[PDF] Pacific Experiences With Options Relevant To Climate Change And Disaster Risk Finance eBook

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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Climatic changes
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"The previous two volumes of this booklet presented practical experiences from across the region in implementing various climate change finance modalities. These booklets serve as a platform for information sharing and exchange, as countries with the support of the Forum Secretariat, the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP), and development partners explore a range of modalities, approaches and options for FICs to harness climate change and disaster risk finance and implement their national priorities. Building on this knowledge sharing background, this third volume of Pacific Experiences with Options relevant to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Finance adds to the compendium of information and knowledge about accessing and managing climate finance in the Pacific region. It also recognises regionalism in the context of the Blue Pacific identity and resilient sustainable development in the Pacific, and the opportunity for peer learning among countries within the region"--Foreword.

Author : Ezequiel Cabezon
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1513525794

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Natural disasters and climate change are interrelated macro-critical issues affecting all Pacific small states to varying degrees. In addition to their devastating human costs, these events damage growth prospects and worsen countries’ fiscal positions. This is the first cross-country IMF study assessing the impact of natural disasters on growth in the Pacific islands as a group. A panel VAR analysis suggests that, for damage and losses equivalent to 1 percent of GDP, growth drops by 0.7 percentage point in the year of the disaster. We also find that, during 1980-2014, trend growth was 0.7 percentage point lower than it would have been without natural disasters. The paper also discusses a multi-pillar framework to enhance resilience to natural disasters at the national, regional, and multilateral levels and the importance of enhancing countries’ risk-management capacities. It highlights how this approach can provide a more strategic and less ad hoc framework for strengthening both ex ante and ex post resilience and what role the IMF can play.

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030405524

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This book presents papers written by scholars, practitioners, and members of social movements and government agencies pursuing research and/or climate change projects in the Pacific region. Climate change is impacting the Pacific in various ways, including numerous negative effects on the natural environment and biodiversity. As such, a better understanding of how climate change affects Pacific communities is required, in order to identify processes, methods, and tools that can help countries and the communities in the region to adapt and become more resilient. Further, the book showcases successful examples of how to cope with the social, economic, and political problems posed by climate change in the region.

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319500945

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This book showcases vital lessons learned from research, field projects and best practice examples with regard to climate change adaptation in countries throughout the Pacific region, a part of the planet that is particularly vulnerable to and affected by climate change.The book's primary goals are to document the wealth of experiences in the region available today, to encourage cross-sector interactions among the various stakeholders in the region, and to help transfer results to other countries and regions. Accordingly, it gathers a set of papers presented at a symposium on climate change adaptation held in Fiji in July 2016, focusing on "Fostering Resilience and Improving the Quality of Life". In these contributions, local and international experts present a variety of initiatives showing how Pacific countries are coping with the many problems associated with climate change, including initiatives in education and awareness work taking place across the region, operational aspects and their implications for policy-making, and challenges in urban and rural areas.

Author : Ms. Manal Fouad
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 41,42 MB
Release : 2021-09-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1513594222

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This departmental paper provides an in-depth overview of access to climate finance for Pacific Island Countries, evaluating successes and challenges faced by countries and proposes a way forward to unlock access to climate funds.

Author : Marc Williams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319696475

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This book analyses the regional complexes of climate security in the Pacific. Pacific Island States and Territories (PICTs) have long been cast as the frontline of climate change and placed within the grand architecture of global climate governance. The region provides compelling new insights into the ways climate change is constructed, governed, and shaped by (and in turn shapes), regional and global climate politics. By focusing on climate security as it is constructed in the Pacific and how this concept mobilises resources and shapes the implementation of climate finance, the book provides an up-to-date account of the way regional organizations in the Pacific have contributed to the search for solutions to the problem of climate insecurity. In the context of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris in 2015, the focus of this book on regional governance offers a concise and innovative account of climate politics in the prevailing global context and one with implications for the study of climate security in other regions, particularly in the developing world.

Author : Niki J.P. Alsford
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 2022-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030984605

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of issues related to climate change in the Pacific and will be an invaluable reference for those working in this important field. Climate change represents humanity’s greatest threat. The vastness of the Pacific means that no two experiences are the same. This edited volume identifies research that highlights the local impact of climate change on the islands and coastlines of the Pacific. The authors use current research to document climate change via contextually informed studies that engages with local cultures, histories, knowledges, and communities. The transdisciplinary nature and the combination of both academic and non-academic writing makes this book an accessible and important contribution to the field.

Author : Reinhard Mechler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 16,68 MB
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319720260

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This book provides an authoritative insight on the Loss and Damage discourse by highlighting state-of-the-art research and policy linked to this discourse and articulating its multiple concepts, principles and methods. Written by leading researchers and practitioners, it identifies practical and evidence-based policy options to inform the discourse and climate negotiations. With climate-related risks on the rise and impacts being felt around the globe has come the recognition that climate mitigation and adaptation may not be enough to manage the effects from anthropogenic climate change. This recognition led to the creation of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage in 2013, a climate policy mechanism dedicated to dealing with climate-related effects in highly vulnerable countries that face severe constraints and limits to adaptation. Endorsed in 2015 by the Paris Agreement and effectively considered a third pillar of international climate policy, debate and research on Loss and Damage continues to gain enormous traction. Yet, concepts, methods and tools as well as directions for policy and implementation have remained contested and vague. Suitable for researchers, policy-advisors, practitioners and the interested public, the book furthermore: • discusses the political, legal, economic and institutional dimensions of the issue• highlights normative questions central to the discourse • provides a focus on climate risks and climate risk management. • presents salient case studies from around the world.