Scaling up Pacific adaptation (SUPA)

Abstract

Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is one of the four countries that cooperated with the field testing of an impacts analysis methodology, to profile recent history of climate change adaptation work sourced from recently completed projects. These efforts are part of the European Union funded Global Climate Change Alliance Plus – Scaling Up Pacific Adaptation (GCCA+ SUPA) project. FSM like most island countries is experiencing the impacts of climate change with rising temperatures, varying rainfall patterns and prolonged period of extreme dry conditions. These exacerbate the vulnerability of communities to freshwater scarcity, drought, vector borne diseases and cyclones. With support given to the national consultant working with the adaptation focal point of contact, Correy Abraham, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (DECEM), the period taken to plan, and field test the drafted Impacts methodology was about 6 months. This snapshot describes the field experience in-country and results from tested tools. It is relevant to note that not all elements of the criteria (In Figures 2 & 3) be captured cause of data limitations, scientific uncertainty, or a lack of robust monitoring program in place since completion of these adaptation interventions. Selection of interventions to be assessed were based on relevance and available data from archived record of projects that implemented these adaptation actions.