1. SPC Climate change Activities in the Pacific * Presentation made at ICES/PICES/FAO Symposium ‘Climate change effects on fish and fisheries’, Sendai, Japan, April 2010

2. Outline Mainstreaming climate change into SPC activities Vulnerability of fisheries Developing climate resilient crops Other activities

3. Vulnerability of Our approach Vulnerability of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Pacific to Climate Change Projected changes to atmospheric and oceanic conditions Ecosystems supporting fish Fish stocks Implications for food security, livelihoods and economic growth Adaptations needed to maintain productivity - management and policies

5. Australian Institute of Marine Science

6. CSIRO

7. CLS, Satellite Oceanography Division, France

8. C20 Consulting, Australia

9. Danish Meteorological Institute

10. Forum Fisheries Agency

11. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

12. IFREMER

13. Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement

14. James Cook University

15. LSCE, IPSL, Paris, France

16. Network of Aquaculture Centres for Asia -Pacific

17. NOAA

18. Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Department

19. Secretariat of the Pacific Community

20. Service de la Peche French Polynesia

21. Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation

22. SOPAC

23. Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries

24. SPREP

25. The WorldFish Center

26. University of Hawaii

27. University of Auckland

28. University of New South Wales

29. University of Queensland

30. University of Singapore

31. University of Tasmania

32. Vanuatu Fisheries Department

33. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA

34. Western Australia Department of FisheriesLead authors: Janice Lough, Alex Ganachaud, Robert Le Borgne, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Michelle Waycott, Peter Gehrke, Patrick Lehodey, Morgan Pratchett, Tim Pickering, Johann Bell Editors: Johann Bell, Johanna Johnson, Alistair Hobday

36. Livelihoods

37. Economic development and government revenue

38. Options for adaptation

40. Projections for tuna (Solomon Islands) 2035 A2 (+3.2 %) NOW Governments of PNG and Solomon Islands will need to allocate a greater proportion of tuna resources for food security 2050 A2 (-5.5%) 2100 A2 (-15.4 %) X X X

42. Most comprehensive study to date

43. Information dissemination

44. Report release

45. Mid-2011

46. Input to regional discussions

47. IPCC submissionSource: Gillett and Cartwright 2010

48. Climate Resilient Crops Establishing the Climate Ready Crop Collection Identifying climate resilient traits Salt and drought tolerance Rapid maturing post disaster crops CO2 fertilization 80 species and varieties have been evaluated (yams, cassava, sweet potato) Field testing is commencing in 9 countries Aim is to create regional and national gene banks to strengthen food security

49. Other Activities Forestry and REDD Forest inventories, REDD readiness Energy in design phase Education In design phase Integrating CC into national development and joint country strategies