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Bolstering resilience in the coconut kingdom: Improving adaptive capacity to climate change in Vanuatu

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  • Richmond, Noah
  • Sovacool, Benjamin K.

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This communication discusses climate change adaptation efforts underway in Vanuatu. In particular, it uncovers why community-based approaches to adaptation are more likely to bear fruit than ones driven from the top-down at the national level. The authors make this claim based on early evidence that small-scale projects (a) support community ownership over adaptation, (b) provide ongoing technical learning lessons (c) relieve pressure from capacity constraints at national administrative bodies, and (d) expedite implementation by avoiding cumbersome multilateral procedures. The first section discusses its research methods and presents important characteristics of the Vanuatu economy, people and geography. The communication then moves on to discuss Vanuatu’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change. It specifically investigates on-going efforts to adapt to natural climatic hazards in Vanuatu. Early evidence and analysis reveals lessons salient for energy and climate policy.

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  • Richmond, Noah & Sovacool, Benjamin K., 2012. "Bolstering resilience in the coconut kingdom: Improving adaptive capacity to climate change in Vanuatu," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 843-848.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:50:y:2012:i:c:p:843-848
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.018
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    1. Benjamin K. Sovacool, 2011. "Hard and soft paths for climate change adaptation," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(4), pages 1177-1183, July.
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