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Asian Development Bank: Location - India |
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February 2010
Dr Robert Kay, principal consultant at Coastal Zone Management was commissioned by the Asia Development Bank (ADB) to assess the suitability of financing options for the Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program in India for submission to the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The assignment will involve field-based investigation and stakeholder engagement in Dehli and also the west coast states of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra. |
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Successful bid for WESROC Climate Change Risk Assessment |
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February 2010
CZM was recently awarded the WESROC (Western Suburbs Regional Organisation of Councils) Climate Change Risk Assessment project, due to be completed mid 2010. WESROC member councils (Town of Claremont, Town of Cottesloe, Town of Mosman Park, City of Nedlands, Shire of Peppermint Grove and City of Subiaco, with participation from the Town of Cambridge) are seeking to assess their vulnerability to the potential impacts of climate change and provide a regionally coordinated approach to climate adaptation. CZM is currently on the WALGA Panel of Preferred Suppliers and was invited to respond to a tender.
CZM will guide WESROC members through a risk assessment process and facilitate and help identify priorities around climate change. The project will develop an Adaptation Action Plan to address these potential impacts.
The activities of WESROC council members are for the benefit of every citizen within their local communities. Through this project CZM will use their extensive experience in working with WA local governments and communities on adaptation planning. |
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Our Road to Copenhagen: Kiribati COP 15 Side Event draws over 300 people |
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With over 300 people attending, the Kiribati COP 15 Side Event was a great success. Dr Robert Kay represented CZM at the event, held on 9 December 2009 in Copenhagen, and presenting findings from ongoing adaptation work undertaken in Kiribati, under the KAP II project.
Other presenter, such as Tessie Lambourne, Kiribati's foreign secretary, were clear that if islanders had to leave their homes, they would not be environmental refugees. I-Kiribati would be trained to emigrate as skilled workers. "Nobody in this room would want to leave their homeland. It is our spiritual connection to our ancestors. We do not want to leave our homeland" Tessie said.
Feedback about the event was extremely positive. Mr Betarim Rimon, Secretary to the President commented, "after the session, we received numerous comments saying that our side-event was the first that had cleverly blended emotion with facts...and hence the delivery of the powerful message."
"I was told that one Minister and one Senator from Australia also attended while one US Senior Adviser was also there" Mr Rimon said.
A webcast of the event is available through the UNFCCC website. |
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