USAID climate risk analysis for Pacific Island countries: Assessment report

This report presents a climate risk analysis of twelve Pacific Island countries: the Federated State of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The international community recognizes the unique vulnerabilities that the Pacific Islands face under climate change.

The region has become an archetype of the impacts of climate change with sea-level rise threatening the existence of various low-lying islands in the region. Several Pacific Island Countries (PIC) have made substantial commitments to address climate impacts and all PICs have already submitted at least one Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) document featuring mitigation and adaptation pledges to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In addition, Fiji, Kiribati, and Tonga have submitted a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) with detailed adaptation solutions to support key vulnerable sectors. As of July 2022, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is in the process of finalizing a NAP.