Climate Change in Coral Triangle of the Pacific Countries: Supporting Communities to Adapt

• Main Author: Asian Development Bank
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Development Bank 2015
• Subjects: Agriculture; Sustainable agriculture; Commercial agriculture; Climate; Climate change; Climate impacts assessment; Global climate change; Investment climates; Agricultural statistics; Sustainable development; Climatic; Climatic influence; Climate change mitigation; Agricultural information network; Agricultural processing industry; Pacific; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5167

Increasing land and sea temperatures, rising sea levels, changing rainfall patterns, and ocean acidification will likely exacerbate challenges to food and water security and poverty reduction in the Coral Triangle of the Pacific. This brief provides representatives of national government and regional organizations—and other key decision makers in climate change, development, fisheries, agriculture, environment, and natural resource management in Coral Triangle of the Pacific (CTP) and similar countries—with policy advice to help rural communities adapt to climate change. The brief also provides donor organizations with information on where to target resources to support fishing and farming communities as they adapt to climate change. Policy interventions and issues to be considered are highlighted.