PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND 2ND PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 2018 Hosted by Victoria University of Wellington and Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE HANDBOOK & BOOK OF ABSTRACTS www.PacificClimateChange2018.nz #pccc2018 PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND We are very grateful for the support of our conference sponsors. HOSTS FUNDING FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS PARTICIPATION PRINCIPAL SPONSORS SESSION SPONSORS Climate change media and Materials for Climate Public Lecture: Law as International cooperation after the communication workshop Change Remediation an Activism Strategy Paris Agreement. What makes sense for the Pacific? Delegation of the European Union to New Zealand CONFERENCE APP SPONSOR CONFERENCE LANYARD SPONSOR EXHIBITORS 2 PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Welcome Contents Page Welcome Event Supporters 2 Kia ora, Talofa, and warm Welcome 3 Pacific greetings! It is our Schedule 4 – 12 great pleasure to welcome General Information 13 you to PCCC2018, the 2nd Workshops, Public Lectures 14 – 15 Pacific Climate Change & Social Functions Conference co-hosted by SPREP and VUW. If you Conference Committee 16 are from out of town, welcome also to Wellington, the “coolest little capital”. Our organising committee Keynote Speakers 17 – 20 have put together a really broad, vibrant and exciting Invited Speakers 21 – 23 programme over the three days of the conference, Sponsors Company Profiles 24 – 25 surely something for everyone. Thanks to all the presenters who make the conference the rich mix that it Oral Abstracts 26 – 102 is. A special thanks to our keynote speakers, who have Poster Abstracts 103 – 109 come from far and wide to share their wisdom. Delegate List 110 – 116 Tackling the realities of climate change is what the Venue Floorplan 118 – 119 conference is all about, and one of the key ways of Wellington Map 120 doing that is by communicating – within the conference, and out in our communities. We look forward to hearing your stories as the conference proceeds. By combining Conference Secretariat our knowledge of the science, the impacts, the realities on the ground, and the myriad ways of responding and speaking, we can deepen our collective appreciation Conferences and Events Ltd for what faces us and find new ways of making our PO Box 24078 Manners St collective future. Wellington, New Zealand 6011 Kerry South: +64 (0)21 024 77554 Welcome again, and enjoy the conference! Beatrice Giorgi: +64 (0)20 41239978 Email: [email protected] James Renwick (VUW) and Kosi Latu (SPREP) Website: www.confer.co.nz His Eminence Cardinal John A. Dew, Archbishop of Wellington His Holiness Pope Francis asks you kindly to convey his warm greetings to all those gathered for the Pacific Climate Change Conference 2018, to be held in Wellington from 21 to 23 February. His Holiness is grateful to all those who organised this important Conference and he offers the assurance of his prayerful support to the participants as they reflect on new ways of protecting our common home. It is his hope that this meeting may strengthen collaboration between individuals and the many groups and agencies committed to building the home which we share, so that “all of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvements and talents” (Laudato Si’, 14). To all present on this auspicious occasion, Pope Francis willingly sends his blessings as a pledge of wisdom and grace in the Lord. Cardinal Pietro Parolin Secretary of State 3 PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Tuesday 20 February Pre-Conference Workshops Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University Ecosystem-based adaption to climate change across the Pacific 1.30 – 5pm Facilitators: Paul Blaschke, School of Environment, Geography and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Room: LT3 Wellington; David Loubser, Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change Programme - Vanuatu Country Manager, SPREP Engaging Pacific Islands on SRM geoengineering research 2 – 4.30pm Room: RHM202 Facilitators: Andy Parker, Project Director – SRMGI; Penehuro Lefale, Director - LeA International Speakers: Douglas MacMartin, Cornell University; Dr Morgan Wairriu, Deputy Director of USP PACE Climate change media and communication workshop 2 – 4pm – Supported by New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO Room: RH105 Facilitator: Dacia Herbulock, Senior Media Advisor, Science Media Centre, New Zealand International cooperation after the Paris Agreement. What makes sense for the Pacific? 