The Pacific Climate Change Portal Project

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The Pacific Climate Change Portal Project

• Mary Lou CumberpatchNOAA Central
  LibraryPeter MurgatroydSPREPIAMSLIC
  ConferenceSeptember 14-18, 2008

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Climate change impacts in the Pacific

• Impacts of sea level rise - storm surges,
  coastal erosion , resettlement
• Increased incidence of extreme events such as
  floods, droughts and cyclones which threaten
  freshwater supply.
• Reefs and Marine Resources will be adversely
  affected. Increased in ocean temperatures , coral
  bleaching, progressive acidification of oceans.
• Agriculture will be affected. Coastal plains,
  where most of our agriculture is based, can be
  salinised due to sea-level rise and become less
  productive. Increased natural disasters will
  damage crops and warmer, wetter climate will
  favour the breeding of pests.
• Disease prevalence will increase as warmer,
  wetter conditions favour the breeding of disease
  carrying insects such as mosquitoes (spreading
  dengue and malaria) and aquatic pathogens such as
  giardia.

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The problem

• Gaps in information
• Information is scattered
• Information overload
• Lack of integration of information amongst key
  stakeholders
• Multiple information needs
• Multiple information users

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Information Needs

• Climate and Ocean Data
• GIS / Mapping Information for the region
• Forecasting tools
• Access to Research Output Analysis
• Case Studies
• Practical Guidelines
• Lessons Learned
• Traditional knowledge and practices

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Multiple user groups

• Policy makers
• Meteorological officers
• Coastal managers
• Resource sector agriculture, fisheries,
  forestry
• NGOs
• Community Grassroots

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Currently a number of resource access points for
Pacific climate information

• Pacific Islands Global Climate Observing System
  (PI-GCOS)
• Pacific Island Global Ocean Observing
  System(PI-GOOS)
• Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PI-OOS)
• Pacific Regional Environment Programme Climate
  Change Portal
• NOAA Climate Resources
• WWF Pacific Climate Change Portal
• Pacific Climate Information Service (PaCIS)

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Pacific Islands Global Climate Observing System
(PI-GCOS) http//pi-gcps.org/

• About PI-GCOS                         PI-GCOS
  Action Plan
• PI-GCOS is coordinated by the Secretariat of the
  Pacific Regional Environment Programme
• (SPREP)
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• Apia, Samoa
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•  Accessibility for users with disabilities

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Pacific Island Global Ocean Observing
Systemhttp//www.sopac.org/tiki-index.php?pagePa
cificIslandGlobalOceanObservingSystemPIGOOS

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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing
Systemhttp//www.soest.hawaii.edu/pacioos/
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Pacific Regional Environment Programme Climate
Change Portalhttp//www.sprep.org/climate_change/

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NOAA Climate Change Resources
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WWF Pacific Climate Change Portalhttp//www.wwfpa
cific.org.fj/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm
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Pacific Climate Information Service
(PaCIS)http//www.ideademo.org/pacis/index.php
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The challenge

• The development of an integrated inter-agency
  Pacific climate change portal that provides
  access to all relevant resources in a format that
  meets the varied information needs of a wide
  range of users

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Key Players

• SPREP
• SOPAC
• NOAA
• East-West Centre
• WWF Pacific
• WMO Pacific
• UNESCO Pacific
• PI-GCOS, PI-GOOS, PacIOOS
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The way forward

• Inter-agency Meetings scheduled as part of
  Pacific Climate Roundtable Apia, Samoa. Oct.
  2008
• Project will be housed on the IPRC server at the
  University of Hawaii
• Portal will use Joomla interface
• Partners will be encouraged to contribute and
  maintain information resources hosted on the
  regional portal

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The NOAA Climate Change Portal Project

• Targets coastal managers in the Pacific Region
• Partnership between OCRM, Coastal Services Center
  and NOAA Library
• Pilot project

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NOAA Project Goals

• Enable coastal managers to incorporate readily
  accessible climate information and tools into
  their decision-making processes
• Promote enhanced communication and collaboration
  in the Pacific region
• Replicate the portal design in other regions

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The Audience

• Focus on American Samoa and Samoa
• Pacific Islands
• Expand to cover US regions

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The Process

• Identifying Needs
• Coastal managers in American Samoa and Samoa
• Coastal managers stateside
• Identifying Resources
• Interviewing NOAA employees and others
• Internet and journal searches

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Resource Types

• Case Studies
• Handbooks and Guidance Documents
• Decision Support Tools
• Methodologies for assessing vulnerability
• Traditional Knowledge and practices
• Monitoring and mapping products
• Peer-reviewed literature
• Model legislation, policies, and regulations
• Links to education and training opportunities

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Virtual Library Technology

• Joomla interface
• Open source
• Manage website easily
• Many extensions available
• JabRef bibliography reference manager
• BibTex open source text-based format
• Z39.50 protocol to search NOAA Libraries Catalog

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Database Record Fields

• Database fields include
• title, creators, program affiliation,
  publication date, brief description, full
  abstract, period of record, language, resource
  type, rights, resource category, language,
  theme/topic, expert contact info,sector,
  geographic coverage, URI

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IAMSLIC Role

• IAMSLIC members in the Pacific can provide
  feedback to the Portal team we want to avoid
  duplication of effort
• The team welcomes comments and suggestions how
  can this project complement and support other
  efforts in the Pacific
• What products do Pacific Islanders need from NOAA
  to help adapt and cope with climate change?
• The team would welcome volunteers to test
  usability of both Portal and Virtual Library

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Climate Change Portal Team Contacts

• NOAA
• Carrie Hall - OCRM/Coastal Programs
• [phone] or Carrie.Hall_at_noaa.gov
• Mary Lou Cumberpatch - NOAA Central Library
• [phone] x 129 or Mary.Lou.Cumberpatch_at_noaa.
  gov
• Stephanie Fauver - Coastal Services Center
• [phone] or Stephanie.Fauver_at_noaa.gov
• PaCIS
• Eileen Shea (NOAA National Climatic Data
  Center/IDEA Center) - Eileen.Shea_at_noaa.gov
• SPREP
• Peter Murgatroyd Information Resource Centre
  Manager PeterM_at_Sprep.org
• Anticipated Release Date End of 2008 / Early
  2009

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Thanks for your attention

• Any Comments or Questions?

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