ICTs in Pacific Islands’ Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy and Programs

Netatua Pelesikoti () and Joseph Kim Suwamaru
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Netatua Pelesikoti: Secretariat of the Pacific Environment Programme (SPREP)
Joseph Kim Suwamaru: PNG, DATACO

Chapter Chapter 10 in Achieving Sustainable E-Government in Pacific Island States, 2017, pp 269-303 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Pacific Island countries are among the countries most vulnerable to climate change and to disaster risks and variability. This chapter discusses lessons learned from selected PICs on the role of e-government in implementing climate adaptation and disaster risk management, with a focus on two separate regional policy drivers for climate change: the 2005–2015 Pacific Islands Framework for Climate Change AdaptationPacific Islands Framework for Climate Change Adaptation and the 2005–2015 Pacific Disaster Risk Management Framework for ActionPacific Disaster Risk Management Framework for Action . The chapter also highlights the transition to a new regional ‘Framework for Resilient Development in the PacificFramework for Resilient Development in the Pacific : An Integrated Approach to Address Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management 2017–2030. These regional policies are relevant to PIC commitments to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement, the Sendai FrameworkSendai Framework and the Sustainable Development GoalsSustainable Development Goals and PICs use information and communication technologies in early warning systems, adaptation, mitigation and disaster response and recovery initiatives. The challenge for individual PICs has been to establish national policies and programs that made beneficial use of the ICT capabilities available to them to drive the achievements of these policy/framework targets as relevant to their national priorities.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50972-3_10

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