Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Infrastructure in the Pacific

2020 ◽  
pp. 275-294
Author(s):  
Lalit Kumar ◽  
Tharani Gopalakrishnan ◽  
Sadeeka Jayasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

scholarly journals "Migration with Dignity": Towards a New Zealand Response to Climate Change Displacement in the Pacific

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Farquhar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
International Law ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

The impacts of climate change threaten to cause the displacement of millions of people worldwide by the middle of this century. Despite this looming crisis, international law provides insufficient protection to those who will be forced to migrate. In most cases, those who are displaced will fall outside of current protection frameworks. This article examines why this protection deficit should be of particular concern to New Zealand, and argues that there are significant incentives for New Zealand to develop a response to the issue of climate change displacement in the Pacific. The article concludes that in order to ensure Pacific peoples are able to migrate with dignity, migration schemes which are pre-emptive and voluntary should be put in place to facilitate migration flows. These should build upon New Zealand's current immigration framework, and include the extension of current permanent and temporary migration schemes, as well as the introduction of labour-training migration schemes. 

‘Eaten by the sea’: human rights claims for the impacts of climate change upon remote subnational communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-193
Author(s):  
Miriam Cullen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Primary Case ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The People ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

The low-lying islands and atolls of the Pacific have been among the first places to experience the most severe impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Some of the affected islands are nation-states possessing the capacity to negotiate treaties and to directly participate in international forums such as the United Nations (UN). Others, however, are subnational jurisdictions, made up of people who live remote from the governing majority and yet are extremely vulnerable to national policy decisions, especially when it comes to climate change and its impacts. This article examines one potential avenue for redress for minority populations living in remote subnational jurisdictions where national policy on climate change arguably compromises their human rights: a communication to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC). The article takes as its primary case study the people of the Torres Strait Islands, which form part of the state of Australia.

Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Resources in the Pacific Island Region

2020 ◽  
pp. 359-402
Author(s):  
Johanna E. Johnson ◽  
Valerie Allain ◽  
Britt Basel ◽  
Johann D. Bell ◽  
Andrew Chin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Island Region ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

scholarly journals Temporal trends in the Colonisation of the Pacific: Palaeodemographic Insights

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare McFadden ◽  
Richard Walter ◽  
Hallie Buckley ◽  
Marc F. Oxenham
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Human Skeletal Remains ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
High Population Growth ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

AbstractThe colonisation of eastern parts of the Pacific Islands was the last phase in the preindustrial expansion of the human species. Given the scale and challenges of the endeavour it is unsurprising that scholars have long been interested in understanding the conditions that drove and supported the exploration and settlement of this vast region. There has been speculation as to the influence of demographic factors, either as drivers or in some way regulating the rate and success of human expansion, but testing this has proven challenging. This study evaluates two hypotheses of population dynamics: the adaptation/resilience hypothesis, which proposes that populations respond to localised environmental conditions and changes in subsistence strategy, technology, differences in pathogen loads, and other events that occur at different times in different places; and the temporal hypothesis, which proposes that populations respond to major events such as climate change that occur in a region at an absolute point in, or over an absolute period of, time (noting that the two hypotheses are not mutually exclusive). Applying new methods for estimating the rate of natural population increase from human skeletal remains, this study utilised 23 samples to evaluate trends in population increase following the human expansion into the region. The results indicate a trend in population growth following colonisation, with initially high population growth, followed by a significant decrease and subsequently an increase in growth rates. The lack of a temporal trend may represent a high degree of heterogeneity in the impacts of climate change on individual archipelagos and islands.

scholarly journals GRAPHIC - Groundwater and Climate Change - Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloé Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the (I) current state of groundwater on SIDS, (II) potential impacts of climate change to groundwater on SIDS, and (III) importance of groundwater resources in climate change mitigation on SIDS. GRAPHIC’s SIDS studies are highlighted, including several from the Pacific, Caribbean, and other regions of the globe. This paper is part of a series of GRAPHIC publications following the release of the GRAPHIC position paper in 2015. Climate change Groundwater SIDS

scholarly journals “Dancing with apocalypse”: The impacts of climate change on livelihood of Tuvalu - Polynesia / “Dançando com o apocalypse”: Os impactos das mudanças climáticas para subsistência em Tuvalu - Polinésia

