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Given the common challenges that Pacific Island Countries (PICs) face in the increasing variability of impacts from climate-related hazards, governments in the region are looking to strengthen and harmonize policies, strategies, and regulations for

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This National Climate Change Policy prescribes the Government and the people of Tuvalu’s strategic polices for adapting responding to climate change impacts and related disaster risks over the next 15 years (2012 – 2021).

This paper identifies the intensity of natural disasters for each country in the Pacific based on the distribution of damage and population affected by disasters, and estimates the impact of disasters on economic growth and international trade using a

The following report presents the results of the first nationally representative empirical study of relationships between household vulnerability, human mobility and climate change in the Pacific. Findings are based upon quantitative and qualitative

This report summarizes the outcomes and technical discussions of the first Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation that took place from 21–24 May 2013 on Rarotonga, Cook Islands: “Human Mobility, Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Pacific”.

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This NAP is considered as the focus of actions, consolidation of projects and activities identified for an integrated solution to combating land degradation in Tuvalu. The NAP endeavours to bring together stakeholders, both government organisations (GOs)

Te Kaniva (Tuvalu Climate Change Policy) prescribes the Government and the people of Tuvalu’s strategic polices for responding to climate change impacts and related disaster risks over the next 10 years (2012–2021). The Policy defines seven thematic goals

This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in the Pacific Islands region, including the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. 

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