Pacific Island communities are increasingly experiencing the impacts of climate change. Inaccessibility to relevant information about contemporary climate change adaptation strategies at the community level presents challenges. At the same time, indigenous strategies to adapt to climate changes have been overlooked in both local and global climate change debates. This article discusses a project undertaken with a community on Andra Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies were explored through photo essays developed by community members, engaging in approaches of visual participatory action research and indigenous research approaches. The collaboration with the Andra Island community created a space for reflective dialogue about challenges posed by climate change as well as how photo essays can be used to promote Indigenous Knowledge (IK) as a viable capital for community-based adaptation (CBA). Within this context, this article demonstrates how climate change is both a natural and cultural process of change which poses socio-economic challenges. These challenges can compel people to engage in unsustainable practices that might exacerbate natural climate change impacts. The article highlights that building community capacity in participatory media can be an important tool to forge collective synergy, dialogue and ownership in local climate change initiatives. In particular, the authors demonstrate how participatory media can be harnessed to integrate indigenous knowledge in community-based climate change adaptation.

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太平洋气候变化适应：使用参与式媒体促进本土知识

太平洋岛屿社区越来越多地受到气候变化的影响。在社区层面无法获得有关当代气候变化适应战略的相关信息是一项挑战。与此同时，在地方和全球气候变化辩论中，适应气候变化的本土战略都被忽视了。本文讨论了与巴布亚新几内亚马努斯省安德拉岛上的一个社区开展的项目。气候变化影响和适应策略是通过社区成员开发的照片文章探索的，参与视觉参与行动研究和本土研究方法。与安德拉岛社区的合作创造了一个空间，就气候变化带来的挑战以及如何使用照片散文促进土著知识 (IK) 作为基于社区的适应 (CBA) 的可行资本进行反思性对话。在此背景下，本文展示了气候变化如何既是自然的又是文化的变化过程，它会带来社会经济挑战。这些挑战可能会迫使人们从事可能会加剧自然气候变化影响的不可持续的做法。文章强调，在参与性媒体中建设社区能力可以成为在地方气候变化倡议中形成集体协同作用、对话和所有权的重要工具。特别是，