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Comparing perceived effects of climate-related environmental change and adaptation strategies for the Pacific small island states of Tuvalu, Samoa, and Tonga

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dc.contributor.author Beyerl, Katharina
dc.contributor.author A. Mieg, Harald
dc.contributor.author Weber, Eberhard
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-30T00:31:31Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-30T00:31:31Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.53 en_US
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/730
dc.description 21 pages : PDF en_US
dc.description.abstract Inhabitants of Pacific small island states are facing multiple socio-ecological pressures, with climate change being one of the most prominent. Nevertheless, the agency of local stakeholders in decisions on how to adapt to climate-related environmental change has been largely underappreciated in the climate change sciences as well as in policy decisions. We, therefore, conducted a survey study in Tuvalu, Samoa, and Tonga, asking specifically how residents perceive their situation regarding climate-related challenges, what adaptation strategies they have devised and implemented, and what they expect of governmental and nongovernmental organisations in these efforts. In contrast to the common perception that Pacific small island states are primarily threatened by rising sea levels, residents’ perceptions indicate that drought, cyclones and other flood-related problems pose a far more imminent danger. Our results suggest that further research on those perceived environmental changes is advisable to provide reliable data for scientific models and policy decisions. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG Research Training Group GRK 780/III), The German Academic Exchange Service (D/10/43472), and The Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment at The University of the South Pacific. Conflicts of interest en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Island Studies Journal en_US
dc.subject Perception, climate change adaptation, environmental change, Pacific small island states, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu en_US
dc.title Comparing perceived effects of climate-related environmental change and adaptation strategies for the Pacific small island states of Tuvalu, Samoa, and Tonga en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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