Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Tuvalu National Adaptation Programme of Action
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Operational Products and Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable/Parameter
Atmospheric:
Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind)
Upper-Air
Composition
Oceanic:
Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color)
Sub-surface (e.g., temp, salinity, nutrients, carbon, phytoplankton)
Terrestrial:
(e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass)
Time Frame
Seasonal (outlook)
Intra-annual to Decadal
Multi-decadal (scenarios)
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Climate Impacts
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Climate Adaptation
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Policies and Legislation
Assessment and Evaluation
Sector
Public Health and Safety
Fresh Water Resources
Energy
Transportation/Communication and Commerce
Community Planning and Development
Social and Cultural Resources
Agriculture and Fisheries
Recreation and Tourism
Ecosystems
Other
Status
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
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
Description
National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change - those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage.
Objectives/Outcomes
Proposed projects in the Tuvalu NAPA are: 1) Increasing Resilience of Coastal Areas and Community Settlement to Climate Change; 2) Increasing Subsistence of Pit Grown Pulaka Productivity through Introduction of a Salt-tolerant Pulaka Species; 3) Adaptation to Frequent Water Shortages through Increasing Household Water Capacity, Water Collection Accessories, and Water Conservation Techniques; 4) Protecting Community Health through Control of Vector Borne/Climate Sensitive Diseases and Promoting Access to Quality Potable Water; 5) Strengthening of Community Based Conservation Programmes on Highly Vulnerable Near-shore Marine Ecosystems; 6) Strengthening Community Disaster Preparedness and Response Potential; 7) Adaptation to Coastal Shellfish Fisheries Resources Productivity.
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
Tuvalu Public Works Department, Tuvalu Meteorological Services, Department of Environment, Department of Lands, Department of Rural Development, Department of Health, Department of Fisheries, National Disaster Management Office
Contacts(names, emails)
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
The information for this activity was provided by the Adaptation Partnership from their Pacific chapter review of planned and existing adaptation activities. These reviews provide an inventory of regional and country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications. They also identify gaps and opportunities for scaling up and enhancing collaboration. For more information see: http://www.adaptationpartnership.org/images/stories/documents/asia - pacific regional and country profiles.pdf
Required Resources
Projected Timelines
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
Url
Worksheet
PnA_AP_Tuvalu2.doc
Keywords
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Climate Adaptation Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach Policies and Legislation Public Health and Safety Community Planning and Development Fresh Water Resources Agriculture and Fisheries Recreation and Tourism Ecosystems Proposed Fresh Water Resources and Drought Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems South Pacific Tuvalu