{"id":1927,"date":"2018-03-01T15:15:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ozeanien-dialog.de?p=1927"},"modified":"2018-03-01T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:16:20","slug":"climate-changes-implications-to-pacific-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/?p=1927&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Climate Changes Implications To Pacific Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Climate change remains the greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and well-being of the peoples of the Pacific islands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The indicators of climate change suggest multiple concerns for human and natural communities in the<br \/>\nPacific Islands region.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Warmer and drier conditions mean that freshwater supplies will decrease on some Pacific\u00a0Islands. Atolls and low-lying islands are especially vulnerable to freshwater shortages due to \u00a0\u00a0their small size and limited resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Rising sea levels, exacerbated by storms, will increase coastal flooding and erosion, damaging\u00a0coastal ecosystems and infrastructure and affecting agriculture, tourism, military bases, and<br \/>\nother industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Higher sea-surface temperatures will increase coral bleaching, leading to a change in coral species\u00a0composition, coral disease, coral death, and habitat loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Increasing ocean acidification and changing ocean chemistry will have negative consequences\u00a0for the entire marine ecosystem. Although potentially dramatic, the exact nature of the consequences<br \/>\nis not yet clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Distribution patterns of coastal and ocean fisheries will be altered, with potential for increased\u00a0catches in some areas and decreased catches in others. Overall in the long term, open-ocean fisheries<br \/>\nwill decline.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Rising temperatures, and in some areas reduced rainfall, will stress native Pacific Island plant\u00a0and animal populations and species, especially in high-elevation ecosystems. This stress, coupled<br \/>\nwith increased exposure to non-native biological invasions and fire, will increase the risk\u00a0of extinctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Threats to the traditional lifestyles of indigenous communities may include destruction of coastal\u00a0artifacts and structures, reduced availability of traditional food sources and subsistence fisheries,\u00a0and the loss of the land base that supports Pacific Island cultures. These losses will make it difficult\u00a0for Pacific Island communities to sustain their connection with a defined place and their\u00a0unique set of customs, beliefs, and languages.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mounting threats to food and water security, infrastructure, and public health and safety will<br \/>\nlead to human migration from low islands to high islands and continental sites.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1930\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1930\" src=\"http:\/\/ozeanien-dialog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldRiskReport-1024x521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldRiskReport-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldRiskReport-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldRiskReport-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldRiskReport-540x275.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldRiskReport.jpg 1326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: WorldRiskReport2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change remains the greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and well-being of the peoples of the Pacific islands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1927"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1932,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions\/1932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozeanien-dialog.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}