Pacific Region RCSD Assessment Worksheet
Use this form to add or update a climate assessment to Piko (Worsheet Version June 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Climate Change and Health Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning Carried Out in 11 Pacific Island Countries
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
World Health Organization, Division of Pacific Technical Support - South Pacific Office
Contacts(names, emails)
Dr. Lachlan McIver, Climate Change & Health Officer, mciverl@wpro.who.int
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and 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
Mixed-methods assessments of health impacts of climate change, based on quantitative analyses of available data on historical climate and climate-sensitive disease patterns, as well as wide-ranging stakeholder consultations to determine health-related vulnerabilities to climate variability and change. This project was carried out in 11 Pacific island countries between 2010 and 2012.
Url
Keywords
Risk and Vulnerability or Problem-focused National and Regional Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Western North Pacific Republic of Palau Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) South Pacific Other South Pacific Samoa Tonga Fiji Completed
Worksheet
Assessment-CCHVAPI.doc