Blue Pacific Continent Volume 2: Reference book of national and territorial climate change risks and plans
This volume is intended as a companion to Blue Pacific Continent, Volume I – Primer on Pacific Regional Climate Change Action. Blue Pacific Continent Volume 2 offers an overview of Pacific countries and territories with a focus on government or administration institutions, policies, and plans for disaster risk reduction (DRR) – including disaster management – and climate change adaptation (CCA). Where available, these profiles offer some details on civil society partners involved in climate change action, including mitigation and adaptation. Finally, each profile includes information on climate and hazard early warning systems established or planned in each country or territory along with some of the key infrastructure networks that play a role in addressing climate change and that are vulnerable to climate change impacts.
The 25 countries and territories profiled are American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands (Republic of), Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.
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