Climate change adaptation as a development challenge to small Island states: A case study from the Solomon Islands

Walter Leal Filho; Michael Otoara Ha'apio; Johannes Michael Luetz; Chunlan Li

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.008

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Climate change adaptation as a development challenge to small Island states: A case study from the Solomon Islands

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Climate change adaptation as a development challenge to small Island states: A case study from the Solomon Islands

Walter Leal Filho, Michael Otoara Ha'apio, Johannes Michael Luetz and Chunlan Li

Environmental Science & Policy, Vol.107, pp.179-187

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.008

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Migration

Development

Climate change

Adaptation

Solomon Islands

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are known to be particularly vulnerable to climate change, which poses a challenge to their economic and social development. This vulnerability is expressed in several ways, from exposure to sea level rises, to salt intrusion, and extensive droughts in some areas. Despite this rather negative trend, there are examples of initiatives where the vulnerability of SIDS can be reduced, and their resilience may be increased. Based on the paucity of the literature on concrete examples of successful climate change adaptation initiatives on SIDS, this paper presents an overview of pertinent challenges faced, and introduces two case studies from the Solomon Islands, which illustrate how much can be achieved by systematically pursuing adaptation strategies. The lessons learned from these case studies are outlined and some useful insights are provided, which may help SIDS to better foster the development opportunities with climate change adaptation offers to them.

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Title: Climate change adaptation as a development challenge to small Island states: A case study from the Solomon Islands
Authors: Walter Leal Filho (Author) - HAW Hamburg
Michael Otoara Ha'apio (Author) - University of the South Pacific
Johannes Michael Luetz (Author) - UNSW Australia
Chunlan Li (Author) - East China Normal University
Publication details: Environmental Science & Policy, Vol.107, pp.179-187
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.008
ISSN: 1873-6416; 1462-9011
Copyright note: Copyright © 2020. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99521808802621
Output Type: Journal article