Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
CBA
Name/Title
Community-based Adaptation Programme
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
The objective of the program is to enhance the capacity of communities in the pilot countries to adapt to climate change including variability. Planned outcomes are: 1) Enhanced adaptive capacity allows communities to reduce their vulnerability to adverse impacts of future climate hazards; 2) National policies and programs include community-based adaptation priorities to promote replication, up-scaling and integration of best practices derived from community-based adaptation projects; and 3) Cooperation among member countries promotes global innovation in adaptation to climate change including variability.
Objectives/Outcomes
In Samoa: The projects completed as part of the CBA program focus on coastal ecosystems and the maintenance of their goods and services. Projects underway as part of this initiative are: 1) Satoalepai Coastal Resources Adaptation Project (co-funded by AusAID); 2) Reducing impacts of climate change-driven erosion through protection and conservation of mangroves, eco-systems, and coral reefs; 3) Community-Based Adaptation against flooding and sea level rise in the communities of Fagamolo, Avao, Vaipouli, Salei'a and Safai; and 4) Community-Based Adaptation for Lelepa Village.
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
UNDP
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
GEF (Strategic Priority on Adaptation); co-financing, Budget: US$4.5 million
Projected Timelines
2009-2011
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
Url
Worksheet
PnA_AP_Samoa6.doc
Keywords
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Climate Adaptation Best Practices/Guidance Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach Policies and Legislation Public Health and Safety Ecosystems Community Planning and Development Completed Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems South Pacific Samoa Global