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 Vulnerability Assessments for the Islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
CNMI Coastal Resources Management Office (CRMO)
Contacts(names, emails)
Robbie Greene, robertgreene.crm@gmail.com Rebecca Skeele, Rebecca.skeele.crm@gmail.com
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
Ongoing collaboration and support from the member agencies of the CNMI Climate Change Working Group. Additional technical support and capacity-building provided by PICCC, PIMPAC, and NOAA Coastal Services Center.
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
These assessments are part of a NOAA-funded project to conduct climate change vulnerability assessments for the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota in the CNMI. Assessments leverage the CNMI Climate Change Working Group to conduct stakeholder analyses, conduct community-mapping of vulnerable resources, map future sea level scenarios, and identify adaptation priorities for island communities and resource managers. The vulnerability assessments include final documents detailing the process, tools and results of each island’s assessment. Spatial data related to vulnerable resources as well as potential flooding extents are developed and made available to local resource managers and interested agencies. A parallel education and outreach campaign is being planned to disseminate this information to a broader audience. The project aims to integrate climate change considerations and adaptation priorities into planned updates to local policies and management plans, as well as inform future climate adaptation planning by the CNMI Climate Change Working Group.
Url
www.climatecnmi.net
Keywords
Western North Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Ongoing Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Regional/Local or Problem-focused Risk and Vulnerability or Problem-focused
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