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This report reviews the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy, which includes natural and environmental disasters as one of its themes and means of

Traditional Pacific know-how in building design could become one of the most effective ways for Pacific Islanders to withstand the impacts of climate change according to one of the winners of the 2009 Development Marketplace – Tafaoimalo (Loudeen) Parsons...

A month after the tsunamis that struck Samoa, Tonga and American Samoa, long term recovery programmes run by the New Zealand Red Cross, Samoa Red Cross and the IFRC are helping affected communities to build back better...

A United Nations official just returned from visiting tsunami-battered islands in the Pacific Ocean today urged officials in the region to make sure they reduce their exposure to future disasters when they rebuild vital infrastructure...

Loss of life is always tragic, but ample investment in preparedness and early warning systems, including the training of community-based volunteers...have clearly contributed to minimizing the loss of life across the disaster areas according to the USG for Disaster Response, IFRC...

'We’ve had lots of drills in tsunami preparedness since the Indian Ocean tsunami. Now the volunteers know where to go. They have identified places to go on higher ground for all the villages' says Tautala Mauala, Secretary General of the Samoa Red Cross...

'People assume that if they have an early warning system, their problems are solved,' says James Goff, director of the Australian Tsunami Research Centre. 'But it's only one of a suite of ways of being aware what's going on'...

The goal of this Policy Note is to influence policy makers and development partners in the Pacific Islands region to undertake risk management of natural hazards and minimize the future impacts of natural disasters, climate change and sea level rise. As a