Cook Islands

This report looks at the public financial management of natural disasters in seven Pacific Island Countries (the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu) to build understanding of the existing Disaster Risk

This brief is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. The brief presents the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI), formed in 2007 in response to requests from 15

This document reflects the inputs received from an extensive multi-stakeholder consultations process involving governments, organizations and various networks in the Asia-Pacific region from March 2012 to date. At the request of the United Nations (UN)

This act provides for the organization, functioning, powers and responsibilities of Emergency Management Cook Islands, and for the elaboration of national disaster plans.

This paper reviews 19 laws and policy documents from 15 Pacific countries and territories. Drawing on evidence from these documents, this paper analyses how: (i) Pacific Island countries and territories identify their risks and vulnerabilities to natural

This framework outlines the climate change adaptation results to be achieved through the implementation of the six themes: (i) implementing tangible, on-ground adaptation measures; (ii) governance and decision-making; (iii) improving understanding of

This study explores and unpacks the drivers and process to develop Joint National Action Plans on Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change (JNAPs), primary disaster risk management legislation, and sustainable development plans addressing disaster risk

This research paper examines the nexus between disasters, human health, and climate change in the Pacific in order determine methods of effective disaster response in a changing climate to enhance long term adaptive capacity. The aim of this paper is to