Mainstreaming Climate Change into Development in the Pacific - A Practical Guide

Managing the effects of weather and climate is not a new activity in the Pacific. Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs), their people and communities, have always responded in many different ways to climaterelated challenges such as droughts, floods, cyclones and storm surges. More recently, the focus has shifted to reducing the risks related to weather and climatic variability and climate extremes, including those resulting from climate change due to global warming. At the regional level, responses to these risks have been guided by the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change (PIFACC) and the Pacific Regional Framework for Action on Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management (referred to in this guide as the Regional Framework for Action or RFA); and their respective international instruments, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA).