Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Micronesian Adapting to a Changing Climate Outreach Toolkit
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
In 2010, the Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT) supported the development of community based climate change adaptation tools for the jurisdictions involved in the Micronesia Challenge (Palau, FSM, RMI, Guam, and CNMI). MCT hired consultants who have worked extensively with MCT in the past on community based natural resource management issues to help carry out the development of these tools. Based on input from this workshop, particularly regional stakeholders, the proposed outputs of this project were revised to reflect their needs to effectively carry out community-based adaptation. As such, the following products were developed to support community based climate change adaptation in Micronesia: 1) Adapting to a Changing Climate Outreach Toolkit – designed to provide community members and stakeholders with an understanding of climate change concepts and promote adaptation planning and strategies among community leaders and members; 2) Revised PIMPAC management planning guidance – to incorporate climate change adaptation into the existing process they use to guide communities through natural resource management planning.
Objectives/Outcomes
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
Micronesia Conservation Trust
Contacts(names, emails)
Liz Terk, Conservation Program Manager, Conservation@ourmicronesia.org
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
Required Resources
Projected Timelines
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
Url
http://www.ourmicronesia.org/index.php/about/our-programs/capacity-building/
Worksheet
PnA_MACCOT.doc
Keywords
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Climate Adaptation Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach Best Practices/Guidance Decision Support Tools 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 Completed Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems Fresh Water Resources and Drought Western North Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Guam Republic of Palau Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)