoa, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau in understanding and planning for the localized impacts of global climate change. OIA requested that the PICCC engage key cross-sector decision makers and stakeholders within each jurisdiction with the objectives to identify and articulate near-term priorities for funding as well as a process for developing long-term climate change adaptation plans. The desired outcomes of this technical assistance project were to increase each jurisdiction’s capacity to, (1) understand the complexities of climate change adaptation planning, vulnerability assessments, and climate adaptation plan implementation; (2) be better prepared to complete a climate change adaptation plan application for funding purposes; and (3) be able to prioritize existing climate change initiatives and plan development activities for funding purposes. It was envisioned that the project’s final outputs would aid each jurisdiction additionally in identifying critical gaps to be filled by further technical assistance and funding requests to governmental and non-governmental organizations. The final output of this OIA-funded project is this report, which shares the findings of the climate change adaptation capacity assessments (Chapters 2-7), and recommendations based on these assessments as well as observations and feedback gathered during the workshops (Chapter 8). This report is available for download at the PICCC web site: http://piccc.net.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Spooner, D; Polhemus,, D; Peterson, W; Gombos, M; Miles, W; Enomoto, S; Speicher, M; Fifita, P
- Date of Issue
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative
- Units
- AMME , NPSA , WAPA
- Keywords
- Adaptation, Climate Change Planning, Coral Reef Management, Education, Forest Management, Land-use Management, Outreach, Watershed Management, Zoning