Solomon Islands disaster management reference handbook 2023

This Solomon Islands Disaster Management Reference Handbook provides the reader a baseline understanding of key national entities involved in disaster management and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response (HADR). In addition, this resource details disasters occurring in the Solomon Islands in the last ten years. Hazards including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos, flooding, and tropical storms have a large impact and even more recently with the 2023 Tropical Cyclones

Effective disaster risk management is one of the five objectives of the Solomon Islands National Development Strategy 2016-2035. Solomon Islands faces a large range of hazards that overlap with climate change. Furthermore, fundamental social issues of poverty, inequality, and poorly planned development are among the biggest drivers of disaster risk, making disaster risk reduction of critical cross-cutting importance.