CLAW 2024

The Fisheries Climate Awareness Workshop (CLAW) was designed to enhance knowledge and awareness to SPC member countries and territories on climate issues and projected impacts on the industrial fisheries of the western and central Pacific. Funding for the workshop was provided by the New Zealand Climate Science to Ensure Pacific Tuna Access (CSEPTA) project and this workshop addressed this need to build regional capacity in climate science.

CLAW 2024 agenda  pdf: 318 KB

CLAW 2024 Final report  pdf: 1 MB

Introduction to the workshop

CLAW 2024 - Highlights from Day 1 video
YouTube video
Welcoming ceremony, prayer and address – New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
Audio file: 2 MB
Welcoming comments – Manu Tupou-Roosen (FFA)
Audio file: 7 MB
Welcoming comments – Stephen Harris (MFAT)
Audio file: 12 MB

Day 1: Climate change terminology, IPCC scenarios, and basics of climate variability and change

01 - Climate change terminology (Espen Ronneberg - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 2 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 11 MB

02 - Introduction to IPCC scenarios (Beth Holland - Consultant)
Presentation pdf: 5 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 19 MB

03 - Exploring climate variability (Moleni Tu'uholoaki - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 3 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 17 MB

04 - Basics of climate change (Richard Matear - CSIRO)
Presentation pdf: 4 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 27 MB

05 - Melting ice and sea-level rise (Richard Matear - CSIRO)
Presentation pdf: 2 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 37 MB

Day 2: Physical and biological impacts of climate change

06 - Ocean warming and marine temperature extremes (Thomas Moore - CSIRO)
Presentation pdf: 6 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 4 MB

07 - (The great) tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean (Steven Hare - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 5 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 3 MB

08 - Biodiversity loss and ecosystem disruption (Christophe Menkes - IRD)
Presentation pdf: 4 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 9 MB

09 - Ocean and marine ecosystems (Patrick Lehodey - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 3 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 2 MB

10 - SEAPODYM and modeling of tuna population dynamics (Inna Senina - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 5 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 10 MB

11 - Incorporating climate scenarios in fisheries research (John Morrongiello - Univ. of Melbourne)
Presentation pdf: 5 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 8 MB

Day 3: Climate change planning within the WCPO

12 - Coastal fisheries and climate change (Brad Moore - NIWA)
Presentation pdf: 2 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 6 MB

13 - Case studies on climate change impacts on PICTs – summary (Zulfikar Begg - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 6 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 7 MB

14 - Potential economic impacts on tuna fisheries and resource owners (Chris Reid - FFA)
Presentation pdf: 1 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 11 MB

15 - Climate-informed fisheries management strategies (Marina Abas - FFA)
Presentation pdf: 2 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 15 MB

16 - Introduction to international climate change cooperation frameworks (Todd Croad - MFAT)
Presentation pdf: 685 KB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 9 MB

17 - What regional collaborations are currently ongoing (Simon Nicol - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 1 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 13 MB

18 - Data collection and modeling for climate scenarios (Simon Nicol - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 1 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 19 MB

Day 4: Loss and damage and advocacy for Pacific Island countries and territories

19 - Understanding loss and damage (Pasha Carruthers - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 3 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 12 MB

20 - Grassroots organizing and community engagement (Ueta Faasili - FFA)
Presentation pdf: 1 MB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 8 MB

21 - Advocacy strategies for loss and damage (Espen Ronnenberg - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 309 KB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 21 MB

22 - Decision pathways (Ludwig Kumoru - FFA)
Presentation pdf: 276 KB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 8 MB

23 - International platforms and collaborations (Espen Ronnenberg - SPC)
Presentation pdf: 291 KB; YouTube video presentation; Q&A audio file: 24 MB

24 - Introducing tools that increase accessibility to climate change indicator data (Joanne Potts - SPC)
Information pdf: 64 KB; Q&A audio file: 11 MB

Day 4: Concluding remarks

Concluding remarks – Jonathan Peacey (MFAT)
Audio file: 5 MB
Concluding remarks – Simon Nicol (SPC)
Audio file: 3 MB

Other CLAW 2024 media

Access photos from CLAW 2024 here.

Video - New Climate Intelligence System for Pacific Tuna