Water Programmes
Coastal Adaptation Programs
Health Programmes
Biodiversity Conservation Programmes
Agriculture Programmes
Social Dimensions
National Security
Coastal –KAP The South Tarawa Coastal Condition Assessment
• A GIS based system evaluating the physical condition of the coast and risk to assets
• A decision support tool to identify and prioritize sites for adaptation • Design and build better seawalls where it is really needed
• Adaptation measures – National Water Resources Policy and Implementation Plan – Development of National Sanitation Policy – Groundwater assessments – “Master Plan” for water for Tarawa – Reducing leakages – Increasing rainwater harvesting
Country Health Information Profiles, 2005-WHO
Well water often polluted
Promoting protection of wells
http://www.spc.int/lrd/highlights_atoll_agriculture.htm
Environment Act
Enforcement EIA
Conservation – Wild life protection ordinance (Christmas Island)
Centre of Excellence for Atoll Agriculture Research and Development Gene bank
Salt tolerance plants
Phoenix Islands Protected Areas PIPA-Ordinance
http://phoenixislands.org/index.php
With an area of 410,500 km2, PIPA is the largest MPA in the world (an area the size of California)
Kiribati Adaptation
Project Phase I NAPA
• National Consultations • Prioritization • Climate Change
Adaptation Strategy • Mainstreaming into
Ministries Operational plans (NSDS- Kiribati Development Plan)
KAP II
• Assessments • Pilot Implementation-
Addressing coastal inundation and water resources
Other programmes
• Centre of Excellence for Atoll Agriculture
• Environment Act
• PIPA
Addressing Kiribati Adaptation Needs and Priorities
Increased resilience
Scale Up Pilots/New Programmes
Project designs-simple and focused Scaling up pilot programmes Overall effort of our adaptation
programmes will be meaningless without dramatic cut in emissions from the developed world