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Responding to the local challenges of global climate change in the 21st Century, InterSecTions no. 7/2009:

This publication looks at the social impacts of global climate change and examines how people living in the low elevation coastal zones are

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.

Geologists from GNS Science will spend the next six months collecting information on buildings and infrastructure in Pacific Island countries to measure vulnerability and risk from earthquakes and cyclones in the southwest Pacific...

Geologists from GNS Science in New Zealand have announced their participation in a joint initiative to study buildings and infrastructure in Pacific Island countries aimed at measuring their vulnerability to natural hazards such as earthquakes and cyclones...

The project will assist Tuvalu to build its capacity to develop and demonstrate adaptive measures in the water sector to build resilience against impact of climate change according to Taito Nakalevu, regional project manager for UNDP/SPREP....

Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series:

This book is one of the first attempts of systematic study that analyzes the principles of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and its applicability to the modern

Migration as an adaptive measure: Mohamed Nasheed, president of the Maldives, has spoken openly about moving all 370,000 residents to another country if, as looks likely, rising waters cover the islands, most of which are less than 1.5m above sea level...

The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project (PACC) opened its inception training with over 50 participants coming together to discuss the administration and implementation of the US 13.125 Million dollar project that spans 13 countries...