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=Welcome to the Pacific islands Climate Education Partnership wiki= A collaborative resource on climate in the Pacific that can be edited by anyone.


 * Learn more about us & how to stay connected. **


 * Share a story** about how climate change is impacting your community.


 * Visit community pages** to learn about a different place or teach us about your home community:
 * [[image:USAPImap.jpg]] || **Pacific Island Communities**

**American Samoa** **Chuuk** **CNMI** **Guam** **Hawaii** **Kosrae** **Marshall Islands** **Palau** **Pohnpei** **Yap** ||

About the Pacific islands Climate Education Partnership (PCEP)
PCEP is a collaborative network of Pacific Island communities and friends responding to the impacts of climate change in the Pacific Island region and guided by these following principles:
 * People of the Pacific have local knowledge and time-honored wisdom about climate and its effects on their environments.
 * Modern scientific knowledge and technology, in concert with Pacific Island knowledge and cultural values, should cultivate understanding of climate change and inform adaptation and mitigation actions.
 * Traditional Pacific Island cultural values of identification with and respect for the natural environment should be central to understanding and adapting to climate change.
 * This Pacific Island knowledge and these values contribute in to the resilience of regional communities in responding to impacts of climate change on their environments.
 * Formal and community-based educational systems should be involved in enhancing understanding of climate change and making decisions about climate adaptation strategies.

Our short-term outcomes include collaboratively developing:
 * 1) A network that will collaborate and coordinate across local community organizations, school districts, state and federal government entities, and academic disciplines
 * 2) A general, multidisciplinary K-14 climate change science education framework
 * 3) Processes to facilitate the adaptation of existing curriculum resources to the region’s climates and cultures
 * 4) A comprehensive, web-based information platform that enables the development and implementation of the PCEP climate change education strategic plan for the USAPI