Ethnographic Perspectives on Resilience to Climate Variability in Pacific Island Countries

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Title

Ethnographic Perspectives on Resilience to Climate Variability in Pacific Island Countries

Project Item Type Metadata

Project Reference No.s

2001-11

Programme

ARCP

Project Leader

Jon BARNETT
Mark BUSSE

Email

jbarn@unimelb.edu.au

Project Summary

This project has improved understanding of the ways in which local communities prepare for, manage, and recover from the climatic perturbations that are expected to increase in frequency and intensity with global climate change. With APN funding, researchers and policymakers from across the Pacific attended a workshop in Samoa, Dec 4-6, 2001 to discuss local strategies and practices that support resilience to climate variability, as well as policy challenges in the area of adaptation to climate change. An outstanding feature of the project was the involvement of participants with long-term knowledge of places and people that have experienced climate variability in the past.

Countries Involved

Australia, Fiji, Germany, Guam (USA), New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, Vanuatu (late withdrawals from Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Solomon Islands)

Scientific Thematic Area

Climate Change and Climate Variability

Project Duration

1 year

Year of Completion

2001

Citation

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN). (2001). Ethnographic Perspectives on Resilience to Climate Variability in Pacific Island Countries. Retrieved from http://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/items/show/1473.