Acting Today for Tomorrow : A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies

Pacific island countries continue to be among the most vulnerable in the world: they combine high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with low capacity to manage the resulting risks. Their vulnerability is exacerbated by poorly planne...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACIDIFICATION ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCES ALLOCATION ATMOSPHERE BANKS BENEFIT ANALYSIS BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CATALYSTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CIVIL DEFENCE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INITIATIVE CLIMATE CHANGE FUND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE MONITORING CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE- PROOF CLIMATE-PROOF CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO COLORS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COST ANALYSES COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DAMAGES DECISION MAKING DECLARATION DEFORESTATION DEMAND FLUCTUATIONS DESALINATION DEVASTATION DISASTER DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EVENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER REPORT DISASTER REPORTED DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS DISCOUNT RATE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISTILLATION DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR COORDINATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DATA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM ELECTRIC UTILITIES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME NATURAL HAZARD EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME WEATHER FARMERS FATALITIES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISHERIES FLOOD FLOOD FORECASTING FLOODING FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FORESTRY FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUELS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING HEAT WAVES HIGH TEMPERATURES HURRICANE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND-USE CHANGE LOWER COSTS MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE METEOROLOGY NATIONAL CLIMATE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRESENT VALUE RAINFALL REDUCING EMISSIONS REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT RELIEF REPLACEMENT COSTS RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES SAFETY SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT SOCIAL COSTS SOUTHERN OSCILLATION SUBSTITUTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TSUNAMI RECOVERY TSUNAMIS UNEP UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARNING SYSTEM WARNING SYSTEMS WATER TANKS WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EVENTS WIND WIND SPEEDS WIND STORMS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/351471468098049265/Acting-today-for-tomorrow-a-policy-and-practice-note-for-climate-and-disaster-resilient-development-in-the-pacific-islands-region-with-supporting-research-analysis-and-case-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26776