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.