Indigenous Pacific Approaches to Climate Change

A timely overview of the applications of indigenous knowledge to climate challenge in the Pacific Islands

Provides existing and historical examples of adaptation strategies throughout the Pacific region

Explores how local knowledge, practice, and beliefs can be mobilized to respond to climate change and disasters

Autorentext

Jenny Bryant-Tokalau is Associate Professor in the School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has also worked throughout the Pacific as an academic and UN/GEF staffer.

Inhalt

1. Pacific Responses to and Knowledge of Climate Change.- 2. Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands: Theory, Dreams, Practice and Reality.- 3. Handling Weather Disasters: The Resilience and Adaptive Capacity of Pacific Communities.- 4. Urban Responses to Climate Change.- 5. Pacific Islands Here, Now and in the Future of a Changed World.