Pacific Region RCSD Assessment Worksheet
Use this form to add or update a climate assessment to Piko (Worsheet Version June 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Community Led Risk Reduction Initiatives Across the Pacific
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Contacts(names, emails)
Rebecca McNaught, Senior Climate Advisor, mcnaught@climatecentre.org
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
Communities, Local Authorities, Humanitarian and Development Organizations
Assessment Type
Climate Science
Needs And Capabilities
Needs
Capacity
Capabilities
Risk and Vulnerability or Problem-focused
Area of Applicability
International and National
National and Regional
Regional/Local or Problem-focused
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Focus Area
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
Description
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement uses the participatory Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) to work alongside communities to assess and address risks that are faced. In the northern division of Viti Levu, Fiji, the Fiji Red Cross has been using participatory tools such as focus group discussions, mapping and transect walks to help communities identify hazards and create community profiles. These profiles are then used to identify community led projects to reduce risk and increase the safety of community members. In Vanuatu, the Red Cross has been working in the most remote parts of the country. This has included distributing and setting up vital communications systems, water and sanitation projects, running simulation exercises with communities and creating action plans with communities to deal with extreme events and longer-term issues such as coastal erosion.
Url
http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/preparing-for-disaster/disaster-preparedness-tools/disaster-preparedness-tools/
Keywords
Regional/Local or Problem-focused Risk and Vulnerability or Problem-focused Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience South Pacific Vanuatu Fiji Ongoing
Worksheet
Assessment-CLRRIAP.doc