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1 ESCAP. 1995. Guidebook to water resources, use and management in Asia and the Pacific. Volume one: Water resources and water use. New York, NY, USA: UN. xi, 305p. (Water resources series no.74)
Water resources ; Water use ; Water management ; Water demand ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Water quality ; Water availability ; Water supply ; Statistics / Asia / Pacific Islands / Afghanistan / American Samoa / Australia / Bangladesh / Bhutan / Brunei Darussalam / Cambodia / China / Cook Islands / Korea Republic / Fiji / French Polynesia / Guam / India / Indonesia / Iran / Japan / Kiribati / Laos / Malaysia / Maldives / Marshall Islands / Micronesia / Mongolia / Myanmar / Nauru / Nepal / New Caledonia / New Zealand / Niue / Northern Mariana Islands / Pakistan / Palau / Papua New Guinea / Philippines / Samoa / Singapore / Solomon Islands / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G570 ESC Record No: H018420)
2 Fleming, E. M. 1996. Research options for high-value agricultural exports in South Pacific Island nations. Hague, Netherlands: ISNAR. xvii, 206p. (ISNAR research report no.10)
Agricultural economics ; Agricultural research ; Research priorities ; Marketing policy ; Exports ; Developing countries / Pacific Islands / Cook Islands / Fiji / Kiribati / Niue / Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu / Western Samoa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G936 FLE Record No: H019962)
3 Connell, J. 2003. Losing ground?: Tuvalu, the greenhouse effect and the garbage can. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 44(2):89-107.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H032596)
4 Gilman, E. L.; Ellison, J.; Jungblut, V.; Van Lavieren, H.; Wilson, L.; Areki, F.; Brighouse, G.; Bungitak, J.; Dus, E.; Henry, M.; Kilman, M.; Matthews, E.; Sauni, I.; Teariki-Ruatu, N.; Tukia, S.; Yuknavage, K. 2006. Adapting to Pacific Island mangrove responses to sea level rise and climate change. Climate Research, 32:161-176.
Mangroves ; Wetlands ; Monitoring ; Climate change ; Sea level ; Coastal area ; Ecosystems / Pacific Islands / Fiji / Kiribati / Marshall Islands / Micronesia / Nauru / Oalau / Papua New Guinea / Samoa / Solomon Islands / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7838 Record No: H039940)
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5 Reid, H.; Simms, A.; Johnson, V. 2007. Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific: the threat from climate change to human development and the environment. London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) 92p.
Climate change ; Developed countries ; Developing countries ; Energy ; Public health ; Gender ; Water stress ; Drought ; Natural disasters ; Salt water intrusion ; Water scarcity ; Dams ; Forests ; Waste management ; Biofuels / Asia / Bangladesh / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Kyrgyzstan / China / Hong Kong / Australia / Japan / Korea / India / Indonesia / Philippines / Malaysia / Cambodia / Fiji / Nepal / Pakistan / Pacific Islands / Tuvalu / Vanuatu / Papua New Guinea / Niue / East Timor / Lower Mekong
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041449)
The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. The latest global scientific consensus from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that all of Asia is very likely to warm during this century. Warming will be accompanied by less predictable and more extreme patterns of rainfall. Tropical cyclones are projected to increase in magnitude and frequency, while monsoons, around which farming systems are designed, are expected to become more temperamental in their strength and time of onset. This report asks, will global warming send Asia and the Pacific ‘up in smoke’?
6 Parry, M.; Arnell, N.; Berry, P.; Dodman, D.; Fankhauser, S.; Hope, C.; Kovats, S.; Nicholls, R.; Satterthwaite, D; Tiffin, R.; Wheeler, T. 2009. Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate change: a review of the UNFCCC and other recent estimates. London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); London, UK: Imperial College London, Grantham Institute for Climate Change. 111p.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Costs ; Estimation ; Case studies ; Assessment ; Agriculture ; Forestry ; Fisheries ; Water resource management ; Water supply ; Irrigation water ; Public health ; Coastal area ; Infrastructure ; Ecosystems ; Disasters / Tuvalu / UK / Africa / Mexico / Eritrea / Philippines
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H034814)
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This report takes another look at the costs of adapting to climate change. The estimates for 2030 used by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change are likely to be substantial under-estimates. Professor Martin Parry and his co-authors look at the estimates from a range of perspectives, and conclude that: the current cost assessments do not include some key sectors, such as ecosystems, energy, manufacturing, retailing, and tourism; some of the sectors included have been only partially covered in cost estimates; the additional costs of adaptation have sometimes been calculated as ‘climate mark-ups’ against low levels of assumed investment. In some parts of the world, low levels of investment have led to an adaptation deficit, and this deficit will need to be made good by full funding of development, without which the funding for adaptation will be insufficient. Residual damages also need to be evaluated and reported because not all damages from climate change can be avoided. There is an urgent need for more detailed assessments of these costs, including case studies of costs of adaptation in specific places and sectors. This report aims to demonstrate the need for the further and transparent refinement of cost estimates for responding to climate change.
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