Combatting Climate Change in the Pacific

Combatting Climate Change in the Pacific
Author: Marc Williams
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2017-12-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319696475

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.

The Pacific Islands

The Pacific Islands
Author: Brij V. Lal
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 710
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780824822651

An encyclopaedia of information on major aspects of Pacific life, including the physical environment, peoples, history, politics, economy, society and culture. The CD-ROM contains hyperlinks between section titles and sections, a library of all the maps in the encyclopaedia, and a photo library.

Translating the Paris Agreement into Action in the Pacific

Translating the Paris Agreement into Action in the Pacific
Author: Anirudh Singh
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2020-01-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030302113

This book provides an insight into how a country contributes to the GHG emissions reductions required to keep global warming within the limits set by the Paris Agreement arrived at COP21 in 2015. It shows what actions are needed for the implementation plan that Fiji will use to satisfy its quota (i.e. its Nationally Determined Contribution or NDC) of the total GHG emissions reductions. It is a primary resource material for those who wish to obtain an understanding of the science behind climate change mitigation. It reveals the behind-the-scenes action that takes place to convert the rhetoric of climate change into the action on the ground that actually reduces the GHG emissions and global warming. The book also presents a critique of methods adopted by nations in meeting their NDCs to emissions reductions as agreed at the Paris Agreement, and suggests improvements.

The South Pacific

The South Pacific
Author: Ramesh Thakur
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349125199

Political, security, economic and ecological issues in the South Pacific have acquired increasing regional and international prominence. In The South Pacific observers from within and outside the region describe and analyse the dynamics of the region, assessing the problems, issues and prospects of the area.

Environmental Law in the South Pacific

Environmental Law in the South Pacific
Author: Elizabeth Harding
Publisher: IUCN
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1996
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9782831701639

The legislation of five countries on environmental and natural management is examined and analyzed in terms of its effectiveness in addressing the major environmental issues existing in each country. Practical recommendations are made, building on the findings of the review carried out by SPREP with the technical assistance of IUCN, and support from the ADB.