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Oceania
Pacific islands: Collection of data for climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness
10 Mar 2010, Solomon Star Newspapers
The Solomon Star reports on a initiative for climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness in the Pacific. 'This survey will provide valuable information on building construction types and making them safer with respect to earthquakes, cyclones and tsunami,' said project leader, Phil Glassey of GNS Science. The project is part of a joint initiative involving the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank Regional Partnership for climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness.
- International symposium on coastal zones and climate change: assessing the impact and developing adaptation strategies12-13 Apr 2010, Australia (Victoria)
- RFSA conference 201018-20 Jun 2010, Australia (Camberra)
- 2010 International climate change adaptation conference29 Jun - 01 Jul 2010, Australia (Gold Coast)
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Climate, disasters and international development2010
- International conference of island and coastal biosphere reserves: climate change and island and coastal ecosystems2009, Jeju, Korea, Rep of - gov; UNESCO Jakarta; UNESCO
- Climate change, fisheries, trade and competitiveness: understanding impacts and formulating responses to Commonwealth small States2009, COMSEC
General Facts
- Population: 31.8 million (2005)
- Density: 4 per sq km
- Total Area: 8564 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
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- Mean annual economic losses due to natural disasters 1980–2008Mar 2009, Maplecroft
- Distribution of mortality risk associated with floodsMay 2009, UNISDR
- Distribution of mortality risk associated with earthquakesMay 2009, UNISDR
- Project officer: Pacific adaptation to climate change (PO-PACC)Samoa (Apia), SPREP
External Online Resources
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- FAO: Climate impact on agriculture (CLIMPAG)
- FAO: DRR-TECA (technology for agriculture) practices and technologies
- FAO: Global information and early warning system (GIEWS)
- HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management (IFM HelpDesk)
- Knowledge network on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
- NZAID: The Pacific strategy 2007-2015: reducing vulnerability
- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
- WMO: severe weather information centre
- WMO: severe weather information centre: heavy rain/snow
- WMO: severe weather information centre: thunderstorms