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Meredian Alam
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Rapid Destruction ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

For community living in Least Developing Countries (LDC) climate change has imposed recent pressure on the locals. The impact it causes is also exacerbated by the inadequate infrastructure and regional policy in those countries. With the focus of interest in the case of Tuvalu, one of LDCs located in Western Oceania which clearly encounters rapid destruction due to climatic events, this paper presents the natural changes and living conditions of Tuvaluan inhabitants. Those calamities are caused predominantly by sea-level rise, warmer temperatures, unprecedented cyclones and contaminated water. Benchmarked with other small islands stretching across the Pacific Ocean, the finding demonstrates that Tuvalu has ignoredinternational concerns due to its critical situations that are causedby the government and local community members.  

scholarly journals “Migration with Dignity”: Towards a New Zealand Response to Climate Change Displacement in the Pacific

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Harriet Farquhar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
International Law ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

<p>The impacts of climate change threaten to cause the displacement of millions of people worldwide by the middle of this century. In spite of this looming crisis, international law provides insufficient protection to those who will be forced to migrate. In most cases, those who are displaced will fall outside of current protection frameworks. This paper examines why this protection deficit should be of particular concern to New Zealand, and it argues that there are significant incentives for New Zealand to develop a response to the issue of climate change displacement in the Pacific. The paper concludes that in order to ensure Pacific peoples are able to migrate with dignity, pre-emptive, voluntary migration schemes should be put in place to facilitate migration flows. These should build upon the current immigration framework, and include the extension of current permanent and temporary migration schemes, as well as the introduction of labour-training migration schemes.</p>

scholarly journals “Migration with Dignity”: Towards a New Zealand Response to Climate Change Displacement in the Pacific

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Harriet Farquhar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
International Law ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

<p>The impacts of climate change threaten to cause the displacement of millions of people worldwide by the middle of this century. In spite of this looming crisis, international law provides insufficient protection to those who will be forced to migrate. In most cases, those who are displaced will fall outside of current protection frameworks. This paper examines why this protection deficit should be of particular concern to New Zealand, and it argues that there are significant incentives for New Zealand to develop a response to the issue of climate change displacement in the Pacific. The paper concludes that in order to ensure Pacific peoples are able to migrate with dignity, pre-emptive, voluntary migration schemes should be put in place to facilitate migration flows. These should build upon the current immigration framework, and include the extension of current permanent and temporary migration schemes, as well as the introduction of labour-training migration schemes.</p>

Tourism destinations’ vulnerability to climate change: Nature-based tourism in Vava’u, the Kingdom of Tonga

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne van der Veeken ◽  
Emma Calgaro ◽  
Louise Munk Klint ◽  
Alexandra Law ◽  
Min Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Sustainability Framework ◽  
Strong Seasonality ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Tourism plays an important role in economic and human development in the Pacific. These benefits are at risk from the impacts of climate change, threatening the sustainability of the Pacific tourism sector. We assess the vulnerability and resilience of nature-based tourism in Vava’u, Tonga, using the Destination Sustainability Framework of Calgaro (2014) modified for a climate change focus. Our empirical assessment indicates that the following factors increase vulnerability levels in Vava’u: strong seasonality, dependency on air access, remoteness, limited connectivity of Vava’u from national decision makers and limited human and financial resources. Resilience levels in Vava’u are heightened by a high awareness of climate change, the resilient nature of Tongans and strong family and social networks. In conclusion, we recommend a set of adaptation strategies to further improve resilience levels, namely improving climate change education, increasing product and market diversification, strengthening institutional capacities and mainstreaming adaptation in national policies.

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