2 – 4pm Supported by European Union Delegation to New Zealand Room: MZ02 Facilitator: Adrian Macey, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies; Climate Change Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington Pre-Conference Public Lecture Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University, Lecture Theatre 1 Law as an Activism Strategy, Julian Aguon, Associate Professor D. Kapua Sproat, Ani Mikaere 5.30pm – Supported by The New Zealand National Law Foundation Wednesday 21 February 7am – 5pm Registration open in Oceania (Level 3) Plenaries Room Amokura Gallery, Te Papa 7.45am All seated for the opening ceremony Mihi and Opening Ceremony Mana Whenua, Cardinal John Dew, Vice-Chancellor Professor Grant Guilford, 8 – 9am Minister for Climate Change Issues, Honourable James Shaw, Wellington Mayor Justin Lester, Nina Nawalowalo and The Conch Theatre 9 – 9.45am Opening Keynote Address Honourable Tuila‘epa Dr Sa‘ilele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa 9.45 – 10.30am Keynote Address Emeritus Professor, Will Steffen, Australian National University 10.30 – 11am Morning Tea in Oceania (Level 3) 4 PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Wednesday 21 February Concurrent Sessions Session Science 1: Modelling Adaptation 1: Politics of climate Pacific Countries and impacts Adaptation strategies change Reporting across the Pacific Room Amokura Gallery Rangimarie 1 Icon Rangimarie 2 11 – 11.15am INVITED SPEAKER: Climate change Pivotal players: Pacific Pacific countries Global Public Goods adaptation as a islands and the end of reporting on adaption and Climate Change: response to vulnerability the fossil fuel era and mitigation progress implications for the reduction: a critical Wesley Morgan against COP21 targets Pacific examination of the role Co-facilitated by David Frame of aid agencies in Timor- Kosi Latu and Leste James Renwick Hannah Barrowman & Mahendra Kumar 11.15 – 11.30am Earth System Modelling Climate change Sea Change: A new for the Deep South adaptation amongst politics of climate in National Science Samoan tourism Aotearoa Challenge operators: reflections on Bronwyn Hayward Mike Williams the role of culture and traditional governance structures in the process of adaptation Meg Parsons 11.30 – 11.45am Climate change Tau leo mai i Niue: The drivers and victims impacts on islands are Voices from Niue in of New Zealand’s fossil complicated: Evaluating response to climate fuel industry 1.5°C vs 2°C in Pacific change Catherine Cheung & SIDS Jessica Pasisi Jean Kahui Liz Dovey 11.45am – 12pm The role of Living with Change INVITED SPEAKER: anthropogenic forcing in (LivC): A Strategy and Fighting in the courts for extreme rainfall during Implementation Plan a safe climate early March 2014 in for Enhancing the Sarah Thompson Christchurch, New Resilience of Tokelau Zealand Cheryl Anderson Benjamin Nistor 12 – 12.15pm Rapid assessment of Climate change local dredging impacts implications for tropical along the coastal waters Pacific habitats and of Fuailoloo Village, fisheries: vulnerability Samoa and adaptation options Taema Imo-Seuoti Johanna E. Johnson 12.15 – 12.30pm Discussion Discussion Indigenous peoples’ climate change claims Michael Sharp & Nicole Smith 12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch in Oceania (Level 3) 5 PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018 TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Wednesday 21 February Plenary Room Amokura Gallery 1.30 – 2.15pm Keynote Address Prof Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Pennsylvania State University Concurrent Sessions Session Science 2: Sea level Adaptation 2: The Role of Art in Mitigation and oceanic change Ecosystems and Making Sense of resources Climate Crises Room Amokura Gallery Rangimarie 1 Icon Rangimarie 2 2.20 – 2.35pm An overview of the An investigation into the INVITED SPEAKER: INVITED SPEAKER NZ CARIM (Coastal access to clean water in Two Environmental Seeking hope in the Acidification: Kiribati Sculpture Projects Aim Anthropocene: How Rate, Impacts and John Edwards & Arwa to Help Mitigate Climate humankind might achieve Management) Al-Bahadly Change deep sustainability programme, with Chris Booth