Climate Change and Small Island States
[Antigua and Barbuda] [Bahamas]
[Barbados] [Cape
Verde] [Comores] [Cook
Islands] [Dominica] [Fiji
Islands] [Grenada] [Jamaica]
[Kiribati] [Maldives]
[Marshall Islands] [Mauritius]
[Micronesia] [Nauru]
[Niue] [St. Kitts
and Nevis] [St. Lucia] [St.
Vincent and the Grenadines] [Samoa]
[Seychelles] [Tuvalu]
[Vanuatu]
Global Studies
"Small Island States," Chapter 17 of: Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2001. Climate Change 2001:
Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Cambridge University
Press.
FULL TEXT: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/619.htm
PDF: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/pdf/wg2TARchap17.pdf
"Small Island States," Chapter 9 of: Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 1997. The Regional Impacts
of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability. Cambridge
University Press.
FULL TEXT: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/regional/239.htm
Barnett, J., W. Adger. 2001. Climate dangers and atoll
countries. Tyndall centre for Climate Change Working Paper
No. 7.
PDF: http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/publications/working_papers/wp9.pdf
Rind, David. 1995. "Drying Out the Tropics,"
New Scientist, May 6, pp. 36-40.
Pernetta, John C. 1992. "Impacts of climate change
and sea-level rise on small island states: National and
international responses," Global Environmental Change,
Vol. 2, No. 1, March, pp. 19-31. [ABSTRACT]
Sub-Regional Studies
McMichael, Anthony, Rosalie Woodruff, Peter Whetton, Kevin
Hennessy, et al. 2003. Human Health and Climate Change in
Oceania: A Risk Assessment 2002. Commonwealth of Australia.
PDF: http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/publicat/document/env_climate.pdf
Burns, William C.G. 2000. The Possible Impacts of Climate
Change on Pacific Island State Ecosystems. Pacific Institute
for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security: Oakland,
CA.
PDF: http://www.pacinst.org/burnsecocc.pdf
Mimura, Nobuo. 1999. "Vulnerability of island countries
in the South Pacific to sea level rise and climate change,"
Climate Research, Vol. 12, pp. 137-143. [ABSTRACT]
Country-Level Studies
Antigua and Barbuda
Office of the Prime Minister. 2001. Antigua and Barbuda's
Initial National Communication on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/antnc1.pdf
O'Brien, Karen (ed.). 2000. Developing Strategies for Climate
Change: The UNEP Country Studies on Climate Change Impacts
and Adaptations Assessment. United Nations Environment Programme
and the Center for International Climate and Environmental
Research: Oslo, Norway.
PDF: http://www.cicero.uio.no/media/314.pdf
Bahamas
Commonwealth of the Bahamas. 2001. First National Communication
on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/bahnc1.pdf
SPANISH SUMMARY: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/bahnc1e.pdf
FRENCH SUMMARY: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/bahnc1f.pdf
Barbados
Government of Barbados. 2001. Barbados' First National
Communications To the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/barnc1.pdf
Cape Verde
Republique du Cap Vert. 1999. Comunnication Nationale sur
les Changements Climatiques.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/cavnc1.pdf
Comores
Union des Comores. 2002. Convention-Cadre des Nations-Unies
sur les Changements Climatiques: Communication Nationale
Initiale.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/comnc1.pdf
SUMMARY: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/comnc1fres.pdf
ENGLISH SUMMARY: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/comnc1e.pdf
Cook Islands
Cook Islands Government. 2000. Cook Islands Initial National
Communication Under the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/cisnc2.pdf
Dominica
Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment. 2001. Initial
National Communication Under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/domnc1.pdf
Fiji Islands
Aaheim, Asbjørn and Linda Sygna. 2000. Economic
Impacts of Climate Change on Tuna Fisheries in Fiji Islands
and Kiribati. Center for International Climate and Environmental
Research: Oslo, Norway.
PDF: http://www.cicero.uio.no/media/23.pdf
Grenada
Government of Grenada. 2000. Grenada's Initial Communication
to the UNFCCC.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/grnnc1.pdf
Jamaica
Government of Jamaica. 2000. Initial National Communication
of Jamaica.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/jamnc1.pdf
Kiribati
Ministry of Environment and Social Development. 1999. Initial
Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/kirnc1.pdf
Aaheim, Asbjørn and Linda Sygna. 2000. Economic
Impacts of Climate Change on Tuna Fisheries in Fiji Islands
and Kiribati. Center for International Climate and Environmental
Research: Oslo, Norway.
PDF: http://www.cicero.uio.no/media/23.pdf
Maldives
Ministry of Home Affairs, Housing and Environment. 2001.
First National Communication of the Republic of Maldives
to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/maldnc1.pdf
Marshall Islands
Republic of the Marshall Islands Environmental Protection
Authority. 2000. Government of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands: Initial Communication under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/marnc1.pdf
Crawford, M., P. Holthus, C. Makroro, E. Nakasaki, and
S. Sullivan. 1992. Vulnerability Assessment To Accelerated
Sea Level Rise, Case Study: Majuro Atoll, Republic of the
Marshall Islands.
Pt. 1: http://www.seaengineering.com/images/Publications/majuro1.pdf
Pt. 2: http://www.seaengineering.com/images/Publications/majuro2.pdf
Pt. 3: http://www.seaengineering.com/images/Publications/majuro3.pdf
Mauritius
Republic of Mauritius. 1999. Initial National Communication
of the Republic of Mauritius under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change.
FULL TEXT: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/maunc1/index.html
Micronesia
Climate Change Program. 1997. Climate Change National Communication:
Federated States of Micronesia.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/micnc1.pdf
Nauru
Republic of Nauru. 1999. First National Communication under
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/naunc1.pdf
Niue
Niue Climate Change Project. 2000. United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change: Niue Initial National Communication.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/niunc1.pdf
St. Kitts and Nevis
Government of Saint Lucia. 2001. St. Kitts-Nevis Initial
National Communication Under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/kitnc1.pdf
St. Lucia
Government of Saint Lucia. 2001. Saint Lucia's Initial
National Communication on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/lucnc1.pdf
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
National Environmental Advisory Board and Ministry of Health
and the Environment. 2000. Initial National Communication
on Climate Change St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/svgnc1.pdf
Samoa
Government of Samoa. 1999. Government of Samoa: First National
Communication to the UNFCCC.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/samnc1.pdf
Seychelles
Ministry of the Environment and Transport. 2000. Seychelles
Initial National Communication Under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/seync1.pdf
Tuvalu
Government of Tuvalu. 1999. Tuvalu Initial National Communication
Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/tuvnc1.pdf
Vanuatu
Silas-Nimoho, Leah and Jenny Whyte. 1999. Vanuatu National
Communication to the Conference of the Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/vannc1.pdf
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