Pacific Adaptation to climate change PIMS 2162

Climate change adaptation is vital for Pacific SIDS. Long-term effects, including the increasing frequency and severity of extreme events such as high rainfall, droughts, tropical cyclones, and storm surges are affecting the people in this region. Coupled with non-climate drivers, such as inappropriate land use, overexploitation of resources, increasing urbanization and population increase, development in the region is increasingly undermined. For the low lying atolls, the likely economic disruption from climate change pressures could be catastrophic and potentially lead to population relocation and therefore social and cultural disruption and disproportion. Failure to reduce vulnerability may result in loss of future risk management opportunities when impacts may be greater and options fewer.
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Physical Description: 136 p.

气候变化适应性对于太平洋小岛屿发展中国家至关重要。长期影响，包括极端事件的频率和严重程度不断增加，如高强度降雨、干旱、热带气旋和风暴潮等，正影响着该地区的人民。与非气候因素，如土地利用不当、资源过度开发、城市化进程加速和人口增长等相叠加，该地区的发展正日益受到破坏。对于低洼的环礁来说，气候变化压力可能导致的潜在经济破坏可能是灾难性的，并可能导致人口迁移，从而引发社会和文化上的不均衡破坏。未能降低脆弱性可能导致未来风险管理机会的丧失，届时影响可能更大，而选择的可能性更少。