Combatting Climate Change in the Pacific: The Role of Regional Organizations
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Politics of Climate Change in the Pacific -- Pacific Island States and Territories -- Approach and Methods -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Organizing a Regional Response to Climate Change in the Pacific -- Pacific Regional Organizations: Organizational Structure and Political Process -- The Pacific Islands Forum -- PIFS and Climate Governance -- The Pacific Community -- SPC and Climate Governance -- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme -- SPREP and Climate Governance -- Constraints on Effective Regional Climate Governance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Constructing Climate Change in the Pacific -- Narratives of Climate Change in the Pacific -- Sea Level Rise -- Possible Extinction -- Migration -- Livelihoods -- Gender -- Security Threat -- Critical Voices -- The Global Appeal of Vulnerability -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Constructing Climate Security in the Pacific -- Climate Change and Conflict -- Climate Change and Vulnerabilities -- Implications of the Competing Discourses -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Organizing Climate Finance in the Pacific -- The Global Architecture of Climate Finance -- Multilateral Sources of Climate Finance -- Bilateral Sources of Climate Finance -- The Institutional Framework of Climate Finance in the Pacific -- Priorities of Climate Change Finance -- The Political Implications of an Emerging Climate Finance Regime in the Pacific -- Challenges -- Responding to the Challenges of Climate Finance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: The Future of Climate Politics in the Pacific -- The Future of Climate Politics in the Pacific -- Foundations for Future Research -- Reference -- References -- Index