(PIRCA), this report - Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange

Appendix G
PIRCA Ecosystems Technical Workshop,
January 18–19, 2012
On January 18-19, 2012, the Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC) and
the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program convened a
two-day workshop on past and future trends in climate, and impacts to marine, freshwater,
and terrestrial ecosystems in support of regional efforts for the National Climate
Assessment (NCA), at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The Pacific Islands
Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) brought together scientific experts in climatology
and ecological impacts from around the Pacific Islands region to build consensus
around relevant observed and future trends in the Central North Pacific, Western North
Pacific, and Central South Pacific sub-regions.
Co-Chairs
Britt Parker, Climate Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
Dr. Stephen E. Miller, Science Advisor and Assistant Field Supervisor for Climate
Change and Strategic Habitat Conservation, US Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific
Islands Office
Facilitator
Dr. Jonathan Likeke Scheuer, Consultant (scheuerj001@hawaii.rr.com)
Key Outcomes
• Through presentations on current knowledge of regional historical climatologies
and climate projections, participants identified regionally relevant research that
they had confidence in presenting in the chapter.
• Participants identified key climate variables of concern and key marine,
freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems of concern.
• Participants identified expected impacts of climate variability and change on
marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems regionally and sub-regionally.
• Participants discussed priorities over the next decade for managers of marine,
freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems based on the impacts of climate
variability and change and other stressors.
• Participants identified cross-ecosystem impacts and synergetic impacts of
climate and non-climate stressors to key ecosystems.
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