2. Climate Change: Locally or internationally constructed?
Predicted impacts for Tuvalu:
Sea level rise.
Sea surface and sub-surface temp. increase
Ocean acidification and coral bleaching
Coastal erosion
Saltwater inundation and salinization
Rainfall: Increased intensity, decreased frequency
Increased frequency of extreme weather events

3. Observations
“The high tides come higher and the low tides go lower now than before”
“The sea is eating the beach on the island”
“There are more strong winds now than before”
“The direction of prevailing winds at different times of the year has changed”
“Now it can rain at anytime, even in the dry season”
“There are more hot days now than before”
“Weather has become less predictable around here”

4. Vulnerabilities or Resiliences?
Inability to predict weather (i.e. for fishing)
Uncertainty regarding rainfall (i.e. for water catchments)
Erosion of land (loss of
buffer in storm surge)
Accretion of land
Less severe seasons
(hot/dry vs stormy/wet)

5. How are vulnerability and resilience
(as well as risk and disasters) socially constructed and culturally ordered?
How do understandings of vulnerability and resilience influence governance of social and environmental changes?