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Cover and source: Stimson Center
The island of Tarawa faces significant vulnerabilities from coastal flooding, shortcomings in solid waste and sewage management, and marine ecosystem degradation.
Cover and source: Government of Kiribati
This revised NDC has been developed by the Government of Kiribati
Despite the progress and momentum of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, nations are still not moving fast enough to avoid the worst of climate change.
Conversation Media Group, the
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The purpose of this study was to review selected National Adaptation Plans to better understand how disaster risk management is approached in climate change documents, and if systemic risk issues where impacts cascade across sectors are considered.
Cover and source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
This Pacific Risk Profile is intended to provide Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade program managers and implementing partners with easy access to essential risk information.
This legal study is part of a wider project which aims to strengthen the capacity of selected Pacific atoll island countries to cope with the long-term adverse impacts of climate change and boost their resilience.

This profile is intended to serve as public goods to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected changes in key climate parameters, sector-specific

This paper examines La Niña 2021 and the anticipatory action for food security and livelihood in the Pacific Islands. La Niña conditions are likely to persist until April 2021, however the impacts may be felt beyond this timeframe. Countries of high


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