Chapter 12
Climate Change: Science, People,
Religion—Cord of Three Strands
P. H. Havea and A. De Ramon N’Yeurt
Abstract Global climate change is known to have affected government, Churches
and people’s livelihood, health, well-being and sustainability worldwide. In the
literature, although the impacts of climate change on these indicators are clear, no
model was developed to address the relationship between them and how to use it to
help build better Resilience (Climate Change Adaptation [CCA] and Disaster Risk
Reduction [DRR]) cities/communities/planet by 2030 and beyond. Using a Concurrent Convergence Parallel Triangulation Design (CCPTD) of 460 participants from
five coastal communities in Tonga, this chapter presents a framework named Cord
of Three Strands. The first cord represents the science which is the State or the
government factor. The second cord represents the people which is the community
or the land factor. Then the third cord represents the religion which is the Church
or the God factor. Using the insights generated by this threefold cord principle may
guide the implementation of Resilience (CCA & DRR) in communities, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sendai Framework, United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other relevant frameworks towards
better outcomes in areas of livelihood, health, well-being, sustainable development
and sustainability.
Hymn 391 verse 5
“Lau pe he Palofesai (The prophecy said
Toki ‘Olive ‘e Ua (The two olives)
Pule’anga moe Siasi (Government and the Church)
Kae malohi ha Fonua” (Are the strengths of any nations)
(Free Wesleyan Church 2006)
P. H. Havea (B)
Live and Learn Tonga, Tongatapu, Tonga
e-mail: peni.havea@livelearn.org
A. De Ramon N’Yeurt
Pacific Centre for Environmental and Sustainable Development, The University of the South
Pacific, Suva, Fiji
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
J. M. Luetz and P. D. Nunn (eds.), Beyond Belief, Climate Change Management,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67602-5_12
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Climate Change: Science, People,
Religion—Cord of Three Strands
P. H. Havea and A. De Ramon N’Yeurt
Abstract Global climate change is known to have affected government, Churches
and people’s livelihood, health, well-being and sustainability worldwide. In the
literature, although the impacts of climate change on these indicators are clear, no
model was developed to address the relationship between them and how to use it to
help build better Resilience (Climate Change Adaptation [CCA] and Disaster Risk
Reduction [DRR]) cities/communities/planet by 2030 and beyond. Using a Concurrent Convergence Parallel Triangulation Design (CCPTD) of 460 participants from
five coastal communities in Tonga, this chapter presents a framework named Cord
of Three Strands. The first cord represents the science which is the State or the
government factor. The second cord represents the people which is the community
or the land factor. Then the third cord represents the religion which is the Church
or the God factor. Using the insights generated by this threefold cord principle may
guide the implementation of Resilience (CCA & DRR) in communities, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sendai Framework, United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other relevant frameworks towards
better outcomes in areas of livelihood, health, well-being, sustainable development
and sustainability.
Hymn 391 verse 5
“Lau pe he Palofesai (The prophecy said
Toki ‘Olive ‘e Ua (The two olives)
Pule’anga moe Siasi (Government and the Church)
Kae malohi ha Fonua” (Are the strengths of any nations)
(Free Wesleyan Church 2006)
P. H. Havea (B)
Live and Learn Tonga, Tongatapu, Tonga
e-mail: peni.havea@livelearn.org
A. De Ramon N’Yeurt
Pacific Centre for Environmental and Sustainable Development, The University of the South
Pacific, Suva, Fiji
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
J. M. Luetz and P. D. Nunn (eds.), Beyond Belief, Climate Change Management,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67602-5_12
